Sales increased in the third quarter, adding that it expects cost pressures from rising ingredient prices to start easing this year
Total sales grew 8.6% compared with 5.6% the previous year, while like-for-like sales in company-managed shops rose 5% from 2.8%
A net 66 shops have been opened in the year to date (37 franchise units), bringing the total to 1,830
The shares have had a solid run over the last year (+23%) and 3m (+16%) and now trade on 18.6x cal-18 PE
As of 8.02am the stock was trading up c. 1.36% at c.1267p