In advance of its presentation today at the Cowen and Company 8th
Annual Consumer Conference, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ:
CAKE)
announced preliminary, unaudited revenues and comparable
restaurant sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, which ended on
December 29, 2009.
Total unaudited revenues were approximately $401 million in the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2009 as compared to $400 million in the prior year
fourth quarter.
Comparable restaurant sales decreased 0.9% in the fourth quarter of
fiscal 2009 from the fourth quarter of the prior year. By concept,
comparable restaurant sales decreased 0.7% and 3.9% at The Cheesecake
Factory and Grand Lux Cafe, respectively, in the fourth quarter of
fiscal 2009 from the fourth quarter of the previous year.
"We delivered a strong finish to the year with a significant improvement
in comparable restaurant sales relative to the third quarter of fiscal
2009, driven almost entirely by guest traffic. This is our fourth
consecutive quarter of improving comparable restaurant sales, which
speaks to our operational execution, highly differentiated concepts and
the affinity consumers have for our brands,” said David Overton,
Chairman and CEO.
The Company expects to announce final results for the fourth quarter of
fiscal 2009 on February 11, 2010.
About The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated created the upscale casual dining
segment in 1978 with the introduction of its namesake concept. The
Company operates 160 full-service, casual dining restaurants throughout
the U.S., including 146 restaurants under The Cheesecake Factory® mark;
13 restaurants under the Grand Lux Cafe® mark; and one restaurant under
the RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen® mark. The Company also operates two
bakery production facilities in Calabasas Hills, CA and Rocky Mount, NC
that produce over 70 varieties of quality cheesecakes and other baked
products. For more information, please visit thecheesecakefactory.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains preliminary, unaudited financial information
and forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements,
including uncertainties related to: factors outside of the Company’s
control that impact consumer confidence and spending; current and future
macro national and regional economic conditions; changes in national and
regional unemployment rates; the economic health of our landlords and
other tenants in shopping centers in which we are located; the economic
health of suppliers, vendors and other third parties providing goods or
services to the Company; adverse weather conditions in regions in which
our restaurants are located; factors that are under the control of
government agencies, landlords and other third parties; and other risks
and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as set forth below. Investors
are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
future performance and that undue reliance should not be placed on such
statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the dates on
which they are made and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements or to make any other
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, unless required to do so by securities laws.
Investors are referred to the full discussion of risks and uncertainties
associated with forward-looking statements and the discussion of risk
factors contained in the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K,
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed
with the SEC and which are available at www.sec.gov.
