Veritas slumps into loss on Mad Butcher write-offs and Nosh 29 Aug 2016
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Monday 29 August 2016 05:13 PM
Veritas slumps into loss on Mad Butcher write-offs and Nosh disappointment
By Edwin Mitson
Aug. 29 (BusinessDesk) - Veritas, the NZX listed hospitality company that owns the Mad Butcher franchise, Nosh food markets and the Better Bar Company has posted an audited net loss of $4.59 million in the year to the end of June 2016, compared to a profit of $3.33 million a year earlier.
Total losses from significant operations, operations held for sale and discontinued operations was $7.75 million. Of this, $5.77 million was recognised in the first half of the year.
The losses stem from the end of its Kiwi Pacific Foods venture, which supplied beef patties to the local Burger King franchise operator, Anatares Restaurant Group, a joint partner in the venture. The deal broke down last year and was going through the courts before the two parties agreed to sell the assets. A loss of $2.9 million was recognised against this, while write-offs relating to the Mad Butcher cost it $2.35 million.
Three Mad Butcher stores were closed during the second half of the year because they were "consistently unprofitable." In a statement, the company said the market is currently very competitive "with supply shortages creating challenges around product choice and pricing."
Veritas said the majority of stores were trading profitably but earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation fell 28% to $4.57 million. Thirty-one Mad Butcher stores are franchised, with two owned by Veritas, with the board considering "a range of options" for these stores.
The performance of its Nosh Food Market was described as "disappointing." There are eight stores in the gourmet food chain, six in Auckland, one in Matakana and one in Mount Maunganui but full year ebitda loss widened to $1.88 million, from $1.19 million the previous year.
The Auckland-based company said the board was making a substantial effort to "focus on gross margins, stock levels and operational improvements to bring the business back to profitability." In April, it announced plans to franchise the existing stores and is currently working through a short-list of potential operators.
Veritas's Better Bar Company exceeded its expectations, with ebitda jumping to $5.50 million from $2.95 million the previous year, with three unprofitable Hamilton bars closed in December 2015 at a cost of $339,692.
No dividend was declared.
Shares in Veritas were unchanged at 47 cents and have fallen by 2 percent since the start of the year.
(BusinessDesk)
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