Feb 29 (Reuters) - Birkenstock beat market expectations for first-quarter revenue on Thursday, as the German sandal maker gained from the full-price selling of its footwear and rising U.S. demand for more casual cork-based shoes.

The company's quarterly revenue rose to 302.9 million euros ($328.65 million) from 248.5 million euros a year earlier, compared with market expectations of 288.7 million euros, according to LSEG data.

($1 = 0.9217 euros) (Reporting by Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)