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Muyuan Group Sells 71.6 Million Pigs in FY24
Muyuan Group, a large scale Chinese livestock producer, has released its live hog sales data for December 2024, the fourth quarter, and the full fiscal year.
In December 2024, the company sold a total of 8.6 million pigs, including 8.2 million commercial pigs, 360,000 piglets, and 31,000 breeding pigs. These sales generated revenue of CNY 15.4 billion (approximately USD 2.1 billion). Among the total sales, 2.2 million pigs were sold to Muyuan’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Muyuan Meat Co., Ltd., and its subsidiaries.
The average sales price of commercial...
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. Reports Preliminary Revenue Results for the Fourth Quarter
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. ("Red Robin" or the "Company"), a full-service restaurant chain serving an innovative selection of high-quality gourmet burgers and American favorites in a family-friendly atmosphere, today reported preliminary, unaudited revenue results for the fourth quarter ended December 29, 2024.
Preliminary Revenue Results for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2024 as Compared to the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2023:
Ark Restaurants Announces Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended 2024
Ark Restaurants Corp. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 28, 2024.
The Company’s fiscal year ends on the Saturday nearest September 30. The fiscal years ended September 28, 2024 and September 30, 2023 both included 52 weeks and the quarters ended September 28, 2024 and September 30, 2023 both included 13 weeks.
Financial Results
Total revenues for the 13 weeks ended September 28, 2024 were $43,406,000 versus $44,400,000 for the 13 weeks ended...
Cracker Barrel Reports Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2024 Results
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 ended August 2, 2024. In 2024, the fourth quarter and fiscal year included an additional operating week ("53rd week") compared to fiscal 2023.
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2024 Highlights
PODCAST: Agri-Food for Thought Ep 13 - Q4 Feed Additive Outlook, Deforestation Law, Storm Boris
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Albertsons Companies, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results
Albertsons Companies, Inc. today reported results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 and full year fiscal 2023, which ended February 24, 2024.
Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2023 Highlights
Fiscal 2023 Highlights
Q4 Trends Report: Catering Orders Surge with New Digital Ordering Channels, Food & Alcohol Insights
Toast, the all-in-one digital platform built for restaurants, today announced its Q4 2023 Restaurant Trends Report, providing insight into the overall state of the U.S. restaurant industry through an analysis of aggregated data from selected cohorts of restaurants and in select U.S. metropolitan areas on the Toast platform, which serves approximately 106,000 restaurant locations as of December 31, 2023. Read more details about our methodology below.
This report looks into catering and large event transactions on the Toast platform, trends in...
Publix Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual Results for 2023
Publix’s sales for the three months ended Dec. 30, 2023, a 13-week quarter, were $14.7 billion, a 4% decrease from $15.3 billion in 2022, a 14‑week quarter. Excluding the additional week in the fourth quarter of 2022, sales for the fourth quarter of 2023 would have increased 2.8%. Comparable store sales for the three months ended Dec. 30, 2023 increased 0.4%.
Net earnings for the three months ended Dec. 30, 2023 were $1.2 billion, compared to $1.3 billion in 2022, a decrease of 7.8%...
The Cheesecake Factory Reports Results for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2023
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ: CAKE) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended on January 2, 2024.
Total revenues were $877.0 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 compared to $892.8 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022. The fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 included 13 weeks compared to 14 weeks in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022. Excluding the impact of the additional week in fiscal 2022, which contributed approximately $78.4...
US Foods Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Earnings
US Foods Holding Corp., one of the largest foodservice distributors in the United States, today announced results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2023.
Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2023 Highlights
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