WICHITA, Kansas, Jan. 7, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc. (Nasdaq:STAR) reports it's comparable store sales results for fiscal 2001 as follows:
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY
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Domestic Lone Star Steakhouse
& Saloon restaurants 1.3% (1.1%) 2.3% 3.3% 1.6%
Sullivan's Steakhouse
restaurants 16.3% 16.8% 12.8% 7.8% 12.8%
Del Frisco's Double Eagle
Steak House restaurants 2.9% (4.5%) (5.2%) (1.3%) (1.8%)
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Domestic Steakhouse
restaurants 2.9% .6% 3.1% 3.5% 2.6%
Australia and other (9.5%) (8.9%) (5.0%) 0.9% (5.4%)
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Total Company 2.3% 0.1% 2.6% 3.4% 2.2%
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Although the Company believes the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in the press release will prove to be accurate.