Domino’s recently announced that it would increase the price of its Delivery Mix & Match offer in the U.S. to $6.99 ($6.99 each for delivery of two or more menu items selected from the Mix & Match menu). We believe that by the end of March, this menu-price increase was substantially complete. What could it mean for Domino’s earnings?
With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Index for Q1 to +2.1%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the +12.9% number from Q1 2021, and the -1.2% number from Q1 2020. On a three-year (pre-pandemic) basis, the Kalinowski Quick-Service Burger Index for Q1 is at +13.8%. These numbers are based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during January, February, and March.
McDonald’s plans to report its first-quarter earnings before the market open on Thursday, April 28th. Ahead of that, we retain our Q1E U.S. same-store sales forecast of +3.0%.
With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Casual Dining Index for Q1 to +17.6%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the +9.1% number from Q1 2021 and the -13.1% figure from Q1 2020. On a three-year (pre-pandemic) basis, the Kalinowski Casual Dining Index for Q1 is at +11.5%. These numbers are based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during January, February, and early-to-mid March. Keep in mind, individual performance can vary wildly on a concept-by-concept basis.
With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Fine Dining Index for Q1 to +40.2%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the -0.8% number from Q1 2021, and the -13.3% figure from Q1 2020. On a three-year (pre-pandemic) basis, the Kalinowski Fine Dining Index for Q1 2022 is at +4.6%. These numbers are based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during January, February, and early-to-mid March.
With this report, we update our data-driven Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Index for Q1 to -0.2%. This is the one-year figure, lapping the +16.6% number from Q1 2021, and the -0.9% figure from Q1 2020. On a three-year (pre-pandemic) basis, the Kalinowski Quick-Service Pizza Index for Q4 is at +15.3%. These numbers are based on our latest proprietary checks/data as regards same-store sales performance for this segment during January, February, and early-to-mid March.