BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Opens in Kissimmee, Florida
May 13 2008 - 2:53PM
Business Wire
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) today announced the opening
of its newest restaurant in Kissimmee, Florida, a suburb of
Orlando, on May 12, 2008. The new BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
is located at 2421 West Osceola Parkway, near the intersection of
John Young Parkway and Osceola Parkway in the Loop West shopping
center. The restaurant is approximately 9,000 square feet, contains
seating for approximately 275 guests and features BJ�s extensive
menu that includes BJ's signature deep-dish pizza, award winning
handcrafted beer and our famous Pizookie� dessert. BJ�s highly
detailed, contemporary d�cor and unique video statement, including
several high definition flat panel televisions, creates a high
energy, fun and family-friendly dining environment for everyone to
enjoy. Hours of operation are from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
Sunday through Thursday and 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Friday and
Saturday. �We are very pleased to bring our second restaurant to
the Orlando market with the opening of our newest restaurant in
Kissimmee,� commented Jerry Deitchle, President and CEO. �Our
leadership team was extremely pleased with the passion and
enthusiasm displayed by all of our team members in serving our
guests during this very busy opening. This restaurant represents
our third new opening to date for 2008 and also represents our
fourth restaurant in the Florida market. We anticipate opening
several more restaurants in Florida over the next several years,
where consumers have enthusiastically embraced the BJ�s concept
since our arrival in Florida only a year ago.� Additionally, the
Company continues to remains solidly on track to open as many as 15
new restaurants during 2008 and thereby increase its total
restaurant operating weeks by 20% to 25% during the year. BJ's
Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 70 casual dining
restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's
Restaurant & Brewhouse or BJ's Pizza & Grill brand names.
BJ's restaurants offer an innovative and broad menu featuring
award-winning, signature deep-dish pizza complemented with
generously portioned salads, appetizers, sandwiches, soups, pastas,
entrees and desserts. Quality, flavor, value, moderate prices and
sincere service remain distinct attributes of the BJ's experience.
The Company operates several microbreweries which produce and
distribute BJ's critically acclaimed handcrafted beers throughout
the chain. The Company's restaurants are located in California
(39), Texas (11), Arizona (4), Colorado (3), Oregon (2), Nevada
(2), Florida (4), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2) and Kentucky (1). The
Company also has a licensing interest in a BJ's restaurant in
Lahaina, Maui. Visit BJ's Restaurants, Inc. on the Web at
http://www.bjsrestaurants.com. Certain statements in the preceding
paragraphs 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. Such statements include, but are not limited to,
those regarding expected comparable restaurant sales growth in
2008, those regarding the effect of new sales-building initiatives,
as well as those regarding the number of restaurants expected to be
opened in 2008 and the timing and location of such openings. 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) our ability to manage an increasing number of new
restaurant openings, (ii) construction delays, (iii) labor
shortages, (iv) minimum wage increases, (v) food quality and health
concerns, (vi) factors that impact California, where 39 of our
current 70 restaurants are located, (vii) restaurant and brewery
industry competition, (viii) impact of certain brewery business
considerations, including without limitation, dependence upon
suppliers and related hazards, (ix) consumer spending trends in
general for casual dining occasions, (x) potential uninsured losses
and liabilities, (xi) fluctuating commodity costs, the effect of
any resulting menu price increases on our sales, the availability
of food in general and certain raw materials related to the brewing
of our handcrafted beers and energy, (xii) trademark and
servicemark risks, (xiii) government regulations, (xiv) licensing
costs, (xv) beer and liquor regulations, (xvi) loss of key
personnel, (xvii) inability to secure acceptable sites, (xviii)
limitations on insurance coverage, (xix) legal proceedings, (xx)
other general economic and regulatory conditions and requirements,
(xxi) the success of our key sales-building and related operational
initiatives and (xxii) numerous other matters discussed in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. BJ's
Restaurants, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update or alter its
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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