BUCA, Inc. Announces 4Q and Fiscal Year 2005 System-Wide Comparable Restaurant Sales Increased 3.5% and 4.4%.MINNEAPOLIS -- BUCA BUCA Blue Cross, United, Cigna, Aetna (Healthcare providers) BUCA Constructionman Apprentice, Builder Striker (Naval Rating) , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BUCA) today announced that Buca di Beppo Buca di Beppo is an American restaurant chain specializing in immigrant Southern Italian food. The name roughly translates as "Joe's Basement" (Beppo is slang for Joe in Southern Italy and Buca means basement (literally it means "hole") in Italian). comparable restaurant sales increased 4.3% for fiscal fourth quarter ended December 25, 2005 while Vinny T's of Boston comparable restaurant sales decreased 3.3% for the same period. Consolidated system-wide comparable restaurant sales increased 3.5% for the fiscal fourth quarter period. For fiscal year 2005, Buca di Beppo comparable restaurant sales were up 5.1 %, Vinny T's comparable sales declined 1.1% and consolidated system-wide comparable restaurant sales for BUCA, Inc. increased 4.4%. The Company intends to timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2005, and will release its full financial results for that period, and hold a conference call regarding those results, at that time.
COMPARABLE RESTAURANT SALES
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Fiscal Q4 Fiscal Year
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Ended Ended Ended Ended
12/26/2004 12/25/2005 12/26/2004 12/25/2005
Buca di Beppo 3.1% 4.3% -1.4% 5.1%
Vinny T's of Boston 0.6% -3.3% -2.0% -1.1%
BUCA, Inc. 2.8% 3.5% -1.5% 4.4%
About the Company: BUCA, Inc. owns and operates 104 highly acclaimed ac·claim v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims v.tr. 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise. 2. Southern Italian restaurants under the names Buca di Beppo and Vinny T's of Boston in 28 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . |
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