Oriental serves up a 警告

By Nick Goodway for MailOnline
Updated: 00:00 BST, 30 March 1999

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Oriental Restaurants today served up three distinctly underspiced courses that 追加するd up to a 冷気／寒がらせる 利益（をあげる）s 警告 for 投資家s in the おもに City-based restaurants chain one day before its year end.

First up was a reheated 非難するing of poor 貿易（する）ing 条件s 予定 to vola tile 財政上の markets, which was first 追加するd to Oriental's menu in November. Things got even worse in January.

The second course's 欠如（する） of flavour was 非難するd on higher-than-推定する／予想するd staff costs at the new 太平洋の Oriental at One Bishopsgate. These have now been 削減（する）.

Finally, the 予算-定価つきの 決まり文句／製法 started at Oriental Moorgate, which is meant to be rolled out, has 証明するd costlier than 推定する／予想するd to get 権利.

The final 法案 is likely to be a 減少（する） in pre-税金 利益（をあげる）s from last year's £1.8 million to £1.5 million.

Oriental said: "We are now 確信して that the 組織／基盤／下部構造 is in place for us to 加速する our 拡大 計画（する）."

The 株 低迷d 261/2p to a new low of 1271/2p. Last June they stood at 357p.