Lubys, Inc. (LUB) Reports Q4 Loss of $0.11 on Revenues of $83.9M

Lubys, Inc. (NYSE: LUB) reported Q4 EPS of ($0.11), versus ($0.05) reported last year. Revenue for the quarter came in at $83.9 million.

Chris Pappas, President and CEO, commented, "While we are not pleased with our financial results in the quarter or the fiscal year, we are taking actions to improve our financial results and restaurant operating performance. Over the past several months we have embarked on a number of significant changes.

"We continued our plan to pay down our debt significantly, by selling company-owned restaurants whose property values exceeded the unit economics of continued restaurant operations at the locations. We sold 10 properties in fiscal 2018 generating $14.6 million in proceeds, which is approximately 25% of the value of the assets in our asset sales program. As we execute on the asset sales program, we are also pursuing a refinancing of our debt under a new credit facility.

"We continually review our portfolio of owned and leased restaurant locations, evaluating them on profitably. Based on that metric we have closed 21 restaurants in fiscal 2018. Along with the restaurant closures, asset sales program and pending refinancing, we have also made reductions in certain corporate support staffing in the fourth quarter.

"Last month we announced an important executive management change, with the promotion of Todd Coutee to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Todd has over 30 years of experience in food service. He started at Luby's as a manager and through the years has held leadership positions of SVP for Luby's Cafeterias, Fuddruckers, and Culinary Contract Services. He is a proven team leader and sales builder of hospitality operations and we are excited to have him in this role.

"We believe the right team and leadership are in place to grow our sales and margins, improve our corporate costs, reduce our debt, and enhance our returns. Each step we are taking is with the goal of establishing a foundation from which the company is poised for future profitability."

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