Fiscal 2005 represented a record year for Red Robin in terms of revenue, earnings, and new restaurant openings - all are milestones for which the entire team should be very proud. We continued to experience good guest traffic growth which is a testament to our appeal to America's families, our strong price to value relationship, as well as the outstanding experiences that Red Robin team members are creating for our guests. |
I remain confident that we will meet our goal. |
I think what he is trying to do is to send a message to us here that he sees the challenges we are dealing with, I suspect in the future that he will choose his analogies a little more carefully. |
I was solicited to move to Florida and the Carolinas, but nobody ever gave me a presentation as to how me moving to any other region of the country was going to be better for the earnings of Birds Eye. |
It is just an unbelievably rich asset base. |
It really helps us get on the radar screen of the professional people who work with companies to place them in other areas of the country. Now, Rochester ranks 35 in the entire country. We are very pleased about that. |
This is still a good challenge for us. |
We're serving as two masters here. We're the master of people who want to invest and the master of people who need investments. If we have an opportunity to invest in a company outside the Rochester region, we will take that opportunity. |