Dominos Pizza chief executive Don Meij downplayed the companys earnings downgrade on Tuesday as a cycle, after weak trading pushed it to close nearly 100 stores and give up on an expansion into Denmark.
The business is fighting the inflationary war on two fronts: absorbing higher prices for ingredients, energy and transport, which it has failed to sufficiently pass on to its customers saddled by cost of living pressures.
Dominos shares were smashed to a four-year low on Tuesday with investors wiping $241 million from its market capitalisation on an admission that underlying earnings have not improved, the axing o…
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