Dunkin' Brands Earnings Preview: Weather Conditions Might Drive Down Customer Count

Amid the stiff competition in the U.S. restaurant industry for the breakfast and coffee market share, Dunkin' Brands is one of the few food and beverage chains to report an increase in customer traffic and transactions in all the dayparts. Moreover, the company has been targeting aggressive expansion in the western U.S. The company had a decent fiscal period last year, as the net revenues in the fiscal 2014 rose 4.9% year-over-year (y-o-y), with 1.6% y-o-y comparable store sales growth for Dunki...