Thorntons sees full year 'substantially ahead' of forecasts

Chocolatier Thorntons said an encouraging performance during its key Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Easter period makes it confident that full year pre-exceptional profit before tax will be substantially ahead of the current market expectation with the potential for further improvement in the final quarter.

Chocolatier Thorntons said an encouraging performance during its key Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Easter period makes it confident that full year pre-exceptional profit before tax will be substantially ahead of the current market expectation with the potential for further improvement in the final quarter.

Total sales for the 14 weeks up to and including April 20th 2013 increased by 4.0% to £60.6m compared to the same period last year.

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