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Speciality Rest.
Our verdict on Speciality Rest. isn’t the consensus take — see where we landed, and the one risk the bull case glosses over.
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The conversion/upgrade of the existing Café Mezzuna to the Siciliana brand at Forum Mall, Kolkata was completed during the quarter. (1 met, 1 exceeded across 2 tracked commitments)
“No, you are right in ascertaining the kind of CAPEX number. But yes, it would be not 8 crores. Let's say, for instance, it could be between 6 crores to 7 crores of revenues. ... So, CAPEX is 4 crores and 6 to 7 crores is the turnover. Correct? Yes, please. Correct.”
The company confirmed that new restaurants (including the Borivali location mentioned in previous guidance) are now contributing to the bottom line and operational EBITDA improvement. (5 met across 5 tracked commitments)
“Walters, Balewadi, Pune – to be operational from Nov-25.”
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How durable is the business?
Asia Kitchen is now the primary growth engine, with 8 new properties signed this year to leverage mall expansion and a hybrid delivery model with Mainland China and Haka. (5 expanding)
“Right now, our key focus is to be growing our brands, mainly that is Asia Kitchen... we have signed 8 new properties with the kind of growth of malls”
International expansion is shifting toward an aggressive, asset-light master franchise model in the UAE and Saudi Arabia with no capex requirements for the company. (1 expanding across 1 engine)
“As you know that in Dubai, we have a master franchise understanding with a company called Resolute. And it's based on a minimum revenue that minimum profitability that they've given to us around 6% of the total turnover”
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Where does growth come from?
Expansion is focused on high-footfall mall locations, particularly for the Asia Kitchen brand, to leverage guaranteed customer traffic. (1 steady, 1 accelerating across 2 signals, 2 leading indicators)
“Siciliana, Palladium Mall, Mumbai – operational from Dec-25... Siciliana, Mall of Asia, Bangalore – to be operational from Apr-26.”
Same-store sales growth (SSSG) is accelerating significantly, moving from a full-year average of 2.1% to a much stronger 5.2% in the final quarter of FY25. (2 accelerating, 3 steady across 5 signals)
“The SSG has been very stable for us, which was negative last year, but we have been able to maintain similar number at this point of time”
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What could break the thesis?
The withdrawal of service charges following a Delhi High Court decision has directly impacted the top line as the company could not fully pass this on through menu price hikes. (5 intensifying, 1 high-severity)
“Mainland China 17 2,882.1 23.8% Asia Kitchen 11 2,222.8 18.4%”
The risk is stable as management acknowledges aggregator platforms as the 'new normal' and continues to spend on these platforms to drive growth, despite the cost implications. (2 stable)
“SWEET BENGAL... PARCEL % OF TOTAL SALES 56.2%”
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