Westlife Development Ltd, which owns Hardcastle Restaurants, the master franchisee of McDonald's restaurants for western and southern India, expects its business to return to pre-COVID-19 level from the next quarter and continue its expansion journey by adding more stores to its network, said a company official. The company plans to open three new stores in this quarter and then resume its growth journey of adding 25-40 stores every year from the next fiscal. "If the momentum of consumer confidence continues, we will achieve and hopefully exceed pre-COVID-19 levels in the next 2-3 months," Westlife Development Vice-Chairman Amit Jatia told PTI.