system stores definition
system stores means the total number of stores, including franchised stores and Company-owned stores, open across the system at the end of a particular reporting period. The number of franchised and Company-owned stores along with the number of operating weeks is used by management to evaluate new store growth, system sales, royalty and franchise fee revenue and the performance of our stores; and
system stores means corporate stores and franchised stores and, otherwise, means owned and franchised stores within a network of chained stores.