The company's efforts to simplify its menu, execute effective promotions, and invest in food quality have resulted in five consecutive quarters of positive comparable store sales growth, including traffic trends that have outpaced the casual dining industry. We expect Chili's recently announced partnership with DoorDash will support sales growth in 2020 as it will extend the company's customer reach and supplement its well-developed curbside business. We expect adjusted leverage will be maintained in the high-3x area over the next 12 months. Brinker generates consistent cash flow and has used it to pay down revolver borrowings in recent quarters to keep leverage below 4x, consistent with its track record of effectively managing leverage to within a tight range of its target.
