Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. Announces the Hiring of a New Chief Operating Officer - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

[greatmarlin]

Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. Announces the Hiring of a New Chief Operating Officer
Updated: Monday, March 25, 2002 06:02 AM ET Printer-friendly version

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2002--Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. (Nasdaq:CHGO, news, msgs) (Nasdaq:CHGOW, news, msgs) announced that Michael Nakhunst has joined the Company as its chief operating officer. Nakhunst brings over 30 years` experience in the restaurant industry to Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. The vast majority of his experience was with Chili`s restaurants. Nakhunst was part of the management team that operated the first Chili`s restaurant in 1977, and he remained part of that organization until 1994, at which time he was senior vice president of the Chili`s division of Brinker International, with operational responsibility for over 150 stores. Nakhunst also served as the chief operating officer of Cheesecake Factory, Inc. from 1997 to 1999.
"We are very pleased to have someone of Mike`s experience and qualifications in our organization," commented co-CEO Paul Motenko. "He has demonstrated a pattern of accomplishment in his career that should serve our company well as we implement our accelerated growth strategy. Just as important, Mike`s approach to the restaurant business and his philosophies and values are consistent with the values upon which our company are based."

Jerry Hennessy, co-CEO, added, "With the recent addition of Doug Mitchell as CFO and now Mike Nakhunst as COO, we believe we have secured the resources necessary to successfully position the company for substantial growth."

Nakhunst remarked, "I am very excited to be part of the team helping to build BJ`s into a national restaurant brand. I am proud to be involved with this great concept, and with a company that displays a unique balance of fiscal responsibility and compassionate values."

Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. operates 26 casual dining restaurants, some of which incorporate microbreweries. Sixteen of the BJ`s restaurants are located in Southern California, one in Boulder, Colo., four in Oregon and one in Chandler, Ariz. In addition, the Company operates four Pietro`s restaurants in Oregon and has a BJ`s licensing agreement with a restaurant in Lahaina, Maui. The company has four BJ`s units currently under development: in Oxnard, Thousand Oaks and Cupertino, Calif. and in Lewisville, Texas. BJ`s restaurants offer customers moderate prices and tremendous value on an incredible menu that includes deep-dish Chicago-style pizza as well as sandwiches, salads, fabulous desserts, critically acclaimed hand-crafted beers and more. Visit Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc. on the web at http://www.bjsbrewhouse.com.

Certain statements in the preceding paragraph regarding the anticipated opening dates of new restaurants and estimated revenues and earnings and operations for 2001 and all other statements that are not purely historical constitute "forward-looking statements" for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results to be materially different from those projected or anticipated. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (i) audit adjustments to the company`s reported revenues and earnings for 2001 (ii) the Company`s ability to manage growth and conversions, (iii) construction delays, (iv) restaurant and brewery industry competition and other such industry considerations, (v) marketing and other limitations based on the Company`s historic concentration in Southern California, (vi) consumer trends, (vii) increased food costs and wages, including, without limitation, the recent increase in the minimum wage, (viii) increased energy costs in California, and (ix) other general economic and regulatory conditions.



CONTACT: Chicago Pizza & Brewery, Inc., Huntington Beach
Paul Motenko, 714/848-3747 ext. 227


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nakhunst aussage "helping to build BJ`s into a national restaurant brand."---->klingt sehr gut
und go chgo go

[Micky_Maus]

Very nice. Do you speak german, too??

[greatmarlin]

lol
ja
aber ich glaube dieser text ist auch so zu verstehen.
und ich lasse ihn lieber original bevor ích eine schwindelige übersetzung versuche.
so long
gm