Greggs - Robust trading performance - earnings upgrade
An unscheduled trading update confirming exceptional 11.1% like-for-like (l-f-l) sales growth in the first 19 weeks of FY19, and a fourth earnings upgrade in six months is testament to Greggs’ outstanding progress on the repositioning of the brand as a leading food-on-the go-format. We increase our FY19 and FY20 underlying PBT forecasts by 9%. The company is highly cash generative and likely to distribute part of the substantial cash balance (FY19e: £102.6m) with the H119 dividend.Greggs is a bakery food on-the-go retailer. Co. provides a range of fresh bakery goods, sandwiches and drinks in its shops. Co. also provides frozen bakery products to its wholesale customers. As of Dec 31 2016, Co. had 1,764 shops in operation Co. had 157 franchised shops operating in travel and other convenience locations, with a particular focus on motorway services and petrol forecourts. Co.'s Balanced Choice products provide choices from a selection of freshly prepared sandwiches, wraps, salads, yoghurts, hot soups, porridge pots and freshly baked savouries.
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