This is a sterling performance from Richard Worthington and team - the company is now progressing rapidly, it beggars belief that the market has not spotted this gem yet!
AFX say:
LONDON (AFX) - Coffeeheaven International PLC, an operator of coffee/sandwich bars in Central Europe, said total gross revenues in the 12 months to end March jumped 78 pct to about 3.9 mln stg, in line with expectations.
Total gross revenues at constant exchange rates surged 50 pct.
The company, which has 38 stores in Poland, the Czech Republic and Latvia, said like-for-like sales climbed 6 pct in Poland for the year to March 31.
Like-for-like sales growth in Poland was relatively soft because of large increases in retail space in Warsaw. Like-for-like growth from stores outside Warsaw grew 15 pct in the period.
'It is anticipated that total percentage like-for-like sales growth rates will gradually increase over time as the market expands and new retail space is assimilated,' the company said.
In the Czech Republic its first two stores, which opened late September 2004, traded slightly lower than expectations in the period. It opened a third Czech store at the close of the financial year.
The company said it has secured partnership terms for market entry into both Romania and Bulgaria. It expects to have at least one store open in Sofia, Bulgaria - where two sites are already subject to contract - by end March 2006. In Romania it said it is actively seeking locations in Bucharest.
On April 22, the company exercised its option to buy the remaining 80 pct of Coffee Nation Ltd, in addition to the 20 pct it bought in October 2004, in Latvia. The total price for the entire business is unlikely to exceed 195,000 stg, it said.
The full trading update can be seen at:
http://www.londonstockexchange.com/LSECWS/IFSPages/MarketNewsPopup.aspx?id=996622&source=RNS