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Brinker Intl
Brinker Intl is a publicly traded company having a good stock performance result. Brinker Intl is a fortune 500 stock listed company trading under EAT.
The company was founded in 1977 and is based in Dallas, Texas. Brinker International, Inc. primarily engages in the ownership, operation, development, and franchising of restaurant concepts in the United States. Ron Kirk, Board of Directors of Brinker Intl
Revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2006 are estimated to increase by 11percent to 12 percent compared to the same quarter in fiscal 2005, driven primarily by capacity gains of 7 percent to 8 percent. Cost of sales is estimated to be 0.5 percent to 0.6 percent higher than last year due primarily to negative shifts in product mix and higher meat and poultry costs. Restaurant expenses are estimated to be 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent lower than last year primarily driven by improvements in labor efficiencies and sales leverage, partially offset by stock-based compensation expense to be recognized beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2006.
Cost of sales, as a percent of revenues, increased 0.5 percent in fiscal 2005 due primarily to a 0.9 percent increase in commodity prices for meat, poultry. Cost of sales, as a percent of revenues, increased 0.2 percent in fiscal 2004 due primarily to a 0.5 percent increase in commodity prices for meat, seafood, dairy and cheese, and a 0.7 percent unfavorable product mix shift for poultry and produce, partially offset by a 0.3 percent decrease in commodity prices for poultry, a 0.2 percent favorable product mix shift for meat and seafood, and a 0.5 percent increase in menu prices.
The Company, to the extent permitted by competition, recovers increased costs through a combination of menu price increases and reviewing, then implementing, alternative products or process.
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