SUSZ Sushi Trend's Frozen Sushi Wins Best Sushi Award From the Las Vegas Chapter of the Professional Chefs Association
Market Wire - December 21, 2005 6:08 AM (EDT)
LAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Dec 21, 2005 -- Sushi Trend Co., Inc. (OTC: SUSZ) (www.sushitrend.com) frozen sushi has received the award for Best Sushi from the Las Vegas Chapter of the Professional Chefs Association at its recent trade show. Sushi Trend already supplies many of the well-known Las Vegas hotels with frozen sushi that is indistinguishable from fresh sushi.
Andy Maeder, Chapter President and renowned Executive Chef of Las Vegas' Imperial Hotel, in presenting the award to Sushi Trend, said, "Its sushi ranks at the top of the best fresh sushi I have tasted. What makes it truly remarkable is that it is frozen." The show, which attracts chefs representing over $350 million in purchasing power, was held December 15, 2005, at the Las Vegas Imperial Palace Hotel.
Eddie Okita, Sushi Trend CEO, said, "We are extremely honored to receive this prestigious award from an organization that represents some of the world's finest chefs. It demonstrates that our frozen sushi can surpass even the best fresh sushi."
Sushi Trend's revolutionary patent pending freezing process is creating extraordinary growth for the Las Vegas-based company. Its innovative technology allows its frozen sushi to have the same freshness and taste as can be enjoyed at an upscale sushi bar or in the highest quality restaurants. Its enables all types of dining facilities, as well as food stores and markets, to offer gourmet quality sushi, without having to retain a sushi chef.
Major hotels have already embraced Sushi Trend's frozen sushi because it provides them with a lower-cost, high quality, easy to implement alternative to fresh sushi -- and its taste is virtually identical with the fresh product. To meet an extraordinary growing demand, the company is in the process of increasing its production capacity 400%, from 500,000 to 2 million pieces of frozen sushi a month. As it brings its new equipment online, it anticipates even faster growth in 2006 than even at its record pace of 2005.
About Sushi Trend Co., Inc.:
Sushi Trend Co., Inc. (OTC: SUSZ) (www.sushitrend.com), markets and produces frozen sushi using its revolutionary breakthrough patent pending freezing process that enables the sushi to retain its core freshness and taste months after it has been made, while significantly decreasing the large amount of spoilage and waste associated with the short shelf life of fresh sushi. It currently serves over 50 major hotels and casinos in Las Vegas that include the Mirage, Treasure Island, Hilton Hotel, MGM Grand, Monte Carlo, Aladdin, Imperial Palace and the Ritz Carlton. It is expanding its marketing and production capacity to serve a broader geographic market and a larger customer base.
Forward-Looking Statements:
The information in this Press Release includes certain "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor provisions of Federal Securities Laws. Investors are cautioned that such statements are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including the future financial performance of the Company. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any of its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date of this release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events, or circumstances after the date of this release except as required by law.
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