secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NOODLES & Co (NDLS)
CIK:        0001275158
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001275158-25-000087
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Noodles & Co Q2 revenue down 0.7% to $126.4M; net loss widens to $17.6M
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- Net loss of $17.6M ($0.38 loss per diluted share) vs $13.6M loss ($0.30) in Q2 2024.
- Comparable restaurant sales up 1.5% system-wide (company-owned +1.5%, franchise +1.6%).
- Restaurant contribution margin fell to 12.8% from 15.5%; adjusted EBITDA dropped to $6.0M from $9.2M.
- Six company-owned restaurants closed and one opened; two franchise locations closed in Q2 2025.
- No updated guidance provided in the release.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000087/0001275158-25-000087-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000087/ndls-20250813.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001275158-25-000087

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