PREVIOUSLY REPORTING:  Quiet season, however:

Maintained (once) Neutral: Kura Sushi, Wingstop, First Watch & Dutch Bros

Maintained (once) Positively: BJ’s, Noodles, TX Roadhouse, Shack Shack & McDonald’s

COMPANIES REPORTING DURING WEEK: Everybody must have been at the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest. – No publicly held restaurant or franchising company reported.

Conference call transcripts are below for all companies reporting in prior weeks with ratings changes (None),  initiations (None),  or companies reporting in THE WEEK THAT WAS: (None).

TRANSCRIPTS & PRESENTATIONS – None

THE WEEK TO COME – the action begins. Kura Sushi will tell us how bad it is in California.