
MEXICO CITY, April 29 (Reuters) - Mexican restaurant and cafe chain operator Alsea ALSEA.MX posted a first quarter net profit that dipped by nearly a quarter, hitting some 335 million pesos ($16.3 million) on Tuesday.
The Mexican multinational, which operates high profile restaurant chains as Domino's or Starbucks in Europe and Latin America, reported revenues up 12.8% over January to March, landing at around 20.0 billion pesos.
Analysts polled by LSEG expected a first quarter net profit of 697.1 million pesos, from revenues of 20.32 billion pesos.
($1 = 20.4604 pesos at end-March)