LEON earnings jump 46%
The fast food chain announced its annual accounts for year ending December 2015, reporting like for like sales growth of 7.8%.
The brand also increased its EBITDA by 46% (£2.26m from £1.55m), and opened 12 new sites.
Co-founder John Vincent credited the chain's success to continued innovation and team commitment. He said: "Every year LEON just grows bigger and stronger. To add 7.8% like for like sales to last year's 23% is a testament to the LEON team."
"We want everyone to eat well and be well, and we start with our own team members, who are like family to us. That is why we have maintained benefits like free meals, paid breaks and, in addition, significantly increased the discount on meals when not on shift."
"In 2015 we continued to grow but never lost sight of what we do best; innovate and provide naturally fast food. Last year we developed a number of new items like a dairy free chocolate shake, our own date and cinnamon butter and a Brazilian black bean stew. We also reduced the sugar in our still lemonade by 20%. It will always be the LEON mission to serve food that is both good and good for you."
LEON will also open in Europe for the first time this summer, and have picked Schiphol airport in Amsterdam as their first site.
John Vincent said: "At LEON we have always seen fast food as an international business and (like McDonalds back in 1971) have picked Amsterdam as the launch site for our European journey. I spent most of my childhood holidays in Holland so I'm very happy to be going back and reliving those happy memories. The Dutch are almost as funny as the English so we'll have to keep our jokes as fresh as our food."
