Burger King's pandemic woes eat into Restaurant Brands profit, sales

Restaurant Brands International Inc on Thursday missed quarterly profit estimates and posted a drop in comparable sales at its Burger King and Popeyes chains as a resurgence in COVID-19 cases slowed customer traffic to its outlets.
 

The company's US-listed shares slipped 4.3% to $57.51.
 

The reinstatement of virus restrictions in many parts of the world led to temporary dining room closures and curfews, which kept people from venturing out to get their fast-food fix and weakened the recovery process for a battered hospitality sector.
 

Burger King posted a 7.9% fall in fourth-quarter comparable sales, while analysts had forecast a minor