Total revenues increased 29.8% year-over-year for the fourth quarter, 55.9% year-over-year growth for the full year 2023
149 net new store openings during the fourth quarter, 912 system-wide stores at year-end 2023
18.7 million registered loyalty members at year-end, representing 66.3% year-over-year growth
SHANGHAI, China and NEW YORK, April 18, 2024 — TH International Limited (Nasdaq: THCH), the exclusive operator of Tim Hortons coffee shops and Popeyes restaurants in China (“Tims China” or the “Company”) today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
FOURTH QUARTER 2023 HIGHLIGHTS
Total revenues reached RMB391.2 million (USD55.1 million), representing a 29.8% increase from the same quarter of 2022.
Net new store openings totaled 149 (34 company owned and operated stores and 109 franchised stores for Tims, and 6 company owned and operated stores for Popeyes).
Adjusted store EBITDA1 was RMB15.9 million (USD2.2 million), representing a 23.9% year-over-year growth.
Adjusted store EBITDA margin2 was 4.6%, approximately unchanged from the same quarter in 2022.
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1 Adjusted store EBITDA is calculated as fully burdened gross profit3 of company owned and operated stores excluding depreciation & amortization and store pre-opening expenses.
2 Adjusted store EBITDA margin is calculated as adjusted store EBITDA as a percentage of revenues from company owned and operated stores.
3 Fully burdened gross profit of company owned and operated stores, the most comparable GAAP measure to adjusted store EBITDA, was a loss of RMB36.2 million (USD5.1 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2023, compared to a loss of RMB46.4 million in the same quarter of 2022.
FULL YEAR 2023 HIGHLIGHTS
Total revenues reached RMB1,575.8 million (USD221.9 million), representing a 55.9% increase from 2022.
Net new store openings totaled 295 (72 company owned and operated stores and 213 franchised stores for Tims, and 10 company owned and operated stores for Popeyes), resulting in 912 system-wide stores at year-end.
Registered loyalty club members totaled 18.7 million members as of December 31, 2023, representing a 66.3% increase from 2022.
COMPANY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
Mr. Yongchen Lu, CEO & Director of Tims China, commented, “In 2023 we made progress in a number of the core elements of our strategy. We delivered greater convenience to our guests by building density in existing cities and entering new cities. We expanded our community and our partnerships, growing our strategic franchising relationships with blue-chip partners like Sinopec’s Easy Joy. We continued to drive locally-relevant innovation, which has always been a strategic focus for us. And we delivered growth in a capital-efficient manner, rolling out stores with more rapid payback periods and accelerating our franchising activities.
With our systems and infrastructure solidly in place, our focus is now squarely on driving profitability, with a view to achieving corporate EBITDA break-even later this year. We just celebrated the significant milestones of our 5th anniversary in China and the 60th anniversary of the “Tim Hortons” brand. With those celebrations behind us, we redouble our focus on the future, and in particular driving rapid, profitable, and capital-efficient growth.”
Mr. Lu added, “Our Popeyes business has been demonstrating strong momentum since our record-breaking, grand opening of the first flagship store on August 19, 2023. Within 135 days, we successfully launched 10 Popeyes stores, achieving an average pace of one new store every 14 days – a true testament to the value of the infrastructure we built in Tims – as well as a positive adjusted store EBITDA in 2023, something our team is excited about and proud of.”
Mr. Dong (Albert) Li, CFO of Tims China, commented, “During the fourth quarter of 2023, we enhanced our operational efficiency across a number of dimensions. We pared back costs that proved to be redundant at the headquarter level, and we pruned our underperforming stores. These actions allowed us to deliver year-over-year reductions in rental and labor costs (as a percentage of revenues from company owned and operated stores) by 6.9 percentage points and 1.3 percentage points, respectively. Our marketing expenses and adjusted general and administrative expenses (as a percentage of total revenues) decreased by 2.1 percentage points and 5.8 percentage points year-over-year, respectively.”
Mr. Li continued, “Going forward, and with profitability being front and center of everything we do, we will continue to enhance our supply chain capabilities and efficiencies, roll out our differentiating made-to-order fresh food preparation model to drive traffic, and accelerate the expansion of our successful sub-franchising.”
FOURTH QUARTER 2023 FINANCIAL RESULTS
Total revenues reached RMB391.2 million (USD55.1 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2023, representing an increase of 29.8% from RMB301.5 million in the same quarter of 2022. Total revenues comprise:
Revenues from Company owned and operated store sales were RMB341.5 million (USD48.1 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2023, representing an increase of 25.3% from RMB272.5 million in the same quarter of 2022. The growth was primarily driven by an increase in the number of company owned and operated stores from 547 as of December 31, 2022 to 629 as of December 31, 2023, and same-store sales growth for company owned and operated stores of 2.5% in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Other revenues were RMB49.7 million (USD7.0 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2023, representing an increase of 71.4% from RMB29.0 million in the same quarter of 2022. The growth was primarily attributable to the rapid expansion of our e-commerce business and an increase in franchise fees and revenues from other franchise support activities, which was attributable to an increase in the number of franchised stores from 70 as of December 31, 2022 to 283 as of December 31, 2023.
Company owned and operated store costs and expenses were RMB366.5 million (USD51.6 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2023, representing an increase of 18.0% from RMB310.7 million in the same quarter of 2022. Company owned and operated store costs and expenses comprise:
Food and packaging costs were RMB120.9 million (USD17.0 million), representing an increase of 35.2% from RMB89.5 million, in line with our revenue growth and store network expansion. Food and packaging costs as a percentage of revenues from company owned and operated stores increased by 2.6 percentage points from 32.8% in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 35.4% in the same quarter of 2023 driven by offering additional discounts and more promotional activities to attract more customers.
149 net new store openings during the fourth quarter, 912 system-wide stores at year-end 2023
18.7 million registered loyalty members at year-end, representing 66.3% year-over-year growth
SHANGHAI, China and NEW YORK, April 18, 2024 — TH International Limited (Nasdaq: THCH), the exclusive operator of Tim Hortons coffee shops and Popeyes restaurants in China (“Tims China” or the “Company”) today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
FOURTH QUARTER 2023 HIGHLIGHTS
Total revenues reached RMB391.2 million (USD55.1 million), representing a 29.8% increase from the same quarter of 2022.
Net new store openings totaled 149 (34 company owned and operated stores and 109 franchised stores for Tims, and 6 company owned and operated stores for Popeyes).
Adjusted store EBITDA1 was RMB15.9 million (USD2.2 million), representing a 23.9% year-over-year growth.
Adjusted store EBITDA margin2 was 4.6%, approximately unchanged from the same quarter in 2022.
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1 Adjusted store EBITDA is calculated as fully burdened gross profit3 of company owned and operated stores excluding depreciation & amortization and store pre-opening expenses.
2 Adjusted store EBITDA margin is calculated as adjusted store EBITDA as a percentage of revenues from company owned and operated stores.
3 Fully burdened gross profit of company owned and operated stores, the most comparable GAAP measure to adjusted store EBITDA, was a loss of RMB36.2 million (USD5.1 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2023, compared to a loss of RMB46.4 million in the same quarter of 2022.
FULL YEAR 2023 HIGHLIGHTS
Total revenues reached RMB1,575.8 million (USD221.9 million), representing a 55.9% increase from 2022.
Net new store openings totaled 295 (72 company owned and operated stores and 213 franchised stores for Tims, and 10 company owned and operated stores for Popeyes), resulting in 912 system-wide stores at year-end.
Registered loyalty club members totaled 18.7 million members as of December 31, 2023, representing a 66.3% increase from 2022.
COMPANY MANAGEMENT STATEMENT
Mr. Yongchen Lu, CEO & Director of Tims China, commented, “In 2023 we made progress in a number of the core elements of our strategy. We delivered greater convenience to our guests by building density in existing cities and entering new cities. We expanded our community and our partnerships, growing our strategic franchising relationships with blue-chip partners like Sinopec’s Easy Joy. We continued to drive locally-relevant innovation, which has always been a strategic focus for us. And we delivered growth in a capital-efficient manner, rolling out stores with more rapid payback periods and accelerating our franchising activities.
With our systems and infrastructure solidly in place, our focus is now squarely on driving profitability, with a view to achieving corporate EBITDA break-even later this year. We just celebrated the significant milestones of our 5th anniversary in China and the 60th anniversary of the “Tim Hortons” brand. With those celebrations behind us, we redouble our focus on the future, and in particular driving rapid, profitable, and capital-efficient growth.”
Mr. Lu added, “Our Popeyes business has been demonstrating strong momentum since our record-breaking, grand opening of the first flagship store on August 19, 2023. Within 135 days, we successfully launched 10 Popeyes stores, achieving an average pace of one new store every 14 days – a true testament to the value of the infrastructure we built in Tims – as well as a positive adjusted store EBITDA in 2023, something our team is excited about and proud of.”
Mr. Dong (Albert) Li, CFO of Tims China, commented, “During the fourth quarter of 2023, we enhanced our operational efficiency across a number of dimensions. We pared back costs that proved to be redundant at the headquarter level, and we pruned our underperforming stores. These actions allowed us to deliver year-over-year reductions in rental and labor costs (as a percentage of revenues from company owned and operated stores) by 6.9 percentage points and 1.3 percentage points, respectively. Our marketing expenses and adjusted general and administrative expenses (as a percentage of total revenues) decreased by 2.1 percentage points and 5.8 percentage points year-over-year, respectively.”
Mr. Li continued, “Going forward, and with profitability being front and center of everything we do, we will continue to enhance our supply chain capabilities and efficiencies, roll out our differentiating made-to-order fresh food preparation model to drive traffic, and accelerate the expansion of our successful sub-franchising.”
FOURTH QUARTER 2023 FINANCIAL RESULTS
Total revenues reached RMB391.2 million (USD55.1 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2023, representing an increase of 29.8% from RMB301.5 million in the same quarter of 2022. Total revenues comprise:
Revenues from Company owned and operated store sales were RMB341.5 million (USD48.1 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2023, representing an increase of 25.3% from RMB272.5 million in the same quarter of 2022. The growth was primarily driven by an increase in the number of company owned and operated stores from 547 as of December 31, 2022 to 629 as of December 31, 2023, and same-store sales growth for company owned and operated stores of 2.5% in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Other revenues were RMB49.7 million (USD7.0 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2023, representing an increase of 71.4% from RMB29.0 million in the same quarter of 2022. The growth was primarily attributable to the rapid expansion of our e-commerce business and an increase in franchise fees and revenues from other franchise support activities, which was attributable to an increase in the number of franchised stores from 70 as of December 31, 2022 to 283 as of December 31, 2023.
Company owned and operated store costs and expenses were RMB366.5 million (USD51.6 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2023, representing an increase of 18.0% from RMB310.7 million in the same quarter of 2022. Company owned and operated store costs and expenses comprise:
Food and packaging costs were RMB120.9 million (USD17.0 million), representing an increase of 35.2% from RMB89.5 million, in line with our revenue growth and store network expansion. Food and packaging costs as a percentage of revenues from company owned and operated stores increased by 2.6 percentage points from 32.8% in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 35.4% in the same quarter of 2023 driven by offering additional discounts and more promotional activities to attract more customers.
