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Comps up 7.1% in '05 for Domino's Pizza UK & IRL

January 9, 2006

LONDON — Domino's Pizza UK & IRL announced its 2005 comparable-store sales rose 7.1 percent for the 52 weeks ended Jan. 1, 2006 (fiscal 2005). According to a news release, for fiscal 2004, (a 53-week period) comps were up 6.6 percent.

In the 2005 Christmas period, sales via the company's e-commerce platforms showed robust growth of 57.6 percent, demonstrating the continued move towards online and interactive TV ordering. E-commerce now generates 11.5 percent of all delivered pizza sales for Domino's in the UK.

The company opened 50 new stores in 2005, bringing the year-end count to 407.

"Domino's Pizza has produced another year of strong system sales growth," said chief executive Stephen Hemsley. "We were up against very challenging comparatives over the Christmas period so I was particularly pleased that we beat them. The opening of 50 new stores in 2005 fully meets our target for the year and exceeds most commentators' expectations."

Full results for fiscal 2005 are expected in late February.