Hotel Chocolat beats expectations

Hotel Chocolat

Hotel Chocolat (LON:HOTC) made a slightly better than expected profit last year, but the chocolate maker and retailer is likely to lose money this year. Online demand has increased by 150% so far this year.

In the year to June 2020, Hotel Chocolat made an underlying pre-tax profit of £2.4m, down from £14.1m, on revenues 3% ahead at £136m. Second half revenues fell by 14% - reflecting disruption to Easter trading. There is growth in online sales, and they will remain more important than in the...

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Andrew Hore is the publisher of AIM Journal, which is an online monthly publication covering the Alternative Investment Market.