Quick-service restaurants post 5-7% rise in sales, buck the slowdown trend

Jubilant FoodWorks saw its same-store sales growth (SSG) at nearly 5% in Q2

Jubilant FoodWorks and Westlife Development, two of the country’s top food service operators or quick-service restaurants (QSRs), have reported better-than-expected growth in July-September (Q2FY20) sales, at a time when consumer sentiment remains weak.

Jubilant FoodWorks, the master franchisee of Domino’s Pizza and Dunkin in India, saw its same-store sales growth (SSG) at nearly 5 per cent in Q2. Westlife Development, which runs McDonald’s restaurants in the West and South of India, reported SSG of 7 per cent for the period. 

SSG, for the uninitiated, is sales growth of stores one year and above. It is a number tracked closely by analysts, since