April 28 (Reuters) - Mexican restaurant and cafe chain operator Alsea on Tuesday posted a first-quarter net profit drop of 65.7% compared with the same period last year, hitting 114.86 million pesos ($6.41 million).
The multinational, which operates high-profile restaurant chains like Domino's Pizza and Starbucks in Europe and Latin America, reported revenues up 1.4% in the January-to-March period, landing at 20.07 billion pesos.
The net profit landed well below expectations from analysts polled by LSEG, who forecast net profit at 317.48 million pesos in the first quarter, and mostly in line with their forecast of revenues of 20.30 billion pesos.
Alsea SAB de CV is a Mexico-based company primarily engaged in the foodservice sector. Its main activities include the operation of such reputed franchises as the Domino’s Pizza, Burger King, California Pizza Kitchen, Chili’s Grill & Bar, Italianni’s, Pei Wei Asian Diner and PF Chang’s China Bistro fast-food restaurant chains, as well as the Starbucks Coffee coffeehouse chain. In addition, through Distribuidora e Importadora Alsea SA de CV, the Company provides logistics and food distribution services to its restaurants located in Mexico. The Company operates through a numerous subsidiaries, such as Cafe Sirena S de RL de CV, Operadora de Franquicias Alsea SA de CV, Operadora y Procesadora de Productos de Panificacion SA de CV, Gastrosur SA de CV and Especialistas en Restaurantes de Comida Estilo Asiatica SA de CV, among others. In May 2014, the Company acquired 100% stake in VIPs, the restaurant chain, which had belonged to Wal Mart de Mexico SAB de CV before.
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