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Patisserie Holdings - Shares surge after results

January 2018

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Shares in Patisserie soared 70p on the back of strong full year results. Revenues, pretax profit and eps rose 10%, 17% and 19% respectively to £114m, £20.2m and 16.2p. This was all the more impressive given labour cost pressures from the national living wage. Modest rent increases were offset by savings from bulk buying and efficiencies in its bakeries while encouragingly “the inflationary environment appears to be easing.” Net cash grew from £13.3m to £21.5m.The success driver was its Patisserie Valerie brand, which increased sales by 14% to £84m with profits up 18% to £16.3m, helped by 20 new stores opening mainly in high street and retail park locations, as well as Debenhams conces ...

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Patisserie Holdings - Shares surge after results

January 2018

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