fulham shore plc said thursday that its restaurants continue to trade strongly and ahead of the same period in 2019 the londonlisted restaurant operatorwhich houses the franco manca pizza chain and the real greek chainsaid that revenue from its restaurants in the west end of london and city center offices since sept 29 has risen 3 compared with the same period in 2019 it added that sales of delivery meals also continue to be higher than 2019 levels fulham shore said that it has now fully paid the uk government backed coronavirus large business interruption loan the company had net cash of 43 million pounds 59 million at nov 3 we are maintaining margins in both our businesses as the rise in our restaurant sales is enabling the group to deal with the well flagged inflation of utility costs and the wage increases that have been instigated chairman david page said we continue to trade ahead of our own expectations and have a strong pipeline of exciting new locations he said shares at 0811 gmt were up 150 pence or 9 at 1825 pence