Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:39:15 PM
I would think all the ones that have 'negotiated leases' and openings should have contributed at this point in the franchise fee area....
"The best way to look at Unique Pizza and Subs® store status is to list each store under a specific
City or State that is open or currently planned and then highlight some pertinent information for
each, when known. This list does not include any conversion plans, which of course, will provide
incremental growth. (=ote: all of the below planned or existing UPZS stores occurred without
A=Y franchise advertising or marketing; all via ‘word of mouth’)"
• Pittsburgh, PA ‘Area’
a. Monroeville
Company Owned Store
3743 William Penn Highway, Monroeville, PA 15146
Moving to high profile shopping mall(Holiday Center) opening late July, 2007
Only restaurant allowed in this plaza in over 16 years
Increased delivery area to an additional 2,000 + homes
Will be used as a Training Center
Closer to the majority of Monroeville businesses for faster delivery times
b. Millvale
Original Unique Pizza and Subs® store (opened April 1, 1995)
Company Owned Store
210 Grant Avenue, Millvale, PA 15209
Over 12 years in same location
New prep tables, freezers, etc… recently added
New flooring and custom branded signage added
Recent food critic reviews were very favorable
New custom painting of walls and storefront
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 25
c. Southside
Owner: Jon Amato
2528 Sarah Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
New Custom logo signage
Customized POS system added
d. Mt. Pleasant
Owner: Heather Papinchak
Opened January, 2007
Converted a ‘free-standing’ Quizino store
62456 Cozy Corner Rt. 819, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666
Very successful start; both Manager and Owner fully trained
e. Latrobe
Owner: Heather Papinchak
300 Colony Lane, Wildcat Commons, Latrobe, PA 15650
Opening planned September, 2007; lease signed and build-out in progress
Within Wal-Mart shopping area on US Rt. 30
f. Greensburg
Negotiating a lease for a full sit-down restaurant, including a liquor license
Located in Wal-Mart Plaza
Corner location
Ample parking
Less than 2 miles from Corporate Headquarters
g. Moon
Owner: Richard Schilling
Relocating to new location planned 2007 opening
h. Beechview
Owner: William Rafaloski
Relocating to new location planned 2007 opening
i. =egotiating or planning Leases in the following Pittsburgh area locations:
Bellevue
Cranberry
Robinson Township
Shadyside
• Norfolk, VA ‘Area’
a. Owners (Eagleton 4)
Steve Hamm
Debbie Hamm
Rick Trader
Rayanne Trader
b. Waterside Mall
Owner: Eagleton 4 Group
First of five (5) stores (opened in September, 2006)
4333 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, VA 23510
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 26
c. Chesapeake
Owner: Eagleton 4 Group
Opening planned August, 2007; lease signed and build-out in progress
Manager has been hired and trainer
d. Camden, NC
Owner: Richard and Tammy Allen (friends of the Hamm’s)
UFOC signed and Franchise fee paid
Opening planned for 2007
Location found and negotiating lease
• Charlotte, ?C ‘Area’
a. Mooresville
Owner: Spiritus Brands LLC
Store opened in February, 2007
638 River Highway, Mooresville, NC 28117
Hosted 70+ guests at the ‘soft opening’ including NFL football players, local
news paper food critic, local mayor and his cabinet and investors
Wonderful feedback from local food critics and newspaper articles
b. Denver
Owner: Spiritus Brands LLC
Negotiating Lease
New (Under construction) Wal-Mart Plaza
c. Concord
Owner: LKN Investment Partners LLC
Negotiating Lease
2263 Spider Lane, Concord, NC expected opening September
d. Grant Quarry
Owner: LKN Investment Partners LLC
Negotiating Lease
215 Salisbury Road, Grant Quarry, NC expected opening October
e. South Harrisburg
Owner: LKN Investment Partners LLC
Negotiating Lease
4455 NC highway 49 South Harrisburg, NC plans on opening November
New (Under construction)
Next to Charlotte Motor Speedway
f. Mooresville
Owner: LKN Investment Partners LLC
Negotiating Lease
137 Langtree Road, Mooresville, NC, projected opening planned December
g. Concord
Owner: LKN Investment Partners LLC
Negotiating Lease
Afton Village in Concord NC opening is TBD
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 27
h. Spiritus Brands LLC
Russ and Yvette Salerno
Brian and Jenny Moates
Beckie and Gary Moates
Charles and Cyndi Moates
Committed to open a minimum of eight (8) stores in: Downtown Mooresville,
Ballantyne area of South Charlotte, Uptown District of Charlotte,
Boone/Blowing Rock area of NC with service to Appalachian State University
and a second Denver, NC location
i. LK= Investment Partners LLC
Dr. Mike Chandler
Raymond Monroe (UPZS Board of Directors member)
David Koran
Committed to opening twenty five (25) stores throughout North and South
Carolina over the next three (3) years
Aspires to opening > fifty (50+) stores over the next seven (7) years
• Austin, TX area
a. Owners: Mark and Sophia Ellison
b. Leases signed on two (2) locations
Late 2007 planned opening for a new construction site
Late 2007 planned opening for a conversion of an India restaurant located
near University of Texas
• Boca Raton, FL
a. Potential Owner: Frank Benidetto
b. Frank is part owner of Investor Relations firm - Mirador
c. Leases being negotiated in Mizner Park area
• Boston, MA ‘Area’
a. Harvard Square
Owner: Joe Pittorino
Opened in September, 2006
Existing store (Tommy’s) conversion
49 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Led the way for UPZS on pizza ‘slice’ business
b. Massachusetts Avenue
Corporate Store
Negotiating lease
Existing and operating store (Boston House of Pizza) conversion
1033 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA
Begin UPZS operation planned September, 2007
c. Dorchester Avenue
Corporate Store
Under consideration
Previous pizza store conversion
Can begin operations within a month of leasing
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 28
• Milwaukee, WI ‘Area’
a. Wisconsin
Owner: Grace Budzinski
Eclectic Brady St. location opened on April 27, 2007
1016 East Brady Street, Milwaukee, WI
Store will soon have operating hours from 11 am to 4 am of Fri/Sat
b. Oconomowoc
Owner: Khader Hamdan
UFOC signed and Franchise fee paid
Lease signed for a planned fall, 2007 opening
Prairie Creek Shoppes 1280 Brown Street, Oconomowoc, WI
Milwaukee suburb
c. John Budzinski
Master Franchisee for state of Wisconsin
UPZS Board of Directors Member
Current plans include locations in the Marquette University area and the
northern Milwaukee area, University of Wisconsin area of Madison, WI,
resort area in the Wisconsin Dells, and various other cities throughout the
state; owned directly or franchised stores through Master Franchise Agreement
• California
a. Hemet
Owner: Kevin Serrano
Negotiating Lease
320 Sanderson Avenue, Hemet, CA
Kevin Serrano was in Pittsburgh for two (2) weeks of training from 5/9 to
5/23 2007
In negotiations for leases in Temecula, Marrietta, & San Diego
b. Kevin Serrano
Owns the rights to six (6) locations in and around the San Diego, CA market
Expected openings over the next 36 months
c. Yuba
Owner: Randhir Doot
Suburb of Sacramento
Late 2007 opening planned
Location found and negotiating lease
d. Oxnard
Owner: International Restaurateurs LLC
North of Los Angeles
Location found negotiating lease
e. Santa Barbara
Owner: International Restaurateurs LLC
Location found negotiating lease
f. Ventura
Owner: International Restaurateurs LLC
Location found negotiating lease
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 29
• Las Vegas area
a. Henderson
Owners: John Hamm and International Restaurant, LLC
1381 Sunset Road, Henderson, NV 89014
Negotiating lease and deposit paid
With plans on opening September, 2007
Suburb of Las Vegas
Convert a closed prior pizza location
• Detroit, MI area
a. =orthville
Owner: Tom and Kevin Jones
Negotiating lease at Benton’s Crossing
Located at intersection of 5 Mile and Sheldon (New construction)
Kevin Jones – Star Running Back for Detroit Lions
b. Westland
Owner: Tom and Kevin Jones
Working on site location
Also plans to open locations in Ann Arbor, MI; Philadelphia, PA; Virginia
Tech Campus in Blacksburg, Virginia (Kevin’s Alma Mater)
c. East Lansing
Potential Owner: Drew Stanton
Detroit Lions second round draft pick 2007
Interested in opening location near Michigan State University (Drew’s Alma Mater)
d. Mid-Town Detroit
Potential Owner: John Hunter with exact location TBD
e. Grand Blanc
Owner: Ray Monroe with exact location TBD
f. Frankenmuth
Owner: Wilson Kassab with opening date TBD
Addition to his truck stop operation
g. Headquartered in MI
Good Benchmark for Competition Measurement
Little Caesar’s
Domino’s
Jets
Hungry Howies
• Atlanta, GA
a. Buckhead
Owner: Kristy Conner
Exact location TBD
Owns rights to five (5) locations in the Atlanta market
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 30
b. Mid-Town
Owner: Kristy Conner
Exact location TBD
• Other areas (where interest has been seriously discussed)
a. Houston, TX
b. Phoenix, AZ
c. Honolulu, HI
d. Columbus, OH
e. Cranberry Township, PA
http://www.UniquePizza.com/Docs/LettertoShareholders.pdf
"The best way to look at Unique Pizza and Subs® store status is to list each store under a specific
City or State that is open or currently planned and then highlight some pertinent information for
each, when known. This list does not include any conversion plans, which of course, will provide
incremental growth. (=ote: all of the below planned or existing UPZS stores occurred without
A=Y franchise advertising or marketing; all via ‘word of mouth’)"
• Pittsburgh, PA ‘Area’
a. Monroeville
Company Owned Store
3743 William Penn Highway, Monroeville, PA 15146
Moving to high profile shopping mall(Holiday Center) opening late July, 2007
Only restaurant allowed in this plaza in over 16 years
Increased delivery area to an additional 2,000 + homes
Will be used as a Training Center
Closer to the majority of Monroeville businesses for faster delivery times
b. Millvale
Original Unique Pizza and Subs® store (opened April 1, 1995)
Company Owned Store
210 Grant Avenue, Millvale, PA 15209
Over 12 years in same location
New prep tables, freezers, etc… recently added
New flooring and custom branded signage added
Recent food critic reviews were very favorable
New custom painting of walls and storefront
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 25
c. Southside
Owner: Jon Amato
2528 Sarah Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
New Custom logo signage
Customized POS system added
d. Mt. Pleasant
Owner: Heather Papinchak
Opened January, 2007
Converted a ‘free-standing’ Quizino store
62456 Cozy Corner Rt. 819, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666
Very successful start; both Manager and Owner fully trained
e. Latrobe
Owner: Heather Papinchak
300 Colony Lane, Wildcat Commons, Latrobe, PA 15650
Opening planned September, 2007; lease signed and build-out in progress
Within Wal-Mart shopping area on US Rt. 30
f. Greensburg
Negotiating a lease for a full sit-down restaurant, including a liquor license
Located in Wal-Mart Plaza
Corner location
Ample parking
Less than 2 miles from Corporate Headquarters
g. Moon
Owner: Richard Schilling
Relocating to new location planned 2007 opening
h. Beechview
Owner: William Rafaloski
Relocating to new location planned 2007 opening
i. =egotiating or planning Leases in the following Pittsburgh area locations:
Bellevue
Cranberry
Robinson Township
Shadyside
• Norfolk, VA ‘Area’
a. Owners (Eagleton 4)
Steve Hamm
Debbie Hamm
Rick Trader
Rayanne Trader
b. Waterside Mall
Owner: Eagleton 4 Group
First of five (5) stores (opened in September, 2006)
4333 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, VA 23510
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 26
c. Chesapeake
Owner: Eagleton 4 Group
Opening planned August, 2007; lease signed and build-out in progress
Manager has been hired and trainer
d. Camden, NC
Owner: Richard and Tammy Allen (friends of the Hamm’s)
UFOC signed and Franchise fee paid
Opening planned for 2007
Location found and negotiating lease
• Charlotte, ?C ‘Area’
a. Mooresville
Owner: Spiritus Brands LLC
Store opened in February, 2007
638 River Highway, Mooresville, NC 28117
Hosted 70+ guests at the ‘soft opening’ including NFL football players, local
news paper food critic, local mayor and his cabinet and investors
Wonderful feedback from local food critics and newspaper articles
b. Denver
Owner: Spiritus Brands LLC
Negotiating Lease
New (Under construction) Wal-Mart Plaza
c. Concord
Owner: LKN Investment Partners LLC
Negotiating Lease
2263 Spider Lane, Concord, NC expected opening September
d. Grant Quarry
Owner: LKN Investment Partners LLC
Negotiating Lease
215 Salisbury Road, Grant Quarry, NC expected opening October
e. South Harrisburg
Owner: LKN Investment Partners LLC
Negotiating Lease
4455 NC highway 49 South Harrisburg, NC plans on opening November
New (Under construction)
Next to Charlotte Motor Speedway
f. Mooresville
Owner: LKN Investment Partners LLC
Negotiating Lease
137 Langtree Road, Mooresville, NC, projected opening planned December
g. Concord
Owner: LKN Investment Partners LLC
Negotiating Lease
Afton Village in Concord NC opening is TBD
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 27
h. Spiritus Brands LLC
Russ and Yvette Salerno
Brian and Jenny Moates
Beckie and Gary Moates
Charles and Cyndi Moates
Committed to open a minimum of eight (8) stores in: Downtown Mooresville,
Ballantyne area of South Charlotte, Uptown District of Charlotte,
Boone/Blowing Rock area of NC with service to Appalachian State University
and a second Denver, NC location
i. LK= Investment Partners LLC
Dr. Mike Chandler
Raymond Monroe (UPZS Board of Directors member)
David Koran
Committed to opening twenty five (25) stores throughout North and South
Carolina over the next three (3) years
Aspires to opening > fifty (50+) stores over the next seven (7) years
• Austin, TX area
a. Owners: Mark and Sophia Ellison
b. Leases signed on two (2) locations
Late 2007 planned opening for a new construction site
Late 2007 planned opening for a conversion of an India restaurant located
near University of Texas
• Boca Raton, FL
a. Potential Owner: Frank Benidetto
b. Frank is part owner of Investor Relations firm - Mirador
c. Leases being negotiated in Mizner Park area
• Boston, MA ‘Area’
a. Harvard Square
Owner: Joe Pittorino
Opened in September, 2006
Existing store (Tommy’s) conversion
49 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Led the way for UPZS on pizza ‘slice’ business
b. Massachusetts Avenue
Corporate Store
Negotiating lease
Existing and operating store (Boston House of Pizza) conversion
1033 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, MA
Begin UPZS operation planned September, 2007
c. Dorchester Avenue
Corporate Store
Under consideration
Previous pizza store conversion
Can begin operations within a month of leasing
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 28
• Milwaukee, WI ‘Area’
a. Wisconsin
Owner: Grace Budzinski
Eclectic Brady St. location opened on April 27, 2007
1016 East Brady Street, Milwaukee, WI
Store will soon have operating hours from 11 am to 4 am of Fri/Sat
b. Oconomowoc
Owner: Khader Hamdan
UFOC signed and Franchise fee paid
Lease signed for a planned fall, 2007 opening
Prairie Creek Shoppes 1280 Brown Street, Oconomowoc, WI
Milwaukee suburb
c. John Budzinski
Master Franchisee for state of Wisconsin
UPZS Board of Directors Member
Current plans include locations in the Marquette University area and the
northern Milwaukee area, University of Wisconsin area of Madison, WI,
resort area in the Wisconsin Dells, and various other cities throughout the
state; owned directly or franchised stores through Master Franchise Agreement
• California
a. Hemet
Owner: Kevin Serrano
Negotiating Lease
320 Sanderson Avenue, Hemet, CA
Kevin Serrano was in Pittsburgh for two (2) weeks of training from 5/9 to
5/23 2007
In negotiations for leases in Temecula, Marrietta, & San Diego
b. Kevin Serrano
Owns the rights to six (6) locations in and around the San Diego, CA market
Expected openings over the next 36 months
c. Yuba
Owner: Randhir Doot
Suburb of Sacramento
Late 2007 opening planned
Location found and negotiating lease
d. Oxnard
Owner: International Restaurateurs LLC
North of Los Angeles
Location found negotiating lease
e. Santa Barbara
Owner: International Restaurateurs LLC
Location found negotiating lease
f. Ventura
Owner: International Restaurateurs LLC
Location found negotiating lease
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 29
• Las Vegas area
a. Henderson
Owners: John Hamm and International Restaurant, LLC
1381 Sunset Road, Henderson, NV 89014
Negotiating lease and deposit paid
With plans on opening September, 2007
Suburb of Las Vegas
Convert a closed prior pizza location
• Detroit, MI area
a. =orthville
Owner: Tom and Kevin Jones
Negotiating lease at Benton’s Crossing
Located at intersection of 5 Mile and Sheldon (New construction)
Kevin Jones – Star Running Back for Detroit Lions
b. Westland
Owner: Tom and Kevin Jones
Working on site location
Also plans to open locations in Ann Arbor, MI; Philadelphia, PA; Virginia
Tech Campus in Blacksburg, Virginia (Kevin’s Alma Mater)
c. East Lansing
Potential Owner: Drew Stanton
Detroit Lions second round draft pick 2007
Interested in opening location near Michigan State University (Drew’s Alma Mater)
d. Mid-Town Detroit
Potential Owner: John Hunter with exact location TBD
e. Grand Blanc
Owner: Ray Monroe with exact location TBD
f. Frankenmuth
Owner: Wilson Kassab with opening date TBD
Addition to his truck stop operation
g. Headquartered in MI
Good Benchmark for Competition Measurement
Little Caesar’s
Domino’s
Jets
Hungry Howies
• Atlanta, GA
a. Buckhead
Owner: Kristy Conner
Exact location TBD
Owns rights to five (5) locations in the Atlanta market
® Stock Symbol UPZS
Unique Pizza and Subs®, 302 W. Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 30
b. Mid-Town
Owner: Kristy Conner
Exact location TBD
• Other areas (where interest has been seriously discussed)
a. Houston, TX
b. Phoenix, AZ
c. Honolulu, HI
d. Columbus, OH
e. Cranberry Township, PA
http://www.UniquePizza.com/Docs/LettertoShareholders.pdf
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