Chapter 10
Forecasting Financial Statements
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store growth rates. Again, the Americas and the CAP segments produced the strongest
performance in terms of new licensed stores and sales growth. But the fastest revenue
growth segment during this period was the CPG, Foodservice and Other segment,
growing at a compound rate of 33.8% from 2010 to 2012. Starbucks has been very
successful during this time at expanding sales of its products through grocery stores and
foodservice accounts.
As the case reveals, Starbucks’ management provided guidance in 2012 and again at
the end of the first quarter in Year +1 (2013), on the expected number of new stores to be
opened by segment and by store type during Year +1. Management guidance, indicates
Starbucks is planning to open roughly 1,300 new stores during Year +1 (300 owned and
300 licensed stores in the Americas; 200 owned and 400 licensed stores in the China Asia
Pacific segment; and 34 owned and 66 licensed stores in the Europe, Middle East and
Africa segment). Starbucks management also indicated they expect to incur $1,200
million in capital expenditures during Year +1. Management did not provide guidance
beyond Year +1. Starbucks’ management guidance has proved to be quite reliable in the
past, so we will rely on it now to inform our expectations.
We will accept management’s expectations for Year +1 and assume that Starbucks
will open 300 new company-owned stores and 300 new licensed stores in the Americas.
We will also assume that average sales per store in the Americas will grow by 5%. In
addition, we will assume that Starbucks will continue to open the same number of new
stores and generate the same level of same store sales growth in Year +2 through Year
+5.
For the EMEA segment, we will again accept management’s expectations for Year
+1 and assume that Starbucks will open only 34 new company-owned stores and 66 new
licensed stores. We will also assume that average sales per store in EMEA will continue
to be anemic, and grow by only 1%. We will also assume that Starbucks will continue to
open the same number of new stores and generate 1% same store sales growth in Years
+2, and then 2% growth in Year +2 through Year +5.
The CAP segment has been growing revenues at the fastest rates. We will accept
management’s expectations for Year +1 and assume that Starbucks will open 200 new
company-owned stores and 400 new licensed stores in the CAP segment. We will also
assume that average sales per store in the CAP segment will grow by 12% in Year +1.
Further, we will assume that Starbucks will continue to open the same number of new
stores Years +2 through Year +5. However, it is unlikely that Starbucks can continue to
generate the same level of same store sales growth, so we assume slowing rates of
growth: 10%, 9%, 8%, and 7% in Year +2 through Year +5, respectively.
The CPG, Foodservice and Other segment has generated strong revenue growth
recently, and seems well positioned to continue to sustain strong growth. We assume this
segment’s revenues will grow 30% in Year +1. We assume slowing (but still strong) rates
of growth: 20%, 15%, 10%, and 10%, in Year +2 through Year +5, respectively.
Given these assumptions, our revenue projections are presented in Exhibit 10.H.