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Issuer:     NOODLES & Co (NDLS)
CIK:        0001275158
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001275158-25-000002
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Noodles & Company reports Q4 2024 preliminary system-wide comp sales +0.8%, AUV flat at $1.3M
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- Q4 system-wide comparable sales increased 0.8% (company-owned +0.5%, franchise +1.9%).
- Company-owned average unit volumes flat YoY at $1.3M; digital sales rose 5.6%.
- CEO cites menu transformation, promotional offers, and third-party delivery momentum driving improvement.
- Plans to reduce 2025 capital expenditures to strengthen balance sheet.
- Strongest comp sales in last four weeks of Q4 after promotions ended, per management.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000002/0001275158-25-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000002/ndls-20250113.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001275158-25-000002

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