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Restaurant Brands Third Quarter Sales

Operational Update15 December 2019RBDConsumer Discretionary

16 December 2019
ASX/NZX


Restaurant Brands Strong Sales Growth Continues in the Third Quarter


Restaurant Brands’ total sales for the third quarter of the financial year (12 weeks to 2 December 2019)

were $192.0 million, an increase of $10.5 million or 5.8% on the equivalent period last year. Each of the

operating divisions (New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii) maintained strong same store sales growth

with sales increases of +5.6%, +3.9% and +8.8% respectively.


New Zealand operations sales were $99.6 million, up 5.2% in total (despite the partial impact of the sale

of the Starbucks Coffee business in October 2018), and up 5.6% on a same store basis. Australian KFC

outlets produced sales of $NZ46.5 million, up 6.7% on a total basis and 3.9% on a same store basis

(local currency). Hawaiian operations sales were $NZ45.8 million, up 2.7% on a total basis and 8.8%

on a same store basis (local currency).


Year to date sales were $634.5 million, an increase of 3.6% over the prior year on a total basis.


Company store numbers were up by two on the equivalent period last year to 286.


KFC New Zealand


Third quarter sales for KFC New Zealand were $83.6 million, an increase of 8.3% on the equivalent

period last year and up 5.5% on a same store basis for this quarter.


Year to date sales for KFC New Zealand were $277.1 million, an increase of 8.0% on a total basis and

5.6% on a same store basis.


Store numbers increased by two during the quarter with the opening of stores at WestCity and

Newmarket, and increased by five on the prior year with stores opening during the first quarter at

Bombay, Courtenay Place and Tauranga Crossing.


Pizza Hut New Zealand


Third quarter sales for Restaurant Brands-owned Pizza Hut stores were $7.6 million, an increase of

0.8% on the equivalent period last year. Same store sales for the quarter decreased by 3.2%.


Year to date sales for Restaurant Brands-owned Pizza Hut stores were $25.9 million, a decrease of

7.4% in total, and down 4.1% on a same store basis.


Restaurant Brands-owned store numbers decreased by one during the quarter to 29 stores, and

constant with last year. There are now 73 Pizza Hut stores operated by independent franchisees of a

network of 102 stores.


Network total sales for the quarter were $23.4 million, an increase of 1.2%. Year to date network total

sales were $77.0 million, a decrease of 2.5%.




RESTAURANT BRANDS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED

Carl’s Jr.

Total Carl’s Jr. sales for the third quarter were $8.0 million, an increase of 15.5% on both a total and

same stores basis on the equivalent period last year following the introduction of delivery via the

UberEats platform.


Year to date sales for Carl’s Jr. were $27.0 million, an increase of 10.7% on a total basis and 11.4%

on a same store basis.


Store numbers remained steady at 18 during the quarter.


Taco Bell New Zealand.


The first New Zealand Taco Bell store opened in November with strong sales from three weeks of

trading of $0.3 million.


KFC Australia


Third quarter sales for KFC Australia were $A43.7 million ($NZ46.5 million), an increase of 6.7% on a

total basis and 3.9% on a same store basis (local currency).


Year to date sales for KFC Australia were $A143.1 million ($NZ151.4 million), an increase of 4.9% on a

total basis and 5.3% on a same store basis (local currency).


Store numbers increased by one to 62 during the quarter with the opening of the Darlinghurst store.


Taco Bell Australia


Restaurant Brand’s first Australian Taco Bell store recently opened in Newcastle during the first week

of quarter four.


Taco Bell Hawaii


Total Taco Bell sales for the third quarter were up to $US17.6 million ($NZ27.7 million) on the back of

several successful promotions. This was an increase of 5.4% on a total basis and 13.5% on a same

store basis (local currency).


Year to date sales for Taco Bell were $US60.1 million ($NZ91.7 million), an increase of 8.4% on a total

basis and 13.6% on a same store basis (local currency).


Store numbers remained steady at 36 during the quarter.


Pizza Hut Hawaii


Pizza Hut Hawaii sales for the third quarter were $US11.5 million ($NZ18.1 million), a decrease of 1.2%

on a total basis and up 2.3% on a same store basis (local currency).


Year to date Pizza Hut Hawaii sales were $US40.0 million ($NZ61.0 million), a decrease of 0.3% on a

total basis but up 2.8% on a same store basis (local currency).


Store numbers were down two during the quarter to 41 following the expiry of leases on the Hawaii Kai

and Kapaa stores, and down four on last year.

Full Year Results

Following the change in balance date to 31 December the company expects to release its full year

trading results in late February 2020.




For further information please contact:


Russel Creedy Grant Ellis

CEO CFO/Company Secretary

Phone: +64 9 525 8700 Phone: +64 9 525 8700


ENDS








2019 ($000's)2018/19 ($000's)Change

Total Store Sales ($NZ)

Q3 2019 vs Q3 2018/19

KFC New Zealand83,631


77,213


8.3%

Pizza Hut New Zealand7,627



7,566


0.8%

Starbucks Coffee

-



2,973

n/a

Carl's Jr.

8,034

6,958 15.5%

Taco Bell New Zealand317

- n/a

New Zealand99,609 94,710


5.2%

KFC Australia *

46,531 44,270 5.1%

Taco Bell Hawaii *27,702 25,068


10.5%

Pizza Hut Hawaii *18,118

17,460


3.8%

Hawaii *45,820


42,528

7.7%

Total Store Sales

191,960

181,508

5.8%

YTD 2019 vs YTD 2018/19

KFC New Zealand

277,119

256,477

8.0%

Pizza Hut New Zealand25,936

28,018


(7.4%)

Starbucks Coffee

-

16,022

n/a

Carl's Jr.27,035

24,419 10.7%

Taco Bell New Zealand

317

- n/a

New Zealand330,406

324,936

1.7%

KFC Australia *151,377

147,661

2.5%

Taco Bell Hawaii *91,700

81,183

13.0%

Pizza Hut Hawaii *

61,039

58,716

4.0%

Hawaii *152,739

139,899

9.2%

Total Store Sales634,522

612,495


3.6%

* - Converted at exchange rates on following page

RESTAURANT BRANDS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED

Quarterly Sales Report

Summary of Results for the 3rd Quarter (Q3)

(for the 12 weeks 10/09/19 to 02/12/19)


2019 ($000's)2018/19 ($000's)Change

Total Store Sales (Local Currency)

Q3 2019 vs Q3 2018/19

KFC Australia ($A)

43,662 40,933 6.7%

Taco Bell Hawaii

17,647 16,743 5.4%

Pizza Hut Hawaii11,526 11,670 (1.2%)

Hawaii ($US)

29,173 28,412 2.7%

YTD 2019 vs YTD 2018/19

KFC Australia ($A)

143,120 136,413 4.9%

Taco Bell Hawaii60,060 55,383 8.4%

Pizza Hut Hawaii

39,986 40,113 (0.3%)

Hawaii ($US)100,045 95,496 4.8%

20192018/19Change

Number Of Stores Open At Quarter End

KFC New Zealand99 94 5

Pizza Hut New Zealand29 29 -

Starbucks Coffee- - -

Carl's Jr.18 18 -

Taco Bell New Zealand1 - 1

New Zealand147 141 6

KFC Australia62 62 -

Taco Bell Hawaii36 36 -

Pizza Hut Hawaii41 45 (4)

Hawaii77 81 (4)

Total Stores286 284 2

Exchange Rates

- Blended $A:$NZ rate for Q30.938 0.925 0.014

- Blended $A:$NZ rate for YTD0.945 0.924 0.022

- Blended $US:$NZ rate for Q30.637 0.668 (0.031)

- Blended $US:$NZ rate for YTD0.655 0.683 (0.028)

Note: Some sales numbers for each of the concepts may not aggregate in total due to rounding.

Summary of Results for the 3rd Quarter (Q3)

(for the 12 weeks 10/09/19 to 02/12/19)

RESTAURANT BRANDS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED

Quarterly Sales Report

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