Although the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales have increased dramatically, its sales at restaurants open for more than a year have declined.
(A) the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales have increased dramatically, its (there are no shifting of tenses- WINNER. The tenses sounds logical)
(B) the restaurant company has recently added many new restaurants across the country and its sales increased dramatically, its (why change of tenses from present perfect to simple past? What is the logic of shift of tenses?)
(C) many new restaurants have recently been opened across the country and its sales increased dramatically, the restaurant company’s (whose restaurant?)
(D) having recently added many new restaurants across the country and with its sales increasing dramatically, the restaurant company’s …sales…(missing antecedent-its is referring to sales?)
(E) recently adding many new restaurants across the country and having its sales increase dramatically, the restaurant company’s…sales…(missing antecedent-its is referring to sales?)
