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Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. Improves Restaurant-Level EBITDA Margin to 16.4% for Second Quarter 2009
Business Wire
Aug 10, 2009
Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. (Nasdaq:GCFB), a Modern American upscale casual restaurant chain, today reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.
Highlights for the second quarter of 2009 were as follows:
- Restaurant-level EBITDA improves to 16.4% from 12.1% in prior year second quarter
- Restaurant-level EBITDA for comp stores increases to 18.5% from 14.5% in prior year second quarter
- Prime cost (food, beverage, labor) decreases 5.1 percentage points from 67.3% in prior year quarter to 62.2% in second quarter 2009
- Same-store-sales down 13.2% from prior year second quarter
- Adjusted company-wide EBITDA improves $1.5 million from $0.3 million in second quarter 2008 to $1.8 million in second quarter 2009. Corporate charges decrease $0.4 million in second quarter 2009 compared to second quarter 2008
Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
For all the restaurants, the restaurant-level EBITDA margin was 16.4% for the second quarter of 2009 compared to 12.1% in the second quarter of 2008. This represents an increase of 4.3 percentage points in restaurant-level EBITDA.
“I am very pleased with our operating performance in what has been a challenging environment,” commented Granite City’s CEO, Steve Wagenheim. “We are hopeful that some recent increases in traffic continue and are a reflection of our lower price point during the past several months. Our consistency of operations has never been better. I am extremely proud of our dedicated employees for improving our adjusted EBITDA on a year over year basis during the quarter when revenues were down. While we are pleased with the operating performance, we still have the challenge of restructuring our balance sheet. We continue to work with our lessors in an effort to restructure our debt and leases. We believe a successful restructure will help us avoid curtailing or reducing the scale of our operations. Our cash balance of $1.9 million at the end of the second quarter was generated by making fewer lease payments during negotiations. Although this is a short-term strategy, we are hopeful that we will negotiate acceptable terms with our lessors, thereby strengthening our balance sheet and improving our monthly cashflow.”
Total revenue for the second quarter 2009 decreased by 11.9% to $22.1 million compared to $25.1 million for the second quarter of 2008.
Total cost of sales was $18.5 million in the second quarter or 83.6% of sales compared to prior year second quarter cost of sales of $22.1 million or 87.9% of sales. The improvement in the second quarter compared to the prior year quarter was due to several factors including our renegotiated food and food distribution costs, sizing and scheduling our staff to standardized sales-per-labor-hour levels, and a continued strong focus in managing strategy.
General and administrative expenses were $2.4 million or 11.0% of sales for the second quarter of 2009 compared to $2.8 million or 11.1% of sales for the second quarter of 2008. The company incurred approximately $479,000 in restructuring costs and legal costs related to restructuring during the second quarter of 2009. Excluding these costs, general and administrative costs would have been $2.0 million or 8.8% of revenue.
The net loss for the second quarter of 2009 was $2.5 million or $(0.16) per share compared to a net loss of $3.3 million or $(0.20) per share in the second quarter of 2008.
Year-to-Date Financial Results
Total revenue for the first half of 2009 decreased by 11.4% to $43.5 million compared to $49.1 million for the first half of 2008.
For all the restaurants, the restaurant-level EBITDA margin was 15.9% for the first half of 2009 compared to 10.3% in first half of 2008. This represents an increase of 5.6 percentage points in restaurant-level EBITDA.
Total cost of sales was $36.6 million in the first half or 84.1% of sales compared to prior year first half cost of sales of $44.0 million or 89.7% of sales.
General and administrative expenses were $4.5 million or 10.3% of sales for the first half of 2009 compared to $5.5 million or 11.1% of sales for the first half of 2008. The company incurred $501,000 in restructuring costs and legal costs related to restructuring during first half of 2009. Excluding these costs, general and administrative costs would have been $4.0 million or 9.2% of revenue.
The net loss for the first half of 2009 was $5.3 million or $(0.32) per share compared to a net loss of $7.6 million or $(0.47) per share in the first half of 2008.
Investor Conference Call and Webcast
A conference call to review the results of the second quarter of 2009 will be held on Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time and may be accessed by calling 866-237-3252 and referencing code 898369. An archive of the presentation will be available for 30 days following the call.
About Granite City
Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. is a Modern American upscale casual restaurant chain that operates 26 restaurants in 11 states. The menu features affordable yet high quality family favorite menu items prepared from made-from-scratch recipes and served in generous portions. The sophisticated yet unpretentious restaurants, proprietary food and beverage products, attractive price points and high service standards combine for a great dining experience. Granite City opened its first restaurant in St. Cloud, Minnesota in 1999.
Forward-Looking Statements, Non-GAAP Financial Measurements, and Comparable Restaurant Data
Certain statements made in this press release of a non-historical nature constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such factors include, but are not limited to, changes in economic conditions, changes in consumer preferences or discretionary consumer spending, a significant change in the performance of any existing restaurants, the ability to obtain financing for, and complete construction of, additional restaurants at acceptable costs, and the risks and uncertainties described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2009. Further, if recent national declines in spending in the polished casual dining sector and in our store revenues continue to decline, we will need to increase liquidity for our operations through additional debt or equity capital and by structuring debt to lessors under capital leases and other credit facilities. If we are not successful in these efforts, we may be required to cease operations at some or all of our locations.
Additionally, this press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures, including references to prime costs, restaurant-level EBITDA and adjusted company-wide EBITDA. Prime costs are the sum of the cost of food, beverage and labor. We use prime costs to track the components in cost of sales which are directly variable with sales, and we use prime costs as a percentage of revenue as an internal measurement of restaurant-level operating performance. As compared to the nearest GAAP measurement for our company, restaurant-level EBITDA represents net loss with the add-back of net interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, general and administrative expenses, pre-opening costs and exit or disposal costs. Alternatively, restaurant-level EBITDA can be calculated as restaurant revenue less all restaurant-level cost of sales, excluding depreciation and amortization. We use restaurant-level EBITDA and restaurant-level EBITDA as a percentage of revenue as internal measurements of restaurant-level operating performance. Restaurant-level EBITDA as we define it may not be comparable to similar measurements used by other companies and are not measures of performance or liquidity presented in accordance with GAAP. We believe that restaurant-level EBITDA is an important component of our financial results because it is a widely used measurement within the restaurant industry to evaluate restaurant-level productivity, efficiency, and performance. We use restaurant-level EBITDA as a means of evaluating our restaurants’ financial performance compared with our competitors. As compared to the nearest GAAP measurement for our company, adjusted company-wide EBITDA represents operating loss with the add-back of pre-opening expenses, depreciation and amortization, and exit or disposal costs (Rogers & Troy), non-cash rent and restructure costs. We use adjusted company-wide EBITDA as a way to measure our overall internal operational performance without store openings and/or closings and as a means of evaluating our restaurants’ financial performance compared with our competitors. These non-GAAP measurements should not be used as substitutes for net loss, net cash provided by or used in operations or other financial data prepared in accordance with GAAP. A schedule of prime costs as a percentage of revenue for the first quarters of 2009 and 2008, and reconciliations of restaurant-level EBITDA and adjusted company-wide EBITDA to net loss for the first quarters of 2009 and 2008 are provided herein.
Finally, in order to provide supplemental results of operations information, we have included certain adjusted financial measures. In particular, we have presented various financial metrics for comparable restaurants, which are those restaurants that have been open for 18 months or more, and our new restaurants which are those restaurants that have been open for 18 months or less. The contributions of these groups of restaurants to company-wide performance are set forth herein.
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| Thirteen Weeks Ended | Twenty-six Weeks Ended | |||||||||||
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June 30, 2009 |
June 24, 2008 |
June 30, 2009 |
June 24, 2008 |
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| Restaurant revenues | $ | 22,101,365 | $ | 25,098,840 | $ | 43,526,066 | $ | 49,118,323 | ||||
| Cost of sales: | ||||||||||||
| Food, beverage and retail | 6,055,751 | 7,601,147 | 11,882,004 | 15,125,213 | ||||||||
| Labor | 7,694,891 | 9,298,114 | 15,226,533 | 18,650,135 | ||||||||
| Direct restaurant operating | 3,164,136 | 3,537,693 | 6,357,890 | 7,095,520 | ||||||||
| Occupancy | 1,571,315 | 1,618,071 | 3,143,515 | 3,164,972 | ||||||||
| Total cost of sales | 18,486,093 | 22,055,025 | 36,609,942 | 44,035,840 | ||||||||
| Pre-opening | 18,333 | 246,702 | 211,262 | 830,074 | ||||||||
| General and administrative | 2,430,751 | 2,780,374 | 4,495,067 | 5,471,343 | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,728,140 | 1,613,412 | 3,434,717 | 3,175,057 | ||||||||
| Exit or disposal activities | 173,460 | - | 601,540 | - | ||||||||
| Other | 41,307 | 15,606 | 50,408 | 51,371 | ||||||||
| Operating loss | (776,719) | (1,612,279) | (1,876,870) | (4,445,362) | ||||||||
| Interest: | ||||||||||||
| Income | 110 | 10,038 | 1,608 | 25,246 | ||||||||
| Expense | (1,751,482) | (1,651,126) | (3,382,440) | (3,139,953) | ||||||||
| Net interest expense | (1,751,372) | (1,641,088) | (3,380,832) | (3,114,707) | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (2,528,091) | $ | (3,253,367) | $ | (5,257,702) | $ | (7,560,069) | ||||
| Loss per common share, basic | $ | (0.16) | $ | (0.20) | $ | (0.32) | $ | (0.47) | ||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding, basic | 16,197,849 | 16,197,849 | 16,197,849 | 16,190,066 | ||||||||
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Selected Balance Sheet Information |
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December 30, 2008 |
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| Cash | $ | 1,934,999 | $ | 2,652,411 | ||
| Current assets including cash | $ | 3,610,977 | $ | 3,899,222 | ||
| Total assets | $ | 81,780,304 | $ | 82,110,665 | ||
| Current liabilities | $ | 13,179,603 | $ | 11,708,886 | ||
| Total liabilities | $ | 84,404,159 | $ | 79,634,099 | ||
| Shareholders’ (deficit ) equity | $ | (2,623,855) | $ | 2,476,566 | ||
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Non-GAAP Reconciliations Q2 2009 Results |
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New |
% of |
Total for All |
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| Restaurant revenues | $ | 17,099,752 | 100% | $ | 5,001,613 | 100% | $ | 22,101,365 | 100% | ||||||
| Cost of sales: | |||||||||||||||
| Food, beverage and retail | 4,666,629 | 27.3% | 1,389,122 | 27.8% | 6,055,751 | 27.4% | |||||||||
| Labor | 5,793,464 | 33.9% | 1,901,427 | 38.0% | 7,694,891 | 34.8% | |||||||||
| Direct Restaurant Operating Expenses | 2,399,489 | 14.0% | 764,647 | 15.3% | 3,164,136 | 14.3% | |||||||||
| Occupancy | 1,073,082 | 6.3% | 498,233 | 10.0% | 1,571,315 | 7.1% | |||||||||
| Total cost of sales | 13,932,664 | 81.5% | 4,553,429 | 91.0% | 18,486,093 | 83.6% | |||||||||
| Restaurant-level EBITDA* | $ | 3,167,088 | 18.5% | $ | 448,184 | 9.0% | $ | 3,615,272 | 16.4% | ||||||
| Pre-opening | 18,333 | 0.1% | |||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 2,430,751 | 11.0% | |||||||||||||
| Company-wide EBITDA | 1,166,188 | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,728,140 | ||||||||||||||
| Exit or disposal activities, other | 214,767 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating Loss | (776,719) | ||||||||||||||
| Interest: | |||||||||||||||
| Income | 110 | ||||||||||||||
| Expense | (1,751,482) | ||||||||||||||
| Net interest expense | (1,751,372) | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss as reported under GAAP | $ | (2,528,091) | |||||||||||||
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*See accompanying disclosure regarding use of non-GAAP financial measures. Certain percentages may not foot due to rounding. |
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Non-GAAP Reconciliations Q2 2008 Results |
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Comparable |
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New |
% of |
Total for All |
% of |
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| Restaurant revenues | $ | 15,648,772 | 100% | $ | 9,450,068 | 100% | $ | 25,098,840 | 100% | ||||||
| Cost of sales: | |||||||||||||||
| Food, beverage and retail | 4,611,692 | 29.5% | 2,989,455 | 31.6% | 7,601,147 | 30.3% | |||||||||
| Labor | 5,554,218 | 35.5% | 3,743,896 | 39.6% | 9,298,114 | 37.0% | |||||||||
| Direct Restaurant Operating Expenses | 2,246,975 | 14.4% | 1,290,718 | 13.7% | 3,537,693 | 14.1% | |||||||||
| Occupancy | 964,159 | 6.2% | 653,912 | 6.9% | 1,618,071 | 6.4% | |||||||||
| Total cost of sales | 13,377,044 | 85.5% | 8,677,981 | 91.8% | 22,055,025 | 87.9% | |||||||||
| Restaurant-level EBITDA* | $ | 2,271,728 | 14.5% | $ | 772,087 | 8.2% | $ | 3,043,815 | 12.1% | ||||||
| Pre-opening | 246,702 | 1.0% | |||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 2,780,374 | 11.1% | |||||||||||||
| Company-wide EBITDA | 16,739 | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,613,412 | ||||||||||||||
| Exit or disposal activities, other | 15,606 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating Loss | (1,612,279) | ||||||||||||||
| Interest: | |||||||||||||||
| Income | 10,038 | ||||||||||||||
| Expense | (1,651,126) | ||||||||||||||
| Net interest expense | (1,641,088) | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss as reported under GAAP | $ | (3,253,367) | |||||||||||||
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*See accompanying disclosure regarding use of non-GAAP financial measures. Certain percentages may not foot due to rounding. |
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Non-GAAP Reconciliations First Half 2009 Results |
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% of |
New |
% of |
Total for All |
% of |
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| Restaurant revenues | $ | 33,043,914 | 100% | $ | 10,482,152 | 100% | $ | 43,526,066 | 100% | ||||||
| Cost of sales: | |||||||||||||||
| Food, beverage and retail | 8,966,890 | 27.1% | 2,915,114 | 27.8% | 11,882,004 | 27.3% | |||||||||
| Labor | 11,204,791 | 33.9% | 4,021,742 | 38.4% | 15,226,533 | 35.0% | |||||||||
| Direct Restaurant Operating Expenses | 4,742,264 | 14.4% | 1,615,626 | 15.4% | 6,357,890 | 14.6% | |||||||||
| Occupancy | 2,135,853 | 6.5% | 1,007,662 | 9.6% | 3,143,515 | 7.2% | |||||||||
| Total cost of sales | 27,049,798 | 81.9% | 9,560,144 | 91.2% | 36,609,942 | 84.1% | |||||||||
| Restaurant-level EBITDA* | $ | 5,994,116 | 18.1% | $ | 922,008 | 8.8% | $ | 6,916,124 | 15.9% | ||||||
| Pre-opening | 211,262 | 0.5% | |||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 4,495,067 | 10.3% | |||||||||||||
| Company-wide EBITDA* | 2,209,795 | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 3,434,717 | ||||||||||||||
| Exit or disposal activities, other | 651,948 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating Loss | (1,876,870) | ||||||||||||||
| Interest: | |||||||||||||||
| Income | 1,608 | ||||||||||||||
| Expense | (3,382,440) | ||||||||||||||
| Net interest expense | (3,380,832) | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss as reported under GAAP | $ | (5,257,702) | |||||||||||||
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*See accompanying disclosure regarding use of non-GAAP financial measures. Certain percentages may not foot due to rounding. |
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Non-GAAP Reconciliations First Half 2008 Results |
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Comparable |
% of |
New |
% of |
Total for All |
% of |
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| Restaurant revenues | $ | 29,103,667 | 100% | $ | 20,014,656 | 100% | $ | 49,118,323 | 100% | ||||||
| Cost of sales: | |||||||||||||||
| Food, beverage and retail | 8,686,676 | 29.8% | 6,438,537 | 32.2% | 15,125,213 | 30.8% | |||||||||
| Labor | 10,379,227 | 35.7% | 8,270,908 | 41.3% | 18,650,135 | 38.0% | |||||||||
| Direct operating expense | 4,305,811 | 14.8% | 2,789,709 | 13.9% | 7,095,520 | 14.4% | |||||||||
| Occupancy | 1,792,930 | 6.2% | 1,372,042 | 6.9% | 3,164,972 | 6.4% | |||||||||
| Total cost of sales | 25,164,644 | 86.5% | 18,871,196 | 94.3% | 44,035,840 | 89.7% | |||||||||
| Restaurant-level EBITDA* | $ | 3,939,023 | 13.5% | $ | 1,143,460 | 5.7% | $ | 5,082,483 | 10.3% | ||||||
| Pre-opening | 830,074 | 1.7% | |||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 5,471,343 | 11.1% | |||||||||||||
| Company-wide EBITDA* | (1,218,934) | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 3,175,057 | ||||||||||||||
| Exit or disposal activities, other | 51,371 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating Loss | (4,445,362) | ||||||||||||||
| Interest: | |||||||||||||||
| Income | 25,246 | ||||||||||||||
| Expense | (3,139,953) | ||||||||||||||
| Net interest expense | (3,114,707) | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss as reported under GAAP | $ | (7,560,069) | |||||||||||||
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*See accompanying disclosure regarding use of non-GAAP financial measures. Certain percentages may not foot due to rounding. |
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Adjusted Company-Wide EBITDA |
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June 24, 2008 |
June 30, 2009 |
June 24, 2008 |
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| Operating loss | $ | (776,719) | $ | (1,612,279) | $ | (1,876,870) | $ | (4,445,362) | ||||
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| Pre-opening | 18,333 | 246,702 | 211,262 | 830,074 | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 1,728,140 | 1,613,412 | 3,434,717 | 3,175,057 | ||||||||
| Exit or disposal activities | 173,460 | - | 601,540 | - | ||||||||
| Non-cash rent expense | 220,128 | 64,624 | 294,241 | 128,513 | ||||||||
| Restructure costs | 478,607 | - | 500,957 | |||||||||
| Adjusted company-wide EBITDA* | $ | 1,841,949 | $ | 312,459 | $ | 3,165,847 | $ | (311,718) | ||||
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Selected Results |
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| Costs as a percentage of revenue | ||||||||||||
| Food, beverage and retail | 27.4 | % | 30.3 | % | 27.3 | % | 30.8 | % | ||||
| Labor | 34.8 | 37.0 | 35.0 | 38.0 | ||||||||
| Total prime costs* | 62.2 | % | 67.3 | % | 62.3 | % | 68.8 | % | ||||
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*See accompanying disclosure regarding use of non-GAAP financial measures. |
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