The company has posted a 19 per cent increase in their total group revenue for the 13 weeks to December 27.
Strong online growth in the UK and a 19 per cent rise in sales in the US have been attributed to the revenue increase. The figures also mean that group revenue for the 26 week period to December 27 have risen by 11 per cent compared to the same period last year.
“The strength of the brand and our ability to flex our multichannel model meant that despite the challenging environment every business and every family has faced, we were able to keep on delivering chocolat happiness, launch new products and deliver strong sales growth,” commented Angus Thrilwell, Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Hotel Chocolat.
According to the company, trading since December has continued to be in line with the expectations of the management team.
Thirlwell, concluded: “Whilst there is still further near-term pandemic-related uncertainty, and ongoing increased costs in reacting to it, I am increasingly confident that in the medium0term we can deliver significant further growth in the UK, USA and Japan.”
