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The restaurant hours are Monday to Saturdayfrom 11:00 am to 8:00 pm and Sunday from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm. Thetelephone number is (281) 679-9300 and the fax for catering is 281679-9301. The family that owns the franchise and development rights forthe greater Houston area is excited to open the first restaurant out of10 in their development agreement. A second location is already underlease negotiation.Spicy Pickle is also pleased to announce two new franchise agreements forlocations in Temecula, California and Owensboro, Kentucky Site selectionfor those locations will begin shortly. The Naperville, Illinois and LasVegas, Nevada locations of existing franchisees are also well under wayand should be open between the spring and summer of 2009.In Vancouver we have signed letters of intent on three new locations forour Bread Garden Urban Cafe concept, two of which are set to open thisyear. The first is with a new franchisee that will open at the busyintersection of Granville and Georgia streets in downtown Vancouver. Thelocation was formerly a retail jewelry store and is at a very high trafficlocation and recently received landlord approval for the conversion.
Thesecond Bread Garden Urban Cafe will be located in the heart of WhistlerVillage, the preeminent ski area north of Vancouver, and will be opened byan existing franchisee. The location will be taken over in early May andwill be fully operational in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics coming toVancouver and Whistler. The new cafe is centrally located with a largepatio seating area and sits next to the large gazebo that provides livemusic year around. The third location is in Burnaby, a busy part ofgreater Metropolitan Vancouver. The area is also where the existingMetrotown Bread Garden Cafe is located which is the second highest grossvolume restaurant in the chain.Marc Geman, CEO of Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc., which is the franchisorof the Bread Garden Urban Cafe chain, said, “The expansion of our BreadGarden Urban Cafes throughout greater Vancouver including the airport, andnow Whistler Village as well as additional downtown and surrounding areacafes, means that almost everyone coming to the Winter Olympics will benear a Bread Garden Urban Cafe.
We will recognize our share of theconsumer spending that this event typically brings to the host city. Ourteam is working hard on finishing building the necessary infrastructure ofoperations, marketing and culinary to bring Bread Garden Urban Cafes up totheir full potential by the end of the year, which will result insignificant positive cash flow for the entire organization. Spicy Pickleis known for its premium and flavorful food and we are bringing thatthrough new menu items to the Bread Garden Urban Cafes as well.”Mr. Geman continued, “It has been awhile since we started up with newfranchisees in new markets so we are particularly pleased to be working onthese new Spicy Pickle Restaurants. The two restaurants in Houston, Texas,the restaurant in Naperville, Illinois and Las Vegas, Nevada demonstratethat we are resuming the expansion of the Spicy Pickle chain. These newSpicy Pickle restaurants in the United States and the explosive growth ofthe Bread Garden Urban Cafes in British Columbia, Canada, along with otherplaned openings which have already been announced, will push us very closeto cash flow positive by the end of the year and really set us up forbetter economic times around the corner.”About Spicy Pickle(TM):Founded in 1999, Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc.