TGI Fridays toasts strong 2012

13 June, 2012

TGI Friday’s has reported a strong start to 2012 with like for like sales up by nearly 8%. The stellar opening to the year follows a series of initiatives to reinvigorate the TGI Friday’s brand in the UK.

Chief executive Karen Forrester told Propel Info’s Morning Briefing that the chain’s Bluewater site was taking around £162,000 a week, and that the poor weather over the last few weeks was helping its sales. “We’re having a fantastic year.”

TGIF will open at least seven sites in the second half of the year, including restaurants in Wembley and Manchester next month and Halifax in August.