Kotipizza Group Oyj Stock Exchange Release 8 May 2017 at 9am (EEST) The Kotipizza chain's same-store sales increased by 10.1 percent in April
Total sales of the restaurants in the Kotipizza chain, part of Kotipizza Group Oyj, grew by 16.5 percent in April compared to previous year. Same-store sales, based on sales figures from 242 restaurants, rose by 10.1 percent.
This year, the sales in April amounted to 8.33 million euros compared with the 7.15 million euros last year. April 2017 boasted the fourth-best monthly sales in Kotipizza's history. The current record for monthly sales was set in July 2016 at 8.64 million euros.
The chain's brick-and-mortar restaurants increased their sales by 15.8 percent and shop-in-shop locations by 20.5 percent. Online store sales grew by 67.4 percent to 696 000 euros. Figures for online sales are mainly based on the sales reported by 68 restaurants offering home delivery and count towards the sales of brick-and-mortar restaurants.
Since the beginning of the current financial year (1 February to 31 April), the cumulative chain sales have increased by 18.4 percent compared to last year, amounting to 24.2 million euros.
The Kotipizza chain's monthly sales in Finland
| April | 2017 | 2016 | Change (%) |
| Monthly sales (euro thousands) | 8 330 | 7 148 | 16.5 |
| Brick-and-mortar restaurants | 6985 | 6032 | 15.8 |
| Shop-in-shop restaurants | 1 344 | 1 115 | 20.5 |
| Online store sales (euro thousands, included in the sales of brick-and-mortar restaurants) | 696 | 415 | 67.4 |
| Number of Kotipizza restaurants | 265 | 254 | |
| Brick-and-mortar | 159 | 150 | |
| Shop-in-shop | 106 | 104 | |
| Restaurants offering home delivery | 68 | 63 |
Kotipizza Group Oyj Tommi Tervanen, CEO
For more information: Tommi Tervanen, CEO tel. +358 207 716 743
Timo Pirskanen, CFO and Deputy to the CEO tel. +358 207 716 747
Kotipizza Group in brief Kotipizza is a Finnish pizza chain founded in 1987. At the end of financial year 2016, the number of restaurants stood at 257. In the financial year 2016, the total sales of Kotipizza restaurants amounted to EUR 89.9 million. In the same period, the Kotipizza Group had net sales of EUR 66.6 million with a comparable EBITDA of EUR 6.73 million respectively.