Business

New records for pizza chain

DOMINO'S Pizza boasted of being one of the biggest growth stories on the high street as it racked up more sales records from its UK stores. The delivery chain took an all-time high of £14.1 million during one week in December, with established stores averaging weekly sales of £20,903. Like-for-like sales rose 7 per cent last year, helping profits to rise 11 per cent to £50.4m. The progress in the UK, where up to 23 orders a second were transacted through its website, has offset the company's struggles in Germany. Its initial strategy of rapid store expansion resulted in big losses before Domino's decided to slow store growth until the losses declined. The group sold 65.5 million pizzas last year and created more than 1,500 jobs.