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| We are encouraged by the strong demand for our unique real estate assets and feel the long-term partnerships that we've cultivated with our landlords and greater REIT community is a testament to the confidence that they have in our business model and our long-term operational capabilities |
| Our holiday showcase events where we demonstrate our superior special events offerings to groups, both virtually and in person, had nearly double the attendance of the prior year |
| Despite these dynamics, I am proud that due to the efforts of our talented and dedicated team as well as the strength and resiliency of our business model, year-to-date in 2023, we have grown both revenue and adjusted EBITDA and have expanded adjusted EBITDA margins relative to the same period in fiscal 2022 on a pro forma basis |
| We'd also like to highlight that year-to-date, our revenue and adjusted EBITDA are also up meaningfully relative to 2019 even after adjusting for the acquisition of Main Event, and our adjusted EBITDA margins are up 390 basis points relative to 2019, nearly double the previously communicated goal of 200 basis point margin improvement |
| Additionally, we are pleased to report that during the quarter, we have made significant progress against our key growth initiatives |
| We will provide further detail in a moment, but on the organic growth front, we have seen meaningful success in the test we have implemented in our marketing, pricing, food and beverage, remodels and special event initiatives, which we will be rolling out across the broader portfolio in the coming weeks and months, in which we expect will lead to a substantial improvement in revenue, profitability and cash flow |
| So when we think about the benefit of growing the loyalty database, clearly, there is an opportunity for us to -- as the more engaged we are with our guests and the better position, we're going to be able to deliver a service model for that guest, that's tailored for the guest and a better position to deliver personalized messages to the guest |
| Furthermore, we have continued to open new stores at a highly attractive returns on investment and have continued to opportunistically return capital to shareholders in a highly accretive manner |
| And so we believe that there is incredible opportunity there |
| We believe there is a huge opportunity to improve both conversion and guest frequency by making sure we get the right message to the right people at the right time |
| Within that, we believe strongly that there is incredible opportunity to improve our approach to digital marketing |
| In closing, we'd like to commend our team for all the hard work, the behind the success at our growing portfolio of Dave & Buster's, the Main Event stores, we're excited for what lies ahead and are enthusiastic about the direction we are steering this company |
| Secondly, we believe that there is an opportunity to -- and we've seen this in our remodeled store to improve our digital guest engagement platform at the store level |
| And as we focus on enabling a better service model, a better guest experience, we believe that, that will migrate more people into the mobile app, which will then improve our loyalty database platform |
| Ultimately, this digital marketing engine will help us acquire more high-value guest, an increased frequency as well as lifetime value from our existing guests by better leveraging our data and technology to increase personalization and enhance the guest experience |
| So we're very pleased with the performance in all areas |
| We believe there is a significant opportunity to grow same-store sales by strategically increasing game prices while still maintaining our strong value proposition |
| So very pleased with that |
| So we feel very good about the effort we're putting in the special events and the impact that we're having on the business and feel very good about being in a position to come in significantly ahead of 2019, on special events |
| But all in all, look, given what we're seeing in the business, we remain confident that what we're doing is working and that we're ultimately going to be very successful in driving this business forward |
| We've talked a lot about the substantial improvement -- or I'm sorry, the substantial opportunity we see to improve the overall quality of our F&B offering |
| But that's just one component of growing, achieving our goals for marketing and optimization and improving our ability to be better -- get better return on our investment dollars for digital marketing |
| We are pleased to report that we launched Phase 2 system-wide on September 25, and it has had a positive and an immediate impact |
| In only 5 short weeks of contribution to the third quarter, the Phase 2 menu drove an approximately 5% increase in food and beverage revenue per check, an almost 100 basis point improvement in F&B COGS, all while improving the speed of service and overall food quality of the guest dining experience |
| Phase 3 is particularly exciting for us as it is designed with the objective to further increase F&B sales through targeted culinary innovation around our appetizers, bowls, desserts and sides, that aligns with our new hospitality model and better meets the need states of our entertainment-oriented guests |
| Already in Phase 3 testing, we are seeing incremental improvement in food check, overall satisfaction scores and F&B attach rates above and beyond the favorable Phase 2 results |
| A lot of that the restaurant companies, admittedly, you guys were not a restaurant company, but have this earnings season pointed to much better staffing levels, much lower turnover, turnover numbers driving some efficiencies, some labor efficiencies |
| Though when we look at Q3, what we have seen starting in October is improved results versus '22 and versus '19, and those improved results have continued into November |
| Net of sale-leaseback proceeds received, these stores are on track to generate significantly more attractive cash-on-cash returns than the already great returns on our remaining new store portfolio |
| Grow special event sales through the introduction of more group-related entertainment options, improved guest engagement and gather important guest data analytics through the introduction of a digital guest platform, and finally, improve brand relevancy and attempt to return through a fresh, modern look and feel |
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| Pro forma comparable store sales decreased 7.8% versus 2022, as we continue to lap robust prior year periods from a top line perspective |
| We specifically designed the remodel program to drive throughput on the dining room because our belief is one of the reasons why we've seen a decline in our F&B mix is because we haven't set our operators up for success |
| In our third quarter of fiscal 2023, we generated revenue of $467 million and adjusted EBITDA of $82 million, both of which are slightly below the third quarter of fiscal '22 and but meaningfully above the third quarter of 2019 even after adjusting for the acquisition of Main Event |
| Net loss in the third quarter totaled $5.2 million or $0.12 per diluted share |
| And the percentages can sometimes get a little confusing given the big seasonal swings |
| In addition, our new SMS launch to engage with our special event customers will have a large impact on conversion and lead to additional repeat business |
| The -- go back a year or 2 years ago where it was difficult to find staffing to get stores even remotely close to par, we're effectively at par and managing our hours accordingly based on business levels |
| I know there's a lot |
| All such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated |
| I know that could differ |
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