Restaurant Brands lifts Q1 sales 3.9% after adding Carl’s Jr stores
Sales at its 179 stores increase by $2.8m to $73.3m in the 12 weeks ended May 20.
Sales at its 179 stores increase by $2.8m to $73.3m in the 12 weeks ended May 20.
Restaurant Brands, which operates four fast-food chains, lifted first-quarter sales 3.9 percent after it added the Carl's Jr burger brand to its stable in November.
Sales at its 179 stores increased by $2.8 million to $73.3 million in the 12 weeks ended May 20, from the year earlier period, the Auckland-based company says in a statement. The addition of three Carl's Jr stores during the period added $2.3 million to sales. On a same-store basis, total sales rose 3.2 percent.
Shares in Restaurant Brands gained 1 percent to $3.03.
KFC sales, which make up the bulk of the company's revenue, rose 0.1 percent to $54.1 million. Excluding the addition of a new store, sales dropped 0.9 percent.
Pizza Hut stores boosted revenue 6.7 percent to $11.3 million after the company sold 12 of its regional and lower volume stores to independent franchisees. On a same-store basis, sales jumped 28.6 percent as the chain benefited from new promotions.
Sales at the company's Starbucks Coffee chain dropped 5.1 percent to $5.6 million after two stores closed as a result of the Christchurch earthquake and the company shut a further three stores with low sales at the end of their leases. Same-store sales rose 1.7 percent.
A fourth Carl's Jr store opened near the end of the quarter on May 16 and achieved a weekly sales record for any store operated by the company, Restaurant Brands says. The Memphis BBQ Burger and Hokey Pokey Milkshake promotions continued to produce strong sales.
(BusinessDesk)