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

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Bahrain Restaurant franchising & Hospitality Forum 2017 Taps Giggles N’ Hugs’ Philip Gay as expert guest Speaker
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bahrain-restaurant-franchising-hospitality-forum-120000805.html
Los Angeles, May 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Giggles N’ Hugs, Inc. (GIGL), owner and operator of family-friendly restaurants that bring together high-end, organic food with active, cutting-edge play and entertainment for children, is pleased to announce that its Chief Business Development Officer, Philip Gay, has been invited as an expert guest speaker at the Bahrain Restaurant Franchising & Hospitality Forum 2017 (“Forum”).

Being held under the patronage of Shaikh Khaled Bin Humood Al Khalifa, the Forum is a platform for discussion with international experts on worldwide trends and opportunities in the hospitality and restaurant sectors.

“Philip has gained tremendous experience in restaurant operations and franchising in his various senior leadership roles over the years, including stints as CEO of Wolfgang Puck Enterprises, CEO of Daily Grill concepts, CFO of California Pizza Kitchen, and CEO of Color Me Mine, to name a few ” commented Joey Parsi, CEO. “This forum will provide an opportunity to share some of that expertise with big players on the global stage."

With the level of interest we’ve received over the years from potential franchisees from all around the world, now that the foundation of the company has been put in place, Mr. Gay will be meeting with parties, who in recent weeks, have expressed interest in acquiring a master license for multipe locations in Bahrain. Although no assurances can be given in finalizing any deals, we believe Mr. Gay's attendance could lead to significant new opportunities in the Middle East and around the world.”

The Forum will be held on May 21-22 at the Bahrain International Exhibition Center.

Giggles N’ Hugs’ Engages PacificShore Ventures to Explore M&A Opportunities
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/giggles-n-hugs-engages-pacificshore-120000414.html
Los Angeles, April 24, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Giggles N’ Hugs, Inc. (GIGL), owner and operator of family-friendly restaurants that bring together high-end, organic food with active, cutting-edge play and entertainment for children, has engaged PacificShore Ventures (PacificShore), a global specialty finance and M&A firm, to explore potential synergistic acquisition opportunities.

“Those that have followed Giggles N’ Hugs know that we have plans to develop and launch a full line of complementary merchandise under our growing brand. This relationship with PacificShore could help us jump-start this segment of our business,” commented Joey Parsi, CEO. “Acquisition targets that we plan to look at could include food companies, with established distribution, that expedite the launch of our frozen food line of pizzas, pastas, and other kids’ meals in which we infuse healthiness by pureeing vegetables and hiding it in kids favorite meals, similar to what California Pizza Kitchen and Wolfgang Puck have done with their frozen meals that are available at the local supermarket.”

"Because of the generous tenant improvements we are being offered by the biggest mall owners in the country, our focus is and will remain with opening new locations where mall owners pay for most if not all the build out costs, however we could also look at other play spaces that host birthday parties, children’s clothing companies, toy manufacturers, or even other restaurant concepts that could be either synergistic and or easily converted to a Giggles N Hugs location,” Parsi stated. "Our current plan is to have the existing management teams of any acquired company stay in place so that we are not distracted from our priority of growing our footprint.”

The Company is targeting companies which are cash flow positive and have minimum annual revenue of $5 million or more. PacificShore has been tasked with identifying and creating target company profiles, introducing, initiating negotiations, and ultimately facilitating the closing of such potential companies and to introduce traditional banking relationships for the Company to fund the acquisitions.

"We are excited to work with Giggles N’ Hugs and explore opportunities in the M&A world to accelerate their growth. We believe Giggles is in the right position and has the right management to acquire and integrate companies to benefit their shareholders in the short and long term," Mason Habib, Founder & Managing Partner of PacificShore Ventures, stated.

“If and when we complete an acquisition, we anticipate that it will allow us to expedite our plans to up list to a national exchange as well as being accretive to our top and bottom line numbers,” Parsi stated. “Driving shareholder value will be a key focus as we explore potential acquisition targets with PacificShore. Executed well, this strategy should positively impact our growth prospects in the near-term,” concluded Parsi.

Giggles N’ Hugs Announces Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Results
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/giggles-n-hugs-announces-fiscal-122518969.html
Los Angeles, April 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Giggles N’ Hugs, Inc. (GIGL), owner and operator of family-friendly restaurants that bring together high-end, organic food with active, cutting-edge play and entertainment for children, announces its financial results for the fiscal-year ended January 1, 2017.

“We are excited of our operational successes for 2016 and there is a lot to be proud of. As we work hard to get the company ready for additional future growth, we understand that this is just the beginning and that there is much more work for us to do,” commented Joey Parsi, founder and CEO of Giggles N’ Hugs. “Our year-over-year results reflect the selling of our lease of our Century City location back to Westfield at the end of June of 2016. Given that Westfield had embarked on a multi-year, $1 billion renovation and redevelopment of the mall, they offered to buy back our lease, an offer we accepted since we only had a limited time remaining on our lease. This sale muted the overall impact of our other stores in Topanga and Glendale, which generated annual sales increases of 5.3% and 5.7%, while quarterly revenue was up an astounding 35% and 23%, respectively.”

Parsi continued, “the impressive same-store sales growth we saw in Topanga and Glendale, further validates our award-winning concept. And with our loss from operations declining 54% year-over-year, we believe we’ve further proven our ability to execute. We are working hard to continue this momentum", Parsi continued.

“Since the fiscal-year end, we’ve seen quite a few successes. Through our work with DomainLA and Michelle Steinberg, who joined our team in 2016, we’ve brought on two very high-profile brand ambassadors, Jillian Michaels and Tia Mowry-Hardict. These are amazing business women, entertainers, and most importantly, incredible mothers who happen to be among our best and most loyal customers. With their huge fan base, which combined, totals tens of millions of followers, we know that our vision, who we are and what we do will be effectively communicated to families throughout the country. We believe other celebrities will join their ranks moving forward, helping us spread the Giggles N’ Hugs story further, extending our reach, and ultimately increasing our customer base and revenue,” continued Parsi.

With DomainLA’s help, we plan on having our brand ambassadors and CEO appear on national talk shows which could include, Ellen, Dr. OZ and others, as well as on TV entertainment and news programs, such as, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Access Hollywood, and Extra, among the many others on major networks and cable TV outlets. In addition to TV, we expect to have our ambassadors, as well as our CEO, be interviewed on national and local news, business and entertainment magazines. We anticipate publications like Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek and the Wallstreet Journal, who have already featured us, to be just a few examples, as well as People, Us and OK magazines on the entertainment side.

"From the founding of the company over 9 years ago and with significant personal resources invested to date, our mission has been to go slowly but surely", commented Parsi. "However, now that the foundation of the company has been put in place, our primary goal will be to go full throttle and expand our footprint through company and franchised locations, as well as the launching of our licensing and merchandising products throughout the country and the world". Parsi continued, "For this to happen, we are going to need funding which is the case for any company at our stage". "This is also the case for much larger companies like Tesla or any others at the same stage as we are. "The key for us however, will be to get funding that is minimally dilutive, as we have learned our lessons and understand the effects of what bad financing can cause. We will do whatever we have to do to get it done right", Parsi stated.

"One way we can do this, is to leverage our relationships with the 4 largest mall owners in America by getting them to pay for most, if not, all the costs of each of our new locations. The mall owners need what we deliver to them. It's what they seek most; Foot traffic!!! With more and more people shopping online at places like Amazon, there are less and less consumers visiting the malls, and since we bring in thousands of people per month in each of our locations, the malls look to us as a partner. This is one of the reasons the landlords have paid for a significant portion of our existing locations' build out costs and why they are willing to pay even more, if not, all the costs going forward.

Even with this, we're still going to need capital to do some of the other initiatives we have decided to pursue. This would include our kids' clothing line, frozen food line, baby furniture, toys and or any other licensing and merchandising initiatives. We want Giggles N Hugs to be a brand no different than, Disney, synonymous with children's products and services and not just a family restaurant and play space. To this end, we are working with a few investment banks to secure the right funding for all of our growth objectives. We expect news in this regard soon. “Overall, I believe we are finally in a great position to execute on our strategic plans and believe our accomplishments are just getting started for 2017 and beyond,” concluded Parsi.

Giggles N’ Hugs signs Tia Mowry as its newest Celebrity Brand Ambassador and Partners with World-Renowned Wellness Expert Jillian Michaels for Comprehensive Brand Expansion
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/giggles-n-hugs-signs-tia-152855304.html


Giggles N’ Hugs Announces full Debt Conversion with Iconic
http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/GIGL/news/Giggles-N-rsquo--Hugs-Announces-full-Debt-Conversion-with-Iconic?id=151366&b=y

Giggles N’ Hugs signs LOI with $1.4 Million of tenant allowances which covers the cost for the first Northern California Location
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/giggles-n-hugs-signs-loi-140000867.html

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$3.5mill annual revenue
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Revenues of almost $1 million per quarter growing at double digit rates (Assets of over $1.3 million) is derived from several sources, including food and beverage sales, beer and wine, birthday parties (40%), admission and membership fees to play, along with retail sales. These revenue-generating locations are also highly sought-after tenants. The company currently has three locations in the top premier malls around Los Angeles; four of the largest mall owners in the country are giving Giggles N' Hugs up to 75% discounts on rent and providing upward of $700,000 of upfront cash for each location to get Giggles N' Hugs into their malls around the country.

Management Team
Joey Parsi, CEO
Sean Richards, COO
John Kaufman, President
Philip Gay, CFO, Chief Business Development Officer

Interview CEO and COO
Giggles N' Hugs: Unique & Proven Restaurant Concept Set for Major Expansion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JwVDThUfW0
GIGL President John Kaufman prior success he has built and grown companies in the past look for GIGL to see the same growth. Growth and recognition of this caliber are driven by a very powerful management team. Giggles N' Hugs President John Kaufman was the COO at California Pizza Kitchen when the founders had just two locations. Joined by Giggles N' Hugs' CFO Phillip Gay, who at the time was CFO of California Kitchen, Kaufman grew the company from two to more than 100 locations – at which time it was bought by Pepsi Co. Kaufman was recruited as president of Koo Koo Roo Chicken, one of the fastest growing fast-casual concepts on the west coast, while Gay joined Wolfgang Puck Restaurants group as CFO, eventually becoming the CEO.

GIGL also received franchising offers from as far away as Australia, Germany, England, Dubai, Russia, Singapore and many others. Giggles N’ Hugs (GIGL) are about to launch their massive franchising program. As company founder Joey Parsi recently stated "We're in a very enviable position in the restaurant world."

In summary, Giggles N’ Hugs (GIGL) is completely undervalued. Respected analyst company Redchip applied a 10.5x EV/EBITDA multiple to the 4Q16E run rate EBITDA projection of $764,735. Dividing this by the outstanding shares gives a target price of $0.50. This is based upon current numbers, with the coming continued expansion across the nation and globally this share price is going to rocket into the dollars (trading now in the sub-penny range you can see how ridiculously undervalued this stock is, now is the time to buy!)