Pizza Pizza Royalty (TSE:PZA) reported lower same-store sales and royalty income in the second quarter of 2026 as consumer spending pressures, reduced traffic and difficult comparisons with last year’s hockey-driven demand weighed on its restaurant network. Same-store sales declined 5.0% in the qua

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Pizza Pizza Royalty (TSE:PZA) reported a difficult start to fiscal 2026 as management pointed to weak consumer confidence and pressured traffic across its system during the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. On the company’s May 1 earnings call, executives said macroeconomic uncertainty weighed on