OREANDA-NEWS. June 15, 2012. OJSC Rosinter Restaurants Holding (Rosinter), the leading casual dining restaurant chain in Russia and CIS (RTS and MICEX ticker: ROST), announces its trade update for May 2012.

In May 2012 growth of consolidated net operating revenue[1] amounted to (0.6%) in ruble terms as compared to the same period of previous year.

Gross revenue of comparable stores[2] in May 2012 amounted to (2.7%) driven by (3.6%) change in traffic partially offset by 0.9% change in average check.

Same-Store Sales Growth[2] dynamics (RUB)

Gross Revenue

Average Check

Number of Transactions

May 2012

YTD 2012

May 2012

YTD 2012

May 2012

YTD 2012

(2.7%)

(1.3%)

0.9%

3.8%

(3.6%)

(4.9%)

Number of Stores, eop

 

May 2012

Apr 2012

Dec 2011

May 2011

Total

377

376

382

374

Corporate

250

250

255

256

Franchise

127

126

127

118

1          Unaudited operating revenue includes only total net sales of corporate restaurants and canteens and does not include revenue from franchise operations and other revenue items.

2          Calculation is based on gross sales data (including VAT) for the pool of currently operating mature restaurants, which had operated for 18 months as of 1 January 2012.