Loungers, the all-day café, bar and restaurant group, has opted to introduce the National Living Wage early to all its employees regardless of age, M&C understands.
The introducing of the living wage comes as the group saw like-for-like sales increase 4.1% for the four weeks ending 3 January, with Cosy Club Birmingham its top performer.
The group said that year-on-year sales for the four weeks climbed 44.9% after posting total net sales for the period of £6.8m.
The company, which opened two new Lounge sites in Swansea and Bury St Edmunds in the lead-up to Christmas, also confirmed that sales at its 12 Cosy Club sites accounted for almost 32% of total sales for the period.
Loungers managing director Nick Collins said: “We enjoyed strong trading over the Christmas period with the vast majority of sites posting new weekly sales records. We’re very happy with the performance of the whole estate and in particular sales at the Cosy Clubs were extremely pleasing”.
The news comes following the groups’ latest opening, Cappello Lounge in Newcastle-under-Lyme, which opened on Wednesday in a 3,400sq ft former building society.
It is understood the group will open its latest Cosy Club in Hereford in February along with Lounge openings in Hinckley and Newquay in the same month.
