Giggles N'''''''' Hugs Inc. (fka GIGL)

[DeltaWarrior]

TY and welcome to the ihub $GIGL board! A tidbit of DD below for any new/potential investors.

$GIGL ~ Giggles N’ Hugs, Inc. (GIGL) an Investor-Accessible Play with a Unique Business Model in the Thriving Fast Casual Sector

The time has come to seriously start building a portfolio of promising, investor-accessible fast casual and even fast food companies who understand where the industry is headed and have been able to successfully capitalize on the trends, and not just with lackluster, after-the-fact menu alterations the way MCD has done, a decision which has (unsurprisingly) failed to win over increasingly savvy consumers. It makes sense to look at companies who have flipped the script and started from scratch with a new model, operators who understand not just the underlying trends, but the full spectrum of logistical issues as well. Issues like cultivating brand awareness and an identity early on that will have real staying power, or shrewdly setting up the entire model from the get go to really succeed when it comes to securing optimal locations that are heavily trafficked and/or are geographically localized to premium target demos.

Giggles N’ Hugs (OTCQB: GIGL) is one to watch in this arena, with its unique restaurant concept that fuses together high-end organic food and healthy, cutting-edge play/entertainment for children, a model which has already proven itself by becoming extremely successful in Southern California at some of the high end malls the company brilliantly likes to target for maximum traction – both with the general public and a growing retinue of A-list celebs. This is an extremely important kind of passive celebrity branding that costs GIGL nothing, yet (especially for SoCal folks) resonates hugely with target demos.

Some 15 percent of all ads last year featured high profile celebs (nnw.fm/o99xD), and whilst most companies must navigate the choppy waters of picking the right kind of celebrity that parallelizes their brand, secure endorsements via huge payouts, or gift celebrities their products in mere hopes that they will thereby gain attention – GIGL simply has to do what it does best: open the doors every morning to one of the finest organic casual dining, “Gymboree” playspace experiences available anywhere on earth. And it just so happens to be the perfect place for birthday parties, which GIGL does masterfully, with themed and specially catered parties that have live entertainers and actors/staff dressed up as the kid’s favorite cartoon star, comic book super hero, or other, similar thematic constructs.

Fast casual is the sector sweet spot, too, as this entire clean food trend comes to a boil globally, with the segment showing a 10.4 percent sales uptick last year compared to 2014 (nnw.fm/A6lpr). Even the largest consumer foodservice market on Earth, China, saw sales grow 9.5 percent year over year to $617 billion. The GIGL story is really something to look at, with tightly-knit partnerships between the company and some of the world’s largest mall operators helping to ensure its longer-term franchise success, as well as a brilliantly executed and highly unique model. By the way, this is a model that can work anywhere on the planet. This versatility is something for investors playing the long game to think about with GIGL, especially considering the baseline receptivity in Asian markets to this kind of family-centric dining concept.

Learn more by visiting www.gigglesnhugs.com

$GIGL ~ Giggles N’ Hugs (GIGL) Taking Steps Toward Further Expansion

Giggles N’ Hugs (OTCQB: GIGL) is an award-winning, health-oriented, family restaurant company based in Los Angeles. Aside from serving healthier options to both children and adults, the company’s restaurants offer play areas for kids, meaning that adults can sit back and relax while children play games, join in with activities, and so on. So far, GIGL has been voted the “Number 1 Party Place” and was given the award for “Best Pizza in Los Angeles” by Nickelodeon. It was also awarded “Best Indoor Playspace” by Red Tricycle and was listed “Best Family & Indoor Kid-Friendly Restaurant” by CitySearch & GoCityKids.

As it stands, Giggles N’ Hugs has two locations in the top premier malls in Los Angeles. Not only this, four of the largest mall owners in the U.S. have offered GIGL up to 75% discount on rent as well as up to three quarters of a million dollars of cash upfront for each location in order to get GIGL into their malls across the country. The major mall operators interested in the relationship include: Westfield Group (OTC: WEFIF), which owns 55 properties across the country; Macerich Group (NYSE: MAC), which owns 62; General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP), which owns 135; and Simon Properties (NYSE: SPG), which owns over 300. Mall owners are offering these opportunities because GIGL has proven to help turn malls into family destinations and increase traffic from this market. <---- We have added QIC to this list. QIC is a $78 billion alternative investment fund

In addition to the above developments, GIGL recently announced its engagement of Kiddos, Inc. and Michelle Steinberg of dOMAIN Integrated in order to elevate its marketing and PR strategies. Both organizations are highly trained and have a number of success stories in marketing, PR and investor relations, as well as the restaurant industry and merchandising. dOMAIN and Steinberg will help GIGL at a base level to expand and build partnerships on a nationwide scale.

There is also a growing demand for Giggles N’ Hugs franchise opportunities from both large multi-unit franchise operators and individuals. This has led to the opportunity to further expand on a global level. So far, the company has received interest from potential franchisees in Canada and nearly every major city in the U.S. Other operators have come from as far as Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East – all key international markets.

Last but not least, Giggles N’ Hugs has been offered huge licensing and merchandising opportunities to provide the company with additional forms of revenue. dOMAIN Integrated offers expertise in extending IP into licensed products, bringing in celebrities, encouraging new forms of income, publishing relations, and reaching out to new target markets. The company has therefore decided to encourage Giggles N’ Hugs to expand into branded products for a fuller customer experience. These products will be sold in stores and at a variety of retail outlets. Some merchandise opportunities include: organic food products, children’s clothing and accessories, drink and snack ware, coloring books and stickers, and vitamin water for kids.

Learn more by visiting www.gigglesnhugs.com

$GIGL ~ Giggles N’ Hugs Advances Negotiations with largest National Mall Owners

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Giggles N’ Hugs, Inc. (OTCQB: GIGL), owner and operator of family-friendly restaurants that bring together high-end, organic food with active, cutting-edge play and entertainment for children, today reports it has been in active negotiations for its expansion with several of the largest mall owners in the U.S., including General Growth Properties, Simon Property Group, and Westfield Group, which collectively own more than 500 properties worldwide.

Current negotiations are focused on expanding the Company’s footprint on the West Coast, initially targeting five properties in markets that include Seattle and San Francisco (this is recent LOI in San Fran)in the north and San Diego and Orange County in the south. Lease terms have been received for the proposed properties, which will be similar in size to the Company’s current locations in Los Angeles. Longer term and pending additional funding, the Company expects to grow from its three existing locations in Southern California to dozens of locations in key markets nationally.

As part of its negotiations, being conducted on a per-location basis, the Company is seeking significant discounts from current market rents as well as attractive tenant allowances which are expected to reduce construction costs for each new Giggles N’ Hugs location. The Company has also retained the services of Todd Star, a highly regarded and successful senior executive with nearly three decades of real estate industry experience, to aid in its negotiations and growth strategy development. Star’s experience as a senior executive for Westfield, overseeing leasing operations for over 13 years, places him as one of the most knowledgeable and best in negotiating deals with mall operators. Todd currently serves as principal at Star Retail Advisors.

“We’re very excited to enter our next phase of operations and to begin replicating the success we’ve experienced with our first three locations in Los Angeles,” commented Parsi. “While we’re doing great in Southern California, where we’re known for our warm weather and sunny climate, we anticipate our results will be even better in markets where the weather is often less than ideal.”

Parsi continued, “When it rains, which has not happened a lot here in Los Angeles, people tend to come indoors to Giggles N’ Hugs to play rather than go to the park or other outdoor spaces. The same is true with birthday parties, which are a very high-margin business for us. People can’t do parties in their backyard or a park when it rains, so we get massive bookings on rainy days and our sales spike. This unique aspect of our business should produce higher revenues and profit margins in markets like San Francisco and Seattle, driving strong shareholder value growth as we move forward with our expansion.”

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All Giggles N' Hugs as Families Embrace New Kid-Friendly Restaurant

(NewsUSA) - For parents of young children who want to dine out at upscale restaurants with the entire family, the conundrum has always been simple:

Option one: Go out and risk facing the glares and nasty remarks of diners who feel that young children have no place in their favorite eating establishment. Or...

Option two: Don't go out to eat at an upscale restaurant at all. Instead, settle for yet another night in ... or go to Chuck E. Cheese -- yet again -- where they will be forced to nosh on sub-par food.

In all, most parents of young children consider their choices to be very undesirable -- until now.

Enter option number three: Giggles N' Hugs (OTCQB: GIGL), a Los Angeles-based restaurant that has managed to combine the best of both worlds for families. Founded by Joey Parsi and his wife, Dorsa, after a disastrous night out with their then 3-year-old and 6-month-old children, the two realized there was a void for those who wanted to go to a decent restaurant with their kids.


A new restaurant creates a welcoming atmosphere for parents and young children.

"I was appalled that we took our kids to a restaurant where we had to turn to our 3-year-old and say, 'Be something other than a child,'" said Joey Parsi.

With that, the gem of an idea was planted for the couple -- create a space that included wholesome, organic food in an atmosphere that is accepting of children -- one that was fun and casual, where kids could interact with parents and each other.

In addition to freshly prepared, nutritious meals (think tilapia fish sticks, for instance) the restaurant is staffed by team members who keep the kids busy with creative activities and entertainment from puppet shows to discos and outfit certain locations with a plethora of toys, such as a pirate ship and a princess castle -- all of which are cleaned thrice daily by its staff.

Since its 2008 debut, the restaurant now has three locations and has become a hot spot for L.A.'s most prestigious families, whose clientele reads like a who's who of Hollywood, including Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck and Mark Wahlberg.

"Many of the major A list celebs are customers and have had their children's parties at Giggles N' Hugs," says Joey.

As for its future, the couple say they envision something akin to the play space Gymboree, in which the Giggles N' Hugs brand can be attached to more than just the restaurant. They also plan to expand from three locations to hundreds of franchises and company-owned spots around the world.

"We're now branching out into a kids' clothing line, and into a kids' frozen foods line," says Joey. "The possibilities are endless."