Five-Year Financial Summary

Financial Review 2005


  May 29, May 30, May 25, May 26, May 27,
(In thousands, except per share data) 2005 2004 (1) 2003 2002 2001

Operating Results
Sales   $ 5,278,110       $ 5,003,355       $ 4,654,971       $ 4,366,911       $ 3,992,419    
Costs and expenses:
   Cost of sales:
      Food and beverage
  1,593,709     1,526,875     1,449,162     1,384,481     1,302,926  
      Restaurant labor   1,695,805     1,601,258     1,485,046     1,373,416     1,261,837  
      Restaurant expenses   806,314     774,806     713,699     636,575     566,234  
Total cost of sales, excluding restaurant
   depreciation and amortization(2)
$ 4,095,828   $ 3,902,939   $ 3,647,907   $ 3,394,472   $ 3,130,997  
Selling, general and administrative   497,478     472,109     431,722     417,158     389,240  
Depreciation and amortization   213,219     210,004     191,218     165,829     146,864  
Interest, net   43,119     43,659     42,597     36,585     30,664  
Asset impairment and restructuring charges (credits), net   4,549     41,868     3,924     (2,568)      
Total costs and expenses $ 4,854,193   $ 4,670,579   $ 4,317,368   $ 4,011,476   $ 3,697,765  
Earnings before income taxes   423,917     332,776     337,603     355,435     294,654  
Income taxes   133,311     105,603     111,624     122,664     101,707  
Net earnings $ 290,606   $ 227,173   $ 225,979   $ 232,771   $ 192,947  
Net earnings per share:
      Basic
$ 1.85   $ 1.39   $ 1.33   $ 1.33   $ 1.07  
      Diluted $ 1.78   $ 1.34   $ 1.27   $ 1.27   $ 1.04  
Average number of common shares outstanding,
   net of shares held in Treasury:
      Basic
  156,700     163,500     170,300     174,700     179,600  
      Diluted   163,400     169,700     177,400     183,500     185,600  

Financial Position
Total assets $ 2,937,771   $ 2,780,348   $ 2,664,633   $ 2,529,736   $ 2,216,534  
Land, buildings, and equipment   2,351,454     2,250,616     2,157,132     1,926,947     1,779,515  
Working capital (deficit)   (637,341)     (337,174)     (314,280)     (157,662)     (226,116)  
Long-term debt less current portion   350,318     653,349     658,086     662,506     520,574  
Stockholders’ equity   1,273,019     1,175,288     1,130,055     1,069,606     978,954  
Stockholders’ equity per outstanding share   8.25     7.42     6.85     6.21     5.56  

Other Statistics
Cash flow from operations $ 583,242   $ 525,411   $ 508,635   $ 508,101   $ 420,570  
Capital expenditures   329,238     354,326     423,273     318,392     355,139  
Dividends paid   12,505     12,984     13,501     9,225     9,458  
Dividends paid per share   0.080     0.080     0.080     0.053     0.053  
Advertising expense   214,608     210,989     200,020     184,163     177,998  
Stock price:
      High
  33.11     25.60     27.83     29.767     19.660  
      Low   19.30     17.80     16.46     15.400     10.292  
      Close $ 32.80   $ 22.50   $ 18.35   $ 25.030   $ 19.267  
Number of employees   150,100     141,300     140,700     133,200     128,900  
Number of restaurants   1,381     1,325     1,271     1,211     1,168  
    (1)   Fiscal year 2004 consisted of 53 weeks while all other fiscal years consisted of 52 weeks.
    (2)   Total cost of sales, excluding restaurant depreciation and amortization of $198,422, $195,486, $177,127, $155,837 and $138,229, respectively.