Thorntons UK Grows Following Franchisee Collapse

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UK chocolatier Thorntons traded strongly throughout its first quarter, growing sales by 2.3 per cent to £46.8 million.

Thorntons’ own store sales increased by 1.9 per cent to £27.1 million with like for like sales growth of 1.3 per cent.

Despite the growth in own store sales, franchise sales declined by 15.2 per cent as a result of Birthday, which operated 94 franchises, going into administration in May 2009.