Saturday, May 3, 2008

Burger King Shrinking Margins

Burger King (BKC) reported strong Q3 results led by global business momentum and raised fiscal year guidance. Then as you read the press release and I mean read, for nine full paragraphs, until you realize that the margins are starting to shrink dramatically. Overall sales growth has been strong enough to overcome the problem and create a bottom line. But the problem persists. Management points to two major factors. The rather large spend on rebranding stores which temporarily takes a large bite out of margins. As well the cost of food and paper has gone up. The rebranding can be u[...]

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[Source: The Money Blogs]

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