date:Dec 12, 2013
bed 13%, mainly due to the expansion of the Premier Inn and Costa networks. Premier Inn's total sales climbed 12.9%, while Costa's total sales increased 20.8%.
Whitbread said its restaurants business improved performance and outperformed its competitive set, with like-for-like sales growth of 1.8% in the quarter.
Coffee chain Costa reported like-for-like sales growth of 4.9% and total sales increase of 20.4% for the quarter.
For the 39-week period, Costa's total system sales climbed 19.4% to