{"id":835594,"date":"2025-08-21T08:37:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=835594"},"modified":"2025-08-21T08:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T06:37:30","slug":"fast-food-giant-opening-new-restaurants-across-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/835594\/fast-food-giant-opening-new-restaurants-across-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast food giant opening new restaurants across South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite the strained consumer operating environment, the Spur Corporation has opened more restaurants in South Africa and internationally, with more in the pipeline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its financial results for the year ended 30 June 2025, the South African Restaurant Market report indicated that the South African Reserve Bank\u2019s interest rate cuts have increased consumer spending.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Spur said the reductions in borrowing costs and food inflation have not significantly increased disposable income and discretionary spending.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of its traditional competitors, the group is now facing challenges from supermarket retailers\u2019 product offerings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said its franchisees and operational teams have remained resilient despite market conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said it achieved a solid trading performance with franchised restaurant sales increasing by 8.3% over the prior year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It focuses on high-quality family dining experiences, supported by AI-driven data analytics for targeted marketing to its customer loyalty clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group added that its franchisees have demonstrated their commitment to its refreshed brand, with 51 outlets now trading under the new concept.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panarottis&#8217; repositioning also gained traction, buoyed by positive customer feedback. Currently, 55% of the Panarottis network displays the updated store design.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Dory\u2019s has also embraced the approach,&nbsp; with three restaurants now operating in their refreshed format, and five more are transforming.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of June 2025, Spur traded through 724 restaurants in 14 countries, an increase from the 701 in the previous period.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In South Africa, 31 restaurants were opened during the year, but 15 restaurants were closed. Internationally, the group opened 15 new restaurants and closed eight restaurants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the group\u2019s brands &#8211; Spur, John Dory\u2019s, Panarottis, RocoMamas and Speciality Brands &#8211; increased store count in the past year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group continues to secure key trading sites and plans to open 42 new restaurants in South<br>Africa and 14 internationally for the 2026 financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Brand<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30 June 2025 SA<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30 June 2025 Int<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30 June 2025 Total<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30 June 2024 SA<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30 June 2024 Int<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30 June 2024 Total<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Spur<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">316<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">31<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">347<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">307<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">30<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">337<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Panarottis<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">92<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">47<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">139<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">88<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">40<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">128<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>John Dory\u2019s<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">44<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">46<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">46<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">47<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>RocoMamas<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">88<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">24<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">112<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">85<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">26<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">111<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Speciality brands<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">79<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">80<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">77<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">78<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Total group<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">619<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">105<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>724<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">603<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">98<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>701<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Financial performance and outlook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said that the trading performance led to continued strong growth in revenue and profit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group revenue jumped 11.2% to R3 863.2 million (2024: R3 473.6 million). The revenue growth was boosted by higher sales in the retail company stores, which rose by 46.3%.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was positively impacted by the contribution from the Doppio Collection restaurants and a 10.1% increase in sales from the manufacturing and distribution division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Improved franchised restaurant turnovers of 8.3% over the prior year also boosted revenue growth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group profit before income tax increased by 17.5% to R401.7 million (2024: R341.7 million). Group headline earnings also increased by 16.5% to R275 million (2024: R236.1 million).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this, the group increased its total dividend by 40% to 299 cents per share.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Franchised restaurant turnovers up 8.3% to R11.5 billion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Revenue up 11.2% to R3.9 billion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Profit before income tax up 17.5% to R401.7 million<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earnings per share up 17.2% to 337.51 cents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Headline earnings per share up 16.8% to 339.88 cents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dividend per share up 40.4% to 299.00 cents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With a diverse portfolio of 10 restaurant brands, the group is poised to capture market share across various categories, regions and countries,&#8221; it said. <br><br>&#8220;While trading conditions will remain challenging in the short to medium term owing to pressure on consumer spending in the weak macro-economic climate, the group is positive on the company&#8217;s longer-term prospects.&#8221; <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spur Corporation has opened more restaurants in South Africa, with more in the pipeline. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":716816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[14915,21918,21921,14339,12438,10435],"class_list":["post-835594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-doppio-zero","tag-hussar-grill","tag-john-dorys","tag-panarottis","tag-rocomamas","tag-spur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835594"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":835611,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835594\/revisions\/835611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}