BJ's Restaurants Opens in Greenwood, Indiana
May 20 2008 - 3:49PM
Business Wire
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ: BJRI) today announced the opening
of its newest restaurant in Greenwood, Indiana, a suburb of
Indianapolis, on May 19, 2008. The new BJ's Restaurant &
Brewhouse is located in the new lifestyle wing of the Greenwood
Park Mall at 1251 U.S. 31 North. The restaurant is approximately
8,500 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 proud to open
our first restaurant in the state of Indiana,� commented Jerry
Deitchle, President and CEO. �Sales for our opening day were higher
than we had expected, and our restaurant team did an excellent job
of delivering the BJ's concept to our guests. Our Greenwood,
Indiana, restaurant represents our fourth new restaurant opening so
far this year. We continue to remain on track to open as many as 15
new restaurants during 2008 and thereby increase our total
restaurant operating weeks by 20% to 25% during the year. Our next
two restaurant openings are currently scheduled for the month of
June in Baton Rouge, LA, and Torrance, CA.� BJ's Restaurants, Inc.
currently owns and operates 71 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), Kentucky (1) and Indiana (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 71 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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