Replies to post #5145 on Gourmet Provisions Intl Corp (GMPR)

[skunksyard]

there was no income reported for 1st quarter of 2007 from his PA stores. That leaves a major question in my mind about the success of those stores. Supposedly they existed prior to the merger from private to public? If yes, where's the income.

[Army of One]

Yeah, that part made me laugh. I can tell you, the Monroeville Unique was not bringing in anything near the figures you stated for Pizza Hut (they were lucky to have half that number). And I can also say that Unique was not the cause of Pizza Hut's decline in "dine-in" business (the only service offered out of the location across from Unique), as the Unique in Monroeville had a small dining area which rarely had any one eating in it.

One part of the letter that has me confused is this:
"One (1) of only Five (5) Pizza Franchises with Locations on BOTH the east and west
coasts (as of - June ’07)
• One (1) of only Three (3) Sub Franchises with Locations on both the east and west
coasts (beginning - June ’07)"
Did I miss an opening? Since when does Unique have a location on the West coast? Or is Milwaukee considered the West coast?

Also, I notice that this letter stresses that converting to a Unique location offers the advantage of "buying power" to the franchisee. Really, how much advantage can there be with the limited number of locations that they've opened so far? And I find it odd that they are spotlighting BJ Rafaloski's shop (the Beechview location) as a success story, seeing as how his shop has yet to be re-opened since the fire almost a year ago (the fire occurred during the opening of the Harvard shop). Does anyone else find that odd?