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Submission of Transcript of earnings conference call for the quarter ended 30th September 2026.
Westlife Foodworld Ltd · 505533
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Westlife Foodworld Ltd has announced its Q2 FY27 earnings conference call transcript, highlighting a strong performance with double-digit growth in guest count and same-store sales, driven by a broad-based strength across markets and channels, with revenue growing 16%.
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Westlife Foodworld Ltd - 505533 - Announcement under Regulation 30 (LODR)-Earnings Call Transcript
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WESTLIFE FOODWORLD LTD.
Regd. Off.: 1001, Tower-3, 10th Floor • One International Center
Senapati Bapat Marg • Prabhadevi • Mumbai 400 013
Tel : 022-4913 5000 Fax : 022-4913 5001
CIN No. : L65990MH1982PLC028593
Website: www.westlife.co.in | E-mail id :shatadru@mcdonaldsindia.com
Date: 26th October, 2026
To, To,
BSE Ltd. (‘the BSE) The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (‘the NSE’)
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers Exchange Plaza
Dalal Street Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East)
Mumbai 400 001 Mumbai – 400051
Sub : Compliance with Regulation 30 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015,
Submission of transcript of earnings conference call for the quarter ended
30th September, 2026.
Re : Westlife Foodworld Limited (“the Company”): Scrip Code-505533 and
WESTLIFE (NSE)
Dear Sirs,
In compliance with Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, please find enclosed herewith
transcript of earnings conference call for the quarter ended 30th September, 2026, held post the
Board Meeting of the Company on 23rd October, 2026.
In this regard, the transcript of the said earnings conference call has been uploaded on the
Company’s website and can be accessed at the weblink:
https://www.westlife.co.in/investors/financial-news-and-information/.
You are requested to take the same on record.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For Westlife Foodworld Ltd.
Dr. Shatadru Sengupta
Company Secretary
Encl: as above
Westlife Foodworld Limited
Q2 FY27 Earnings Conference Call
October 23, 2026
MANAGEMENT:
▪ Mr. Akshay Jatia – President & Chief Executive Officer
▪ Mr. Saurabh Kalra – Managing Director
▪ Mr. Shardul Doshi – Chief Financial Officer
▪ Mr. Chintan Jajal – Lead Investor Relations
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Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to the Westlife Foodworld Limited Q2
FY27 Earnings Conference Call. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in the listen-
only mode and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the
presentation concludes. Should you need assistance during the conference call,
please signal an operator by pressing star then zero on your touchtone phone.
We would like to remind you that certain statements made by the management in
today's call may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements
reflect management's best judgment and analysis as of today. The actual results may
differ materially from the current expectations based on a number of factors affecting
the business. Please refer to the safe harbor disclosure in the earnings presentation.
I now hand the conference over to Mr. Chintan Jajal. Thank you, and over to you, sir.
Chintan Jajal: Thank you. Good evening, everyone and thank you for joining us on Westlife
Foodworld Earnings Conference Call for the second quarter ended 30th September,
2026. I am Chintan, Head IR at Westlife Foodworld. From the management team, I
have with me Mr. Akshay Jatia, President and CEO; Mr. Saurabh Kalra, Managing
Director and Mr. Shardul Doshi, Chief Financial Officer.
As always, we will begin today's session with Akshay sharing his perspective on
company's overall strategy and outlook. This will be followed by Saurabh taking us
through the key operational and financial highlights. We will then open the forum for
question-and-answer session. Throughout the call, we will refer to earnings
presentation and financial releases, which are available on the NSE BSE as well as
Investors section of our website.
With that, I now request Akshay to commence the session. Thank you, and over to
you, Akshay.
Akshay Jatia: Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us. This was a significant quarter
for us. October marks 30 years of McDonald's West and South in India. And next
week, we'll be opening our 500th restaurant. These milestones are a reminder of how
far we've come, but more importantly, they reinforce our confidence in the
opportunity the market presents ahead.
This quarter, we delivered our strongest performance in 13 quarters with double-digit
growth in both guest count and same-store sales. Revenue grew 16%, reflecting
broad-based strength across markets and channels. What is particularly encouraging
is that this growth was driven by more customers choosing McDonald's more often.
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At the heart of this performance is a strategy that remains simple and consistent. We
are focused on strengthening our value leadership, staying relevant to customers and
delivering a great restaurant experience every time they visit us. Our everyday value
platform continues to resonate strongly, helping drive guest growth and frequency.
Through our Let's Family at McDonald's platform, we continue to strengthen the
emotional and cultural relevance of the brand, reinforcing McDonalds' place in the
lives of consumers across generations. The consistency of these results reinforces our
belief that value, relevance and execution remain the right levers to drive long-term
growth.
Importantly, we are also growing responsibly. Strong same-store sales growth
translated into healthy margin expansion with operating EBITDA growing 29% year-
on-year during the quarter. Our focus remains on building a business that can deliver
sustainable growth while creating long-term value for all stakeholders. We continue
to see significant opportunities ahead.
Our restaurant expansion strategy remains disciplined, and we remain focused on
building presence in the right markets through the right formats while maintaining
prudent capital allocation. As we celebrate 30 years in India, our focus is firmly on the
future. The momentum we saw through the quarter has continued into October,
giving us confidence as we enter the festive season.
Our priorities remain unchanged: strengthen our value leadership, grow guest counts,
run great restaurants and expand profitably. With a strong brand, a growing
restaurant network and significant runway ahead, we remain excited about the next
phase of growth. Thank you. And with that, let me hand it over to our Managing
Director, Saurabh Kalra, to take you through the quarter in great detail.
Saurabh Kalra: Thank you, Akshay, and good evening, everyone. Best wishes for the Dussehra and
the upcoming festive season. Q2 marks expected acceleration in our business
performance. Revenue grew 16% year-on-year to INR7.47 billion, our strongest top
line growth in the last 13 quarters, while same-store sales also grew at a double-digit
10.1%.
Most encouraging, guest count grew in double digits in each month of this quarter,
demonstrating the strength of consumer demand and effectiveness of our brand plus
value strategy. Our Let's Family at McDonald's and Everyday Value platform continue
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to be the key driver of consumer traffic, helping us strengthen frequency and drive
higher restaurant sales.
Both on-premise and off-premise channels delivered a healthy growth of 17% and
15%, respectively. These results reinforce our belief that the customers continue to
respond positively to a combination of brand value, convenience and consistently
strong restaurant experiences.
Digital also continued to play an important role in our business. Digital channels
contributed over 75% of sales during the quarter, increasing by around 60 basis points
year-on-year. We now have more than 58 million cumulative app downloads and
approximately 4.2 million monthly active users.
As we have said before, we view digital not simply as a channel, but as an important
enabler of convenience, frequency and customer loyalty. The strong top line growth
also translated into meaningful profit expansion. Operating EBITDA grew 29% year-
on-year with margins expanding by 130 basis points to 13.1%.
This was achieved despite absorbing over 190 basis points of inflationary pressure
across commodities, utilities and employee costs. The quarter once again
demonstrated the strength of our business model. With higher sales flowing throu
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