Cooks Coffee outperforms the wider market in UK and Ireland

COOKS COFFEE OUTPERFORMS THE WIDER MARKET
IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Cooks Coffee Company (NZX:CCC; AQUIS:COOK), the international coffee focused café
chain, announces a positive trading update for the three months ended 31 December 2025,
together with an update for the nine months of the financial year to the same date.
The Group has delivered a strong trading performance across both the UK and Ireland
during the year, with continued growth in system sales, positive like-for-like sales and
disciplined network expansion.
Trading performance
For the nine months ended 31 December 2025, Esquires Coffee UK achieved total system
sales of NZ$49.4m with growth of 28.6%, with like-for-like sales growth of 5.1%.
In Ireland, total system sales increased by 27.7% to NZ$9.9m, with like-for-like sales growth
of 6.3%.
This momentum continued into the Q4, during which:
UK total sales increased 18.3%, with like-for-like growth of 2.0%
Ireland delivered total sales growth of 26.8%, with like-for-like growth of 3.4%
17 February 2026
Cooks Coffee Company Limited
("Cooks Coffee", or the "Company" or the "Group")
TRADING
UPDATE
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Market Context
According to data published by the Allegra World
Coffee Portal, the UK branded coffee shop
market recorded outlet growth of 3.5% and sales
value growth of 5.5% during 2025. Against this
backdrop, the Board is pleased with Esquires
Coffee’s performance, which continues to
outperform the wider market on both sales
growth and network expansion with store sales
for the calendar year 2025 of NZ$64.6m in the
UK and NZ$28.9m in Ireland.
Post-period Developments
The Group recently announced that
Esquires Coffee has entered into a
Master Franchise Agreement ("MFA") for
the United Arab Emirates ("UAE"), one of
the fastest growing markets for specialty
coffee outlets.
The MFA is a 10-year agreement, with a
right of renewal, and provides for the
opening of a minimum of 50 Esquires
Coffee outlets in the UAE over the term
of the agreement. The parties to the
agreement are successful operators in
the UK with multiple stores in the
Southeast of England.
Outlook
This month’s volunteer is Reese Miller
and her sister Olivia Wilson. It's
wonderful to recognise this duo for their
volunteer work this month. Their
selflessness and dedication to helping
others are truly inspiring.
Let's take a moment to appreciate their
efforts and encourage others to follow
in their footsteps.
When they aren’t volunteering, you’ll
find these sisters enjoying the beach
and hanging out with friends!
Store network
Esquires Coffee continued to expand its footprint
across both core markets during the period.
In the UK, the network opened 18 new stores and
closed 7, resulting in a net gain of 11 stores and
81 stores trading at year end (2024: 70).
In Ireland, four new stores were opened with no
closures, resulting in a net gain of four stores and
21 stores trading at year end (2024: 17). Of
these, 17 are franchised and four are company
managed.
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Enquiries:
Cooks Coffee Company Limited
Keith Jackson (Executive Chairman)
+64 21 702 509 (New Zealand)
keith.jackson@cookscoffeecompany.com
Angela Griffenangela@angelagriffen.com
+64275780889
“We are delighted with the performance
delivered across both the UK and Ireland during 2025.
The continued growth in system sales and positive like-
for-like performance reflect the strength of the Esquires
brand and our long-standing focus on quality, organic
ingredients and balanced food options
“Against a challenging consumer backdrop, the
business has continued to grow, expand the store
network and outperform the wider market. We remain
focused on disciplined expansion and supporting our
franchisees as we continue to build the Esquires Coffee
brand internationally.”
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