Record week at Buca di Beppo - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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million in revenue. The recorrd is a continuation of positive results the companyg has seen this year according to a company statement. Nine new restaurantsx have opened since January and have achieved betteer initial sales than the chain has seen in the The company's existing Buca di Beppo stores have seen positive comparabled sales every week since mid-April, and have done especialluy well in markets where the companty began radio advertising in mid-April. Comparable resultds at Vinny Testa's stores are expected to turn positiv in the third Buca bought theEast Coast-basecd chain last year.
"Increased guesgt visits were the key contributor to the record settinv sales pace we experienced in the past few saidJoseph Micatrotto, chairman, president and CEO of , in the The company expects earnings per sharre to be about 74 cents per fullgy diluted share in 2002, the same as the mean estimate of analystw polled by Thomson Financial/Firstt Call. Last year the company reported earnings of 51 cents per Projected sales for the year arearound $250 million. In Buca reported sales of $195.64 The chain consists of 86 "immigrant Southern style food restaurants operating under the namesx Buca di Beppo andVinny Testa's in 25 states and Washington, D.C.
Shares of Buca on the Nasdaaq National Market closed up 31 or 1.8 percent, at $17.25 Wednesday.