Nicholas Cadbury, the Finance Director of Whitbread, bought 600 shares at 2,522.88p on Thursday, two days after the hotel and restaurant group posted a 14.8 per cent rise in total sales in the 50 weeks to February 14th.

The modest £15,137 purchase follows Tuesday's trading statement, in which the company reported double digit sales growth and said it was on track to deliver full year results in line with expectations.

Like-for-like sales rose 3.7% across the whole group in the 50 weeks to February 14th with the biggest like-for-like increase being seen at Costa stores, where sales rose 6.6%.

In the 11 weeks to February 14th, total sales rose 16.9% across the whole group while like-for-like sales rose 2.7%.

Cadbury's total holding following the purchase is 600.



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