Jack in the Box trimmed the fat in its second quarter, helping it to overcome higher costs for food and packaging and same-store sales that were sapped by softening consumer spending.
Jack in the Box opened six new company and franchised restaurants in the second quarter and introduced two new products, including the BBQ Bacon Sirloin Burger.
They had a rough first quarter, with films bad (Bullet to the Head), allegedly halfway decent (Jack the Giant Slayer) and unexpectedly great (Beautiful Creatures) bombing pretty hard.