Domino's Pizza Rolls Out More New Stores

Domino's Pizza has seen quarterly sales rise by 13%, amid reconfirmation of a plan to open up to 50 new stores before 2015.

It said Q3 British like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to 28 September reached 12.9%.

The firm said the rise in the summer period was down to an improving economy and increased appetite for its promotion deals.

It was the fourth quarter of double digit growth. UK sales for the year were up 11.8%.

Domino's continues to ride the digital wave, with almost 71% of orders placed online in the quarter, up from 62.4% a year ago.

It has revamped its website and boosted use of its smartphone app.

The company, which is valued at almost £1bn, said it also expects to stay on target to open between 40 to 50 new UK outlets before the end of the year.

Chief executive David Wild said: "We are delighted with the like-for-like performance in our core UK business.

"We face more challenging comparatives for the final quarter, but we remain confident of a satisfactory outcome for the year."

Although sales rose in Britain, Ireland (Other OTC: IRLD - news) and Switzerland, they dropped by 9.9% in Germany.

Domino's has slowed German expansion while it tries to improve store formats and menus, cut overheads and boost sales at its self-managed outlets, ahead of a franchisee rollout similar to that in the UK.

It has nearly 900 stores in operation across Britain.