Domino's makes key appointment amid 'promising' Q3 results

Milton Keynes-based Domino’s Pizza Group plc has revealed its Q3 trading statement to September 2019.

The group seems to be making slight progress, with its group system sales standing at £313.5m come September 29 after 13 weeks, up 3.4 per cent. Its UK and ROI results stand at £288.2m, up 3.9 per cent.

Meanwhile, in Q3, UK online sales grew by 7.2 per cent, and online accounts for 90.9 per cent of all delivery sales.

Across the UK and ROI, a 12 further stores opened in this quarter.

In addition to the results, Elias Diaz Sese - previously Northern Europe managing director at Kraft Heinz - has been appointed as an additional non-executive director, with effect from today (October 17).

David Wild, Domino’s chief executive officer, commented on the results: “We delivered a solid performance in our core UK and Ireland markets, with system sales up 3.9 per cent, against a market backdrop that remains challenging.

“Normal working practices continue to be impacted by our franchisee dispute. As we said at our interim results, this situation is complex and we expect a resolution to take time, certainly into 2020.”

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