£6,700 pizza bill: Hundreds of orders at Domino’s Dover branch for Channel migrants October 8, 2021 Hundreds of pizzas were ordered from the Dover branch of Domino’s pizzas in July, according to an analysis of the government department’s spending. The Home Office spent thousands of pounds in one month on Domino’s pizzas to feed migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the Channel from France. A disclosure log for Home Office [...]
Domino’s Pizza delivers hot half year results as it opens 29 new stores August 1, 2023 Domino’s Pizza Group has benefited from a bleak winter with UK and Ireland stuffed-crust lovers staying in and ordering cheesy slices, as the chain adds more stores around the country. The pizza delivery company has reported a 19.6 per cent rise in revenue to £332.9m, up from £278.3m in the first half year ended 25 [...]
Domino’s grabs slice of the action: Digital drive and World Cup orders help pizza maker shrug off inflation and recession fears March 9, 2023 Fast-food giant Domino’s Pizza pulled through 2022 relatively unscathed with marginally lower profit, as a partnership with Just Eat and the Football World Cup boosted orders. The pizza delivery favourite reported system sales of £1.46bn in 2022, slightly down from the previous year’s £1.49bn. Its group revenue was at £600m, up on last year’s £560m, [...]
Domino’s Pizza UK franchisee posts subdued profit amid inflationary crunch August 2, 2022 Domino’s Pizza has taken a hit to pre-tax profit in the first half of the year thanks to the heightened costs of food. The London-listed company posted profit of £50.9m for the six months to 26 June, a 16 per cent drop in profit versus the previous year. The firm said it began passing on [...]
Domino’s poaches Just Eat’s finance director for top board role July 11, 2022 Domino’s has appointed a new chief financial officer, poaching Just Eat’s UK and Ireland regional finance director. The pizza chain announced on Monday that Edward Jamieson will join the board of directors in October 2022. Jamieson’s CV includes a four year stint at the food delivery platform, where he helped the UK arm boost revenue [...]
M&S and Harrods pay tribute to ‘selfless devotion’ of Queen as Selfridges’ stores close September 9, 2022 High street leaders have paid their respects to Queen Elizabeth II, remembering her “comfort, leadership and steadfastness”. The Queen passed away yesterday at Balmoral Castle, after a reign spanning seven decades, aged 96. Luxury department store Selfridges announced its stores in London, Manchester and Birmingham would remain closed on Friday out of respect. The stores [...]
Domino’s pins hopes on World Cup boost and Just Eat tie-up after VAT hit eats away sales November 10, 2022 Domino’s Pizza said this morning the company saw sales fall after a VAT hit and as it came up against last year’s boost from the Euro football tournament, but is eyeing a strong end to 2022 amid the upcoming World Cup. The UK and Ireland takeaway pizza giant saw like-for-like system sales, excluding so-called split [...]
Domino’s Pizza sales rise as firm seeks to offload foreign businesses February 5, 2020 Sales at Domino’s rose 3.7 per cent year on year to £352m in the final three months of last year, it said in a trading update today, as the UK pizza chain continues to try to sell its loss-making overseas businesses. The prompt-pizza pioneer’s international sales fell five per cent in the same period to [...]
Domino’s Pizza sells Norwegian arm as it kick-starts sale of overseas operations February 13, 2020 Domino’s Pizza said today it has sold its Norwegian business to its existing minority shareholder as it moves to extricate itself from its loss-making European operations. The pizza chain said it will sell its 71 per cent shareholding in the Norway business in return for the buyers’ stake in its Swedish operation and a nominal [...]
Nigel Wray: Youthful enterprise will power British economy May 15, 2022 ONE OF the City’s leading entrepreneurs and investors reckons Britain will ride out economic headwinds thanks to a burst in enterprise amongst the younger generation. Nigel Wray, associated with high profile names like Domino’s Pizza and Simba Sleep and well known in rugby circles for his leadership of Saracens, told City A.M. today that he [...]