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AGM AND Q1 TRADING UPDATE 22 Apr 2021 Domino's Pizza Group plc today issues a trading update for the 13 - week period from 28 December 2020 to 28 March 2021 ahead of its Annual General Meeting . Trading in the first quarter has been strong , with exceptional trading over the new year period , resulting in UK & Ireland system sales of £ 371.3m , up 18.7 % on the first quarter of last year which was largely unaffected by the impact of Covid - 19 . Like - for - like system sales² , excluding splits , were up 18.5 % maintaining our performance momentum . The sales performance of our delivery business has been particularly good , more than offsetting the lower sales within our lockdown - impacted collection business . At an order count level , we have seen delivery growth of 6.8 % in the quarter with collection reporting some recovery , now trading at 65 % of 2019 levels . In line with our planned exit from wholly - owned and directly operated international markets , we announced in March that we have agreed terms for the disposal of our discontinued businesses in Sweden and Iceland , which we expect to complete by the end of May . Commenting on trading , Dominic Paul , Chief Executive Officer said : " We are pleased with the strong performance of the business in the first quarter of the year . The investments we are making to deliver our multi - year strategic plan give us confidence in our ability to capitalise on the opportunities which lie ahead as the nation begins to emerge from the Covid - 19 lockdown restrictions . " With management focused on our core UK & Ireland business , we are working to fulfil our vision of being the UK & Ireland's favourite food delivery and collection business . I look forward to sharing an update on our progress at our half year results . " Next scheduled announcement Our next scheduled announcement will be our half year results on 3 August 2021 . Notes 1 System sales represent the sum of all sales made by both franchised and corporate stores to consumers in UK & Ireland 2 LFL excluding splits system sales performance is calculated for UK & Ireland against a comparable 13 - week period in the prior year for mature stores which were not in territories split in the year or comparable period . Mature stores are defined as those opened prior to 29th December 2019 . Contacts For Domino's Pizza Group plc : Investor Relations Geoff Callow , Fiona O'Nolan - Equitory +44 ( 0 ) 7710 440158 Media : Tim Danaher , Samantha Chiene - Brunswick +44 ( 0 ) 207 404 5959 About Domino's Pizza Group Domino's Pizza Group plc is the UK's leading pizza brand and a major player in the Irish market . We hold the master franchise agreement to own , operate and franchise Domino's stores in the UK , the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland . We also have an associate investment in Germany and Luxembourg .