Tara Comonte
Analyst · SunTrust. Please proceed with your question.
Yes. I mean, hi, Jake. So I mean, the team has did a great job, really across the company, and particularly in the shacks of responding as quickly as they possibly could, as it related to cost within the shacks, and variable costs and fees costs and labor costs, trying to react as quickly as possible to those week on week sales trends that I talked about. So, I think hats off to them for moving as quickly as they did. And we obviously saw a meaningful impact to margins in the quarter and with that kind of a sales drop off. But when it comes to looking forward, and where we are now, I would say you sort of made the pivot yourself from shack-level operating margin to cash burn, really, we're very focused on that cash burn number, first and foremost. And that's where we'll be looking for it to continue to improve as sales come back. Ultimately, of course, with the intent of getting back to the high margin business that we were before COVID-19 hits. But that's not going to happen tomorrow, and there's going to be a path to get there. And different costs will start coming back into businesses different -- coming back into the business at different times. Obviously, as Randy mentioned, we were really pleased to be bringing back stuff and team members back into those Shacks as sales recover. So we've got a bunch of inefficiencies and just extra costs in the operating models right now. It's really, really hard to be clear. And as we reopened dining rooms, and that's not necessarily going to get any easier in the short-term, as we reopened dining rooms under such sort of restrictive -- in such a restricted environment. So, I think cash burn is the key area of focus. And as of today here we're not giving any forward looking statements as it relates to that, or any breakeven points on the call today. But pleased with the -- pleased with the progression so far in the last few weeks and with sales continuing to increase, you know, looking forward to that continuing to get better. But also, you know, we'll also start to spend a little bit more to as we alluded to. We're really excited to get some of these digital investments and digital strategies back on track, after sort of moment of pause, and start, you know, getting this business back on the front foot for coming out the other side.