Jubilant Foodworks Q1 profit rises 62.6 pc to Rs 94 cr

New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) Jubilant Foodworks Ltd (JFL), which operates fast-food chains Domino's Pizza and Dunkin' Donuts, on Wednesday reported a 62.58 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 94.33 crore during the June quarter.

The company has reported a net profit of Rs 58.02 crore for the April-June period a year ago, JFL, which is part of the Jubilant Bhartia Group, said in a regulatory filing.

Revenue from operations was up 16.95 per cent to Rs 2,260.86 crore in the June quarter from Rs 1,933.06 crore a year ago.

Its total expenses were Rs 2,153.74 crore in the June quarter, up 15.3 per cent.

JFL's total income, which includes other income, was up 16.88 per cent to Rs 2,279.39 crore.

JFL's revenue from the Indian market during the quarter was Rs 1,701.6 crore, up 18.2 per cent, driven by 17.7 per cent growth in Domino's India business, the company said in its earnings presentation.

"In Turkey, sales came in at Rs 9,300 million (Rs 930 crore)... Domino's Sri Lanka revenue of Rs 248 million (Rs 24.8 crore) was up by 42.4 per cent. Domino's Bangladesh revenue came in at Rs 177 million (Rs 17.7 crore), higher by 4.3 per cent. A total of 13 net stores were added across all brands in the international markets, ending the period with 1,025 stores," the company said in a filing.

JFL added 71 stores during the quarter, taking the group network to 3,387 stores, in which Domino's network is 3,098 stores.

The company CEO and MD Sameer Khetarpal said, "Q1 has been a stellar start, setting the tone for a dynamic year ahead. We've accelerated menu innovation, significantly expanded the share of our own digital assets and made decisive strides towards achieving 20-minute delivery." In parallel, we continue to scale Popeyes with the ambition of making it India's most-loved chicken brand. Our focus remains firmly on margin expansion in the business, while maintaining strong cash flows from our Turkey business," he said.

JFL is a leading QSR chain operator with franchise rights for three global brands -- Domino's, Popeyes and Dunkin' -- and two owned brands, Hong's Kitchen, an Indo-Chinese QSR brand in India, and a CAFÉ brand -- COFFY -- in Turkey.

Shares of Jubilant Foodworks on Wednesday settled at Rs 639.90 on the BSE, up 1.09 per cent. PTI KRH TRB