Replies to post #14837 on Gourmet Provisions Intl Corp (GMPR)

[bansheeninja]

Hey Ding, you get a chance to listen to the conf call? Curious what you thought.

[driven3]

This may help.
Yelp says this Unique pizza & Subs location is closed.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/unique-pizza-and-subs-henderson

Unique Pizza And Subs at 180 S Glendora Ave
West Covina, CA 91790 , as per (YELP post) on 03/26/2014
and more posts, says this location is ...open.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/unique-pizza-and-subs-west-covina-2

http://www.giftly.com/gift-card/unique-pizza-and-subs-west-covina-2

Last yelp post at this location was in 2008, so I can't
say if its open, closed or if yelp is just not posting on it.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/unique-pizza-and-subs-baldwin-park
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https://www.otciq.com/otciq/ajax/showFinancialReportById.pdf?id=73031
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http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/board.asp?ticker=UPZS
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http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2006/03/16/340671/95789/en/Unique-Pizza-and-Subs-Corporation-Signs-Contract-to-Initiate-Merger.html
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These Yelp posts show me that what Jim Vowler (UPZS CEO) said is true (some UPZS locations did exist and some still do exist) and that what's also true is Jim says UPZS has to be rebuilt.


Why UPZS let the franchise expire ?
My thinking on this is (sorry I can't find the article on this) I read and or heard it on UPZS conference call & I think it was around Jim said that around 2010 , he needed to stop and step back from what he was doing & retool & perfect things dealing with UPZS.

As you can hear on the conference call Jim says he now has a pizza recipe that he demonstrated for Dr Reddy & others in the room that
can come out the same each time on any type of oven.
This is to me a milestone in UPZS because not all new franchise owners can afford to start out with a $60,000 oven.

This means this part of UPZS can make franchising faster & easier because more people can start a UPZS franchise not just the ones with deep pockets.