date:Oct 29, 2013
mped 5.6 percent to $20.87 in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange after the profit report, helped by lower costs from selling restaurants to franchisees.
The third-largest U.S. hamburger chain, behind McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) and Wendy's Co (WEN.O), said expenses fell about 90 percent, mainly because it sold more than 500 restaurants in the last year to franchisees.
Sales at established restaurants were up 3.7 percent for the Asia Pacific region including China, where rivals McDonald's