Hotel Chocolat Group plc announced trading results for the nine weeks and twenty six weeks ended December 25, 2022. For the nine -week period ending 25 December 2022: UK retail like-for-like store sales increased +10% Year on Year and Group total sales including international fell -8% Year on Year.
For Twenty six weeks, UK retail like-for-like sales increased +7% to £74 million, and increased +25% like-for-like versus pre-Covid first half year of Fiscal Year 2019. Group total sales including international fell -9% Year on Year to £130 million, an increase of +65% versus pre-Covid first half year of fiscal year 2019.