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Noodles & Company makes incremental progress in Q3

Noodles & Company announced that same-store comps increased 1.7 percent system-wide.

November 7, 2014

Noodles & Company announced that same-store comps for company-owned restaurants increased 1.6 percent in Q3, and 2 percent in franchised restaurants, for a system-wide increase of 1.7 percent.

"The sequential improvement in our third quarter comparable sales results reinforces our belief that our team's efforts and our initiatives are resonating with guests. We are particularly excited about our catering program which is now rolled out system-wide and generating positive results as well as very favorable feedback from both guests and team members. We believe investments that we made during the third quarter in marketing and the promotion of our catering offering are having a positive impact and have us well positioned to build on this momentum through the balance of 2014 and into 2015," CEO Kevin Reddy said in a news release.

Noodles & Company also opened 15 new restaurants in Q3, including 11 company-owned and four franchise restaurants, bringing the year-to-date openings to 45 new restaurants system-wide, including 36 company-owned and nine franchise restaurants.

It also acquired 16 restaurants in the Indianapolis area from a franchise partner.