BUCA, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2008 Comparable Restaurant Sales Decreased 5.1%

  
    
  
  
    
      BUCA, Inc. (NASDAQ: BUCA) today announced that Buca di Beppo comparable 
      restaurant sales decreased 5.1% for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 as 
      compared to the same period last year. The Company also announced that 
      preliminary total revenue decreased 6.8% in the second fiscal quarter to 
      approximately $57.9 million as compared to $62.1 million in the same 
      period of the prior year. The difference between the comparable 
      restaurant sales decrease and the preliminary total revenue decrease was 
      due to the closure of three underperforming restaurants since the 
      beginning of the second fiscal quarter of 2007.
    
    
      For the first two quarters of fiscal 2008, Buca di Beppo comparable 
      restaurant sales decreased 3.8% as compared to the same period last 
      year. The Company also announced that preliminary total revenue 
      decreased 5.6% in the first two quarters of fiscal 2008 to approximately 
      $118.0 million as compared to $124.9 million in the same period of the 
      prior year. The difference between the comparable restaurant sales 
      decrease and the preliminary total revenue decrease was due to the 
      closure of four underperforming restaurants since the beginning of 
      fiscal 2007.
    
    
      About the Company:
    
    
      BUCA, Inc. owns and operates 89 highly acclaimed Italian restaurants 
      under the name Buca di Beppo in 25 states and the District of Columbia.