Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. Announces Opening of First Sizzler Restaurant in Beijing
March 09 2005 - 4:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. Announces Opening of First
Sizzler Restaurant in Beijing SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., March 9
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc.
(NYSE:SZ) today announced the opening of the second Sizzler
restaurant in China. The restaurant is the second of the
restaurants to be opened under the joint venture agreement with the
Minor Food Group Pcl, a subsidiary of Royal Garden Resorts Pcl, to
develop franchise opportunities for Sizzler restaurants in China.
Sizzler announced this joint venture on November 12, 2004. The
restaurant, located in the Chaoyang District, Beijing, opened on
February 14, 2005. The restaurant features the famous Sizzler Soup,
Salad and Fresh Fruit Bar, open kitchen and a modern western dining
room ambience. "We are excited about this second restaurant opening
in China, and are very pleased with the progress we are seeing.
This is an exciting time for our brand as we continue forward with
our on-going international expansion," said Chuck Boppell, Chief
Executive Officer of Worldwide Restaurant Concepts. Royal Garden
Resorts Pcl is a leading Asia-Pacific hospitality and food service
operator and its subsidiary, The Minor Food Group, is Thailand's
largest food service operator with over 450 outlets system wide
under many well recognized brand names including Sizzler. About
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc.
operates, franchises or joint ventures 309 Sizzler(R) restaurants
worldwide, 112 KFC(R) restaurants located primarily in Queensland,
Australia, and 22 Pat & Oscar's(R) restaurants. Additional
information about the Company can be found at
http://www.wrconcepts.com/. To the extent that certain statements
contained in this document may be deemed under federal securities
laws to be forward-looking statements, Worldwide Restaurant
Concepts intends that they be subject to the safe-harbor applicable
to forward-looking statements under such laws. AT THE COMPANY:
Keith Wall Liz Baskerville Vice President and CFO Director,
Planning (818) 662-9800 (818) 662-9800 AT FINANCIAL RELATIONS
BOARD: Laurie Berman Tricia Ross General Information
Investor/Analyst (310) 854-8315 (617) 520-7064 DATASOURCE:
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. CONTACT: Keith Wall, Vice
President and CFO, or Liz Baskerville, Director, Planning, both of
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc., +1-818-662-9800; or General
Information, Laurie Berman, +1-310-854-8315, or Investors/Analysts,
Tricia Ross, +1-617-520-7064, both of Financial Relations Board,
for Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. Web site:
http://www.wrconcepts.com/
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