Cooks Coffee Company reported on 10 November that systemwide store sales rose 14.3% in the first half of its 2027 financial year, with UK sales up 15.5% and Ireland up 11.6%. The group counts 128 stores, 89 of them in the UK, and expects its first stores in India and the UAE to open before the year end.
The trading update, published through the Regulatory News Service at 7am, is the fourth of 2026 on the company’s announcement list, after updates on 17 February, 16 April and 19 August. The group also published final results for the year to 31 March 2026 in June. Its announcement list carries master franchise agreement notices for India, dated May 2025, and for the UAE, dated January 2026. The latest figures show a network growing much faster than its existing stores are trading.
What the trading update reports
Group systemwide store sales rose 14.3% in the first half of the 2027 financial year, and 14.6% in the second quarter alone. In the UK, sales grew 15.5% with like-for-like sales up 1.3%. In Ireland, sales grew 11.6% with like-for-like sales up 3.4%. Over the rolling 12 months, systemwide sales rose 16.5%, made up of 16.6% in the UK and 16.3% in Ireland. The network stands at 128 stores: 89 in the UK, 29 in Ireland and 10 elsewhere.
Why the like-for-like gap matters
The difference between the two UK measures is wide. Systemwide sales include every store in the network, while like-for-like sales compare only stores that traded in both periods. A gap of roughly 14 percentage points in the UK points to sales coming from stores that were not in the comparison base. The company gives a direct measure of that effect: stores opened in the last 12 months contributed 18% of UK sales and 14% of Ireland sales.
Ireland shows the opposite balance. Systemwide growth of 11.6% sits closer to like-for-like growth of 3.4%, and the contribution of recent openings is smaller. Network size is the company’s own count: Companies House records no franchised outlet numbers, so every figure of this kind rests on the operator’s announcement.
What like-for-like means
Like-for-like sales compare the same stores across two periods, so they leave out new openings and closures. Systemwide sales add up every store in the network, whether it opened last week or ten years ago.
India, the UAE and the outlook
Beyond the UK and Ireland, the update says the first stores in India and the UAE are under construction and expected to open before the end of the calendar year. Management and regional development resources have been strengthened to support the overseas rollout. The ten stores listed outside the UK and Ireland are counted separately in the network total of 128.
The company’s board states that it remains confident for the rest of the 2027 financial year. The company published its interim results on 28 November 2025, which gives a reference point for the next full set of half-year numbers. The first-half sales figures in this update are the group’s own headline measure ahead of those next full results. For comparison, the coffee brands that recruit franchisees in the UK are gathered in the coffee franchise listings.
