"Next year we are going to open more, and we will continue toopen restaurants in Europe," said vice chairman and CEO JimSkinner.
The global credit crunch that has stalled store growth worldwidehas not been a factor in the company's expansion. "Our owners haveaccess to credit through a number of national, regional and localvendors," said Peter J. Bensen, executive vice president and chieffinancial officer.
For the quarter, sales were $6.3 billion, up 6% from theprevious year. Net income was $1.2 billion, up 11% from the sameperiod last year. Global comparable sales increased 7.1%, with U.S.comps rising 4.7%, Europe increasing 8.2% and Asia/Pacific, MiddleEast and Africa rising 7.8%.
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