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title: "Red Robin Stock Dips After Warning of Poor Q2 Results"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f6b6e624-1f1a-4c1d-a476-b6dca9eb91f0
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/red-robin-stock-dips-after-warning-of-poor-q2-results-2707391
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2018-08-06T16:11:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:39.158Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/d6074e7c8cb68b2c180421cd823bb3343346.jpg
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# Red Robin Stock Dips After Warning of Poor Q2 Results

**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.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-08-06. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/red-robin-stock-dips-after-warning-of-poor-q2-results-2707391).*

## Story

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.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- same store sales (topic)
- Red Robin (company)
- q2 results (topic)
- stock performance (topic)
- guest traffic (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/red-robin-stock-dips-after-warning-of-poor-q2-results-2707391). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f6b6e624-1f1a-4c1d-a476-b6dca9eb91f0).