TL;DR
Red Robin's stock fell nearly 25% after CEO Denny Marie Post warned of poor Q2 results, with same-store sales down 2.6% and guest traffic down 0.7%. The company's total revenue for the quarter is expected to be around $315.4 million.
Last Wednesday, Red Robin CEO Denny Marie Post allowed issues a warning regarding the franchise’s upcoming Q2 earnings report, and company stock has fallen nearly 25 percent as a result.
According to an article in Nation’s Restaurant News, same-store sales were down 2.6 percent over the quarter and guest traffic was down 0.7 percent. Total revenue for the quarter is likely to hit about $315.4 million, about $400,000 less than the same period last year.
The full report will be released on August 21, but in a pre-announcement release, Post said “We are disappointed with our performance in the second quarter.”
Since the statement was released last week, company stock has dipped by 24.75 percent.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on August 6, 2018. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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