Cooks Coffee UK and Ireland sales perk up

Cooks Coffee UK and Ireland sales perk up
The chain is expecting to add 18 sites in the UK and Ireland. (Image: Supplied)
Staff reporters
New Zealand Exchange-listed Cooks Coffee Company announced group store sales of $33.8 million for the six months up to Sept 29 – an increase of 26%. The company, which owns the franchising rights to Esquires Coffee, experienced most of its growth in the UK, with revenue of $23.4m, a rise of 36%. In Ireland, sales were up 6.7% to $10.4m.The cafe chain added eight sites since April 1 and another 10 are in the pipeline for the next half year.Cooks Coffee has 104 outlets in nine international markets. It is dual-listed on...