Sentences with phrase «same chain of stores»

What's worse is different locations for the same chain of stores might be categorized differently.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, it's clear that other chains are winning: In the third quarter of 2014, while McDonald's same - store sales were falling about 3 %, those at Chipotle Mexican Grill, the big cheese of the burrito world, were soaring 20 %.

The chain is expected to report its fourth consecutive year of same - store sales growth in early February.

On Thursday, the coffee chain confirmed that investors can expect annual global same - store sales of between 3 and 5 percent growth.

Most concerning is the 4.1 % decline in same - store sales in the U.S. Higher prices and more intense competition are hurting the chain, not to mention that sense of shame and self - loathing many consumers experience at McDonald's.

In November, the company, which also owns the 38 - store Bloomingdale's chain, posted its 11th consecutive quarter of declines in comparable or «same - store» sales, a metric that strips out results from recently opened or closed stores.

On a conference call with analysts, Buffalo Wild Wings executives were asked what went wrong for the chain, which has now reported two straight quarters of same - store sales weaknesses.

Like chain - retail record stores before it, video game retail's days are numbered and its demise will come at the hands of the same killer: the Internet.

The nation's largest chain of drive - in restaurants saw system - wide same - stores sales rise 2.2 percent during the first quarter, powered by a 2.3 percent increase at franchise drive - ins, the corporation reported Monday.

After decades of spectacular growth, the chain appears to be hitting the wall: same - store sales - growth is sagging in Canada, where Tims is suddenly facing tough new competition from McDonald's new McCafé rebrand, clearly aimed at taking a big gulp out of the market leader's coffee sales.

The group's view of Tim Hortons as a relaxed meeting place is exactly what the chain is now aiming for in Canada, where boosting same - store sales has become the focus of its growth strategy.

Commentary: «Revenues were up 8.3 % for the third quarter versus the prior - year period, due primarily to higher commodity prices impacting the Company's supply chain revenues, higher same store sales in both domestic and international stores, store count growth in international markets and the positive impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.»

Same - store sales, one of the most closely watched metrics for retail chains, came in at 1.7 %, well above the 0.8 % last quarter

For instance, what sort of industry - wide casual dining chain same - store sales performance do you think it's consistent with your 1 % to 2 % guidance?

The so - called Redbook survey showed last week that same - store sales were up 3.2 % over year - ago levels at 20 of the largest U.S. chain retailers despite continued pressure from online competition.

While Lululemon is doing well financially — the chain raked in $ 2.3 billion in revenue last year, a 14 % rise over the prior year, and posted a same - store sales increase of 6 % — it's still competing in a stretched - out space.

What is amazing is that for about the same amount of money he bought the largest furniture store chain in Texas and no one ever talks about that purchase.

Essentially, the company had to become the next Chipotle despite not stacking up to the fast casual Mexican chain in terms of same store sales growth, increase in store count, or ROIC.

Rather than being valued like a tech company, it turns out that public markets value Blue Apron much the same way they would a typical chain of grocery stores.

Same - store sales at the Mexican - food chain improved just 1.8 % last quarter, lapping a jump of 14 % the year before.

(CNN)- Throngs of people weighed in on the Chick - fil - A debate at stores across the United States on Wednesday, buying chicken sandwiches to show their support for the restaurant chain and its president's opposition to same - sex marriage.

It contains a series of chemical bonds linked together in a chain, and since not all the links of the chain are the same, it is possible to store information there.

CNN: Chick - fil - A restaurants become rallying points for supporters Throngs of people weighed in on the Chick - fil - A debate at stores across the United States on Wednesday, buying chicken sandwiches to show their support for the restaurant chain and its president's opposition to same - sex marriage.

The packet of Taco Bell spices you buy in grocery stores makes delicious spicy beef for tacos, but don't expect it to taste exactly the same as the beef at the giant Mexican food chain.

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Given the tight operating environment for restaurants throughout the U.S., it comes as no surprise that many of the national chains continue to struggle to post consistently positive same - store sales, long considered another indicator of industry health.

Once dominated by local mom - and - pop stores, the industry has undergone a lot of consolidation, resulting in chains that have the size and scope of traditional supermarkets in many cases but the same tight focus on Asian products.

At the same time Woolworths announced its intentions to sell or close its hardware stores, its competitor, Wesfarmers (owner of Coles supermarkets and Bunnings hardware stores) publicly stated it had acquired the UK's Homebase home improvement chain for AUD $ 705 million.

«It's a feeling that transports you back hundreds of years, before the days of mass grocery stores and chain restaurants — all of which serve the same frozen garbage masked as «fresh» and «local.»

Over the past twenty years or so, Australia has seen the demise of hundreds of small grocery stores, butchers, bakers, florists, greengrocers, pharmacists, newsagents, liquor outlets and other small retailers as a direct result of the continuous expansion of major supermarket chains and major speciality retailers, often subsidiaries of the same conglomerate.

Several chains are reported to offer discounts on baby products in - store only when parents of twins request a discount and buy two or more of the same products at the same time, such as car seats, strollers, play yards, high chairs, swings, gates, exersaucers / walkers, and backpack / carriers.

At the same time, legislators said they understand the importance of the chain, which owns roughly 170 stores across Upstate New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont and employs more than 14,000 people.

Not all auction vehicle - report contents are of the same quality, says Gene Detrick, corporate used - vehicle director for Earnhardt Auto Group, a 13 - store dealership chain in Chandler, AZ. «Some auction descriptions are complete while others are untenable to the point that you can't use them.»

And what if all of them say the same thing to the big chain store?

By the end of 2011 book chains lost 3 % of market compared to the previous year which was the same as the independent book stores but worse than book clubs -LRB--1 %) and book markets -LRB-- 2 %).

At the same time, he dismissed the idea that the chain has too many stores, saying instead that stores were what made Barnes & Noble beloved of its customers.

Same store sales numbers have been negative lately, due to a bunch of factors, including crappier selection at Smart Set (the company's chain catering to younger women), expansion into the U.S. building stores inside Babies - R - Us locations which flopped miserably, and the emergence of Target in the Canadian market.

What is amazing is that for about the same amount of money he bought the largest furniture store chain in Texas and no one ever talks about that purchase.

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When customers walk through the front door of any business, they can usually tell if there is a personal touch in the store or if it's strictly an impersonal corporate presentation — or even worse, aisle after aisle, shelf after shelf of the same things they can find in every chain and big - box store.

«We have the look of a high - end retail store, but deep down, we are a neighborhood pet store selling food for the same price as the national chains,» Paul said.

When the pet - store chain Petland and the Humane Society of the United States — frequent opponents on legislative actions — are both on the same page and crying foul, you know we have entered new territory concerning the welfare of dogs.

The stores do not have the same buying power as a chain, Del says, but there is a price break when he buys two pallets of food instead of 20 bags.

To put the growth of the big - box chains in context, PetSmart and Petco each added around the same number of stores as all of the other players on the Top 25 list combined during the same period.

He painted a pretty bleak picture for small and independent retailers, saying that his own operation of several stores was simply not getting the same great terms that suppliers were giving to larger chains and Internet businesses.

A 24 - hour diner in the downtown region won't face many of the same risks as a clothing store chain.

A number of factors are suppressing recent same - store sales at restaurant chains, whether they are quick service restaurants like Sonic (down 2 percent) or Chipotle (down 20.1 percent) or at casual sit down locations like the brands Darden owns.

Otherwise they'll end up making the same overbuilding mistake that retail chains made over the last decade, creating a surplus of stores that only now are they starting to rein in.

While most of the retail industry struggled in 2008 (same - store sales for all U.S. chain stores rose just 1.1 percent for the year), the luxury sector experienced same - store sales declines during 10 of the past 12 months, according to ICSC.

Drugstores saw same - store sales growth of 2.9 percent in the first four months of this year, according to ICSC, higher than the 1.7 percent same - store sales growth figure for all U.S. chain stores.