Restaurants Full-Service Same-Store Sales Decelerating So Far in November

By Mark Kalinowski Published on November 17, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Based on our data-driven checks, we believe that same-store sales for U.S. chain restaurants in the casual dining, family dining, and fine dining segments are all showing sequential deceleration for the first half of November relative to fullOctober. This new trend follows 5-6 consecutive months of either sequentially improving full-service same-store sales (or at least not meaningfully deteriorating sequential same-store sales).

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WEN Conference Call TODAY Featuring Wendy’s

By Mark Kalinowski Published on November 16, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Kalinowski Equity Research invites you to participate in our latest “Ask the Experts” conference call, to take place today — Monday, November 16th — starting at 1:00 PM Eastern time. The featured speakers will be Wendy’s CFO Gunther Plosch; and Greg Lemenchick, Senior Director – Investor Relations and Corporate FP&A.

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DENN Conference Call Highlights Opportunities in a Rapidly-Changing World

By Mark Kalinowski Published on November 11, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Yesterday, Kalinowski Equity Research hosted its latest “Ask the Experts” conference call — this time around, featuring Denny’s. The call included multiple participants from Denny’s: (1) President Mark Wolfinger, (2) Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert Verostek, (3) Vice President Investor Relations and Financial Planning & Analysis Curt Nichols, and (4) Director Investor Relations and Financial Planning & Analysis Kayla Money. We thank them for their time!

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