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| 40, but it's definitely a pretty good outcome |
| Our prepared food program continues to drive strong results and gives us a unique competitive advantage in the industry |
| Input cost remains favorable, and I think we feel good that the approach we've taken has allowed us to maximize gross profit dollars inside the store and maintain the value proposition |
| So we're able to afford to have a better balance of fuel volume and margin |
| I'm proud of our team members for producing solid third quarter results |
| And so we kind of feel that in that type of environment, if we're flat to slightly up on gallons and we have strong margin, that's a really good balance for us |
| Same store prepared food and dispensed beverage was particularly strong, and sales were up 7.5% or 12.9% on a two-year stack basis, with an average margin of 59.6%, up approximately 230 basis points from the prior year |
| Whole pies performed well in the quarter, but we also saw strong performance with hot sandwiches and dispensed beverages |
| You saw fuel comps off a little, but very strong inside the store comps |
| Prepared food continues to be a key differentiator for Casey's, and I'm very pleased with the sales growth in March |
| We saw positive momentum in the category, notably in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and our private label program continues to be a great value option for our guests, with Casey's chips and bottled water performing well in the quarter |
| This marked the 11th consecutive quarter, with fuel margins above 34.5 cents per gallon |
| And we convert that fuel traffic into store traffic, which is where we have the strongest margins and the most profitability |
| Our fuel team is doing an exceptional job balancing volume growth and margin, and the results continue to show it |
| We've also seen really strong growth in single topping pizzas and that tends to be more of a value play |
| And like I mentioned before, we had a really good balance in the quarter of driving traffic to the stores and throwing that check just a little bit vis-a-vis inflation or mix to get to a pretty good outcome at a little over 4% |
| We have positive traffic in the store, which is where all the real margin is, and that's our true strength and differentiator |
| We were actually really pleased with the fact that when you look at the mid-continent data from OPIS that we're about 500 basis points better than the industry |
| Our results were solid, especially inside the store, where we continue to grow sales and expand margin |
| Overall, this was another quarter of effective operational execution in what is shaping up to be a great fiscal 2024 |
| It really toggles within a pretty tight range around flat, and we've had good margin |
| And so we had good inside comps and we had positive fuel comps in November, December, and in January, that turned on us |
| That has a positive impact on turnover |
| Results were also favorably impacted by operating approximately 7% more stores on a year-over-year basis |
| And so the fact that we ended up at $0.37, I think is a pretty good outcome |
| I think, first of all, we're pleased with the progress of kind of margin recovery broadly in prepared foods |
| So it's not great for business, but I think overall, it felt really good about how we came out of January considering how tough it was and ended up with a really strong quarter |
| And then the great side benefit of all that is team member engagement scores go up, overall satisfaction scores go up, both of which are the highest we've ever seen in our company |
| I'd say we had another really strong quarter on OpEx, and that was -- the favorability was really driven in the stores with labor management and the stores continue to perform exceptionally well in taking unproductive labor hours out |
| Margin also benefited from a lower LIFO charge than in the prior year as our broader input costs softened, benefiting margin by over 40 basis points |
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| The company generated $87 million in net income, a decrease of 13% and $218 million in EBITDA, a decrease of 2% from the prior year |
| Total revenue for the quarter was $3.3 billion, a decrease of $3 million or 0.1% from the prior year, due primarily to the lower retail price of fuel |
| So I would say it's a little bit more the tail on the dog and that the small operator remains under pressure for all the reasons we've talked about inside the store and with operating expense |
| As the team navigated a less favorable fuel cost environment than in the past year, as well as challenging weather in most of our footprint in January |
| This quarter obviously, the margin was lower than prior year |
| The grocery and general merchandise margin was 33.9%, a decrease of 10 basis points from the prior year |
| Diluted EPS finished at $2.33 per share, 13% decrease from the prior year |
| Net income was down versus the prior year at $86.9 million, a decrease of 13.2% |
| It sounds as if the environment has become more conducive to growth through M&A, given it sounds like marginal player EBITDA has been a little bit pressured, elicited by the cents per gallon and traffic headwinds that these peers are facing |
| That's down 3.4 cents per gallon from the prior year |
| And so there's always going to be some pressure on gallons consumed in the industry |
| At the same time, there are some structural things that are going on with fuel that would put some pressure on gallons overall if you just think about fuel efficiency in vehicles overall |
| And that category is declining, call it 8% to 10% a year |
| Broadly speaking, in prepared food, we continue to have year-over-year deflation, usually disinflation at worst on most of the commodity categories with the exception of beef |
| EBITDA for the quarter was $217.6 million compared to $221.7 million a year ago, that's a decrease of 1.9% |
| And I would just remind everybody that, yeah, our margins were a little bit thinner than they have, and we're talking off of $0.40 a gallon though |
| So, it gets a little more challenging and we have to get a little more sophisticated |
| CPG was a touch below the mid 30s |
| On the inside, we never turned negative |
| So again, I think weather certainly has an impact |
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