Annual Shareholders Meeting 2022 -Chief Executive’s Address
Group CEO’s Address ASM 2022
SLIDE: 1
CEO’s Report
Thank you Jose. And good morning everyone.
As Jose has said, in our second year of COVID we
produced a solid trading outcome. I shall provide
a little more detail on the results by division.
I will also highlight some of our ESG reporting
and initiatives.
SLIDE: 2
NZ Operations
The New Zealand business saw another
challenging year of COVID. The entire business
was closed for two weeks in August 2021 as part
of the COVID‐19 lockdown, with the Auckland
region remaining locked down for an additional
three weeks. This resulted in an estimated $26
million
in lost sales. However, upon re‐opening
the business recovered well, with same store
sales for the full year up +9.1%.
Total store sales in New Zealand were $461.1
million, up $50.7 million or +12.4% on the prior
year.
The underlying sales growth has been driven by
another good
performance by both KFC and
Carl’s Jr. through both the delivery and in‐store
channels. The new KFC on‐line “click and
collect” channel and the launch of the new KFC
e‐commerce website were major contributors
to the strong result.
Taco Bell remains a small but growing portion of
the
New Zealand business with six stores
opened during the year and sales from the four
existing stores continuing to track to
expectations.
EBITDA was up $7.4 million to $83.3 million,
reflecting the higher sales. However the
underlying EBITDA as a percentage of sales
reduced to 18.1% from 18.6% as a
result of Taco
Bell openings and on‐going cost pressures.
As part of the government COVID‐19 response,
the New Zealand business received a wage
subsidy of $7.2 million which was fully passed on
to all staff who were retained at 100% of their
wages and salaries throughout the lockdown
periods.
SLIDE: 3
Pizza Hut Store Ownership
The Pizza Hut sub‐franchising process
continued, with seven stores sold to franchisees
during the year. This included two turnkey
stores. Restaurant Brands has now consolidated
on six company‐owned stores with independent
franchisees operating 99 stores.
Overall, Restaurant Brands’ New Zealand store
numbers
remained constant during the year at
137. Seven Pizza Hut stores were sold, offset by
three new KFC store openings and the continued
roll out of Taco Bell, with six new stores opened
across New Zealand. Two poorly performing
Carl’s Jr. stores were closed.
SLIDE: 4
Australian Operations
The Australian business was also hit hard by
COVID, particularly in CBD and mall locations.
Total sales in Australia were $A230.0 million, up
$A27.6 million (or +13.6%) on last year, primarily
due to additional store openings and the
acquisition of five stores in Sydney in February
2021.
Continued disruption to the business due to
COVID‐19 included the temporary closure of all
mall stores and Sydney CBD in‐line stores. This,
together with the extended closure of all dine‐in
facilities in our restaurants had a continued
adverse effect on the Australian results.
In February
2021, the company acquired five
KFC stores in Northern Sydney that have
subsequently traded above expectations. There
has also been continued investment in KFC store
upgrades with eight store refurbishments
completed during the year. Four new drive‐thru
Taco Bell sites also opened bringing total store
numbers to 79, nine up
on 2020.
The closure of the dine‐in facilities due to
COVID‐19 resulted in the home delivery service
continuing to grow in popularity. This has helped
to maintain same store sales growth over the
past 12 months at +1.4%.
Store EBITDA of $A29.8 million (13.0% of sales)
(excluding
the effect of NZ IFRS 16) was up $A2.1
million or +7.6% on last year. The increase was
assisted by the 10 months trading from the five
stores acquired in February 2021. However
continued cost pressures, along with the
ongoing COVID‐19 disruptions, have resulted in
a drop in the % EBITDA margin from 13.7% to
13.0%.
SLIDE: 5
Hawaiian Operations
Despite a significant spread of COVID in Hawaii,
our two brands there traded particularly well,
with significant volumes through our delivery
channels.
Total sales in Hawaii for the period were
$US146.3 million, up $US7.0 million primarily
due to a strong recovery by Taco Bell. Same
store
sales growth was 9.1% for the year, up on
the 7.7% same store sales growth in the prior
year.
Taco Bell’s strong recovery in 2021 was due to
increased use of delivery channels.
The Pizza Hut online ordering system also grew,
with over 60% of orders now performed on line.
Touchless deliveries coupled with the continued
growth of the delivery channels and the impact
of new and refurbished stores has resulted in
another strong year for the Pizza Hut brand.
Store level EBITDA in Hawaii was $US24.4 million
(up $US2.9 million), reaching 16.4% as a
percentage of sales vs 15.6%
in the prior period.
Store numbers are up by one from December
2020 with one new Taco Bell and one new Pizza
Hut store being opened during the year, offset
by the closure of one Taco Bell. The new stores
opened during the year are performing well.
SLIDE: 6
Californian Operations
In its first full year of trading, the California
business exceeded expectations with total sales
of $US110.3 million, and store level EBITDA of
$US16.8 million (15.2% of sales). The reduction
in % EBITDA margin verses 2020 was the result
of supply chain shortages and cost pressures
which have continued into 2022.
The strong sales for the year were driven in part
by two rounds of Government stimulus
payments (the first in January and a larger
second payment in March 2021). Both rounds of
payments saw significant increases in consumer
spending.
As seen across all our divisions, delivery
channels continue to be key to business success.
In California, the new KFC.com platform and
mobile app were launched in the second half of
the year with strong
uptake.
Two new stores were acquired during the year
(one in July and a second store in November).
After some refurbishment, both stores are up
and running well.
In line with our strategy, more capital
expenditure is planned for this market, including
new store builds, of which three have opened
in
the first quarter of 2022. Total store numbers
are 70, up from 69 at the end of 2020.
SLIDE: 7
G&A Costs
General and administration (G&A) costs were
$50.0 million, up $4.4 million from last year due
to the inclusion of a full year of California G&A
costs. G&A as a % of total revenue was 4.5%,
slightly higher than our targeted 4.0% largely
due to the effect of
the closure of the
New Zealand stores.
Financing costs of $36.3 million were up $6.1
million on prior year. Interest on bank debt was
$6.8 million, up $0.4 million on last year due the
additional debt taken on to acquire the
California business in September 2020. This was
partially offset
by a lower effective interest rates
following the restructure of the Group’s debt
facilities which was activated in May 2020.
SLIDE: 8
ESG Reporting
You will notice the increased emphasis in our
shareholder reporting on the non‐financial
performance of the business. This year’s annual
report contains twenty pages of ESG
(Environment, Social and Governance)
reporting, compared with six pages last year.
Restaurant Brands desires to be a good
corporate
citizen and is very much aware of its
footprint on society in all the markets it operates
in. We are comfortable being held accountable
for our performance in this area.
Whilst it is still early on in our ESG journey, we
are proud of some of our improved performance
to date in such areas as:
Energy usage – significant reductions in
electricity used per $ million of sales;
Gender balance – two of our four
divisions now with
>40% female
representation in their senior
management teams;
Increased levels of donations to
community causes.
Whilst some of our staff‐related measures did
slip back in 2021, largely because of COVID, with
both staff turnover and accident rates requiring
more attention. These performance indicators
remain very much “top of
mind” throughout the
organisation.
We will continue to refine our ESG reporting,
both within prescribed legislative guidelines and
voluntary disclosures We will continue to
provide assurance to our shareholders that
Restaurant Brands very much maintains a
“balanced scorecard” approach to its measures
of business performance.
SLIDE: 9
Our People
As the Chairman has observed, the COVID‐19
pandemic continues to place considerable stress
on our staff at all levels and in all locations where
our company operates.
I remain sincerely grateful, both to my senior
management team and to our more than 11,000
staff throughout
our store networks in New
Zealand, Australia, Hawaii and California for the
focus and enthusiasm they have brought to the
task of serving our customers under often trying
circumstances.
SLIDE: 10
Update Q1 and Outlook
We have throughout this presentation
emphasised the continuing impact of COVID on
our business.
We have effectively managed our way through
the crisis for the past two years and developed
an understanding of how COVID affects us and
how we can best respond.
The new year has started satisfactorily with Q1
sales up 6.0% and three of our four divisions
recording same store sales growth. However we
continue to see further outbreaks of COVID with
consequent constraints on the business.
We are also seeing considerable cost pressures
as the world moves into a
more inflationary
environment and whilst we are comfortable in
being able to recover cost increases in the
medium‐long term, there will be some short
term margin disruption.
We remain focussed on our long‐term growth
strategies in order to build the business, despite
these short term interruptions and are
confident
of our ability to produce long term profit growth.
However in these uncertain times we are not
committing to a profit outcome in the current
year.
Thank you. I’ll now hand you back to Jose.
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