Elior reported an 11.7% increase in first-quarter sales on Thursday, as the French foodservice group continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Elior reported sales of 1.23 billion euros for the quarter ended December 31, compared with 1.12 billion euros a year earlier.

(1 $ = 0.9159 euros) (Reported by Diana Mandiá ; Lina Golovnya, edited by Matthieu Protard)