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Mellow Mushroom Franchisor Selects Radiant Systems as Technology PartnerHome-Grown Industries seeks to improve technology reliability and enhance reporting capabilities with Aloha TableService POS Software ATLANTA (March 26, 2008) - Radiant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: RADS), a leading provider of innovative technology to the hospitality and retail industries, today announces that Home-Grown Industries of Georgia, Inc. (Home-Grown), the franchisor of Mellow Mushroom restaurants, will deploy the Aloha TableService Point-of-Sale (POS) solution in all new and renovated Mellow Mushroom locations. The solution will help the company streamline the flow of critical information between franchisees and the corporate office, while improving POS reliability and ease of use for restaurant operators. “As a franchise operator who now works for the corporate office, I have gained unique insight into the full breadth of Radiant’s capabilities,” said Johnny Hudgins, director of operations for Home-Grown Industries. “With the newly installed centralized data management tools, Home-Grown now has the ability to pull system-wide data that will assist us in making more informed decisions.” The complete solution for Mellow Mushroom franchisees includes the Aloha TableService POS, Enterprise.com above-store reporting and centralized data management. Home-Grown selected the solution based on guidance and feedback from its franchisee community, which identified the system’s intuitive features, superior reliability and advanced reporting capabilities as stand-out benefits. The powerful reporting system coupled with a detailed audit program allows each operator to have full knowledge of his restaurant’s operation. The online components, such as Enterprise.com, create a platform for monitoring multiple restaurants from a remote location. Radiant channel partner Hospitality Control Solutions is providing and installing the Radiant solution in all of the Mellow Mushroom locations. To date, the channel partner has completed installations in 51 restaurants. “This is an ideal solution for heavily franchised operators like Home-Grown because it is flexible enough to meet the unique needs of each franchisee while still providing the operational standards, centralized data management and reporting that the franchisor desires,” said Paul Langenbahn, hospitality division president at Radiant Systems. “We look forward to working with Home-Grown through our partner, Hospitality Control Solutions, and supporting their aggressive growth plans.” Home-Grown and its franchisees will use the new system to increase consistency in the customer experience and gain access to more robust, timely information. Through the Aloha centralized data management module, the corporate office will be able to launch new items and make pricing changes faster across all locations. The reporting capabilities available in Enterprise.com also will provide consolidated sales and cost information to help the company more effectively measure trends, food costs, and the effects of new items and marketing promotions on sales. About Radiant Systems, Inc. About Home-Grown Industries of Georgia, Inc. About Hospitality Control Solutions This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, such as statements relating to financial results and plans for future business development activities, and are thus prospective. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not statements of historical fact regarding intent, belief or current expectations of the Company, its directors or its officers. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s ability to control. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Among the key risks, assumptions and factors that may affect operating results, performance and financial condition are the Company’s reliance on a small number of clients for a large portion of its revenues, fluctuations in its quarterly results, its ability to continue and manage its growth, liquidity and other capital resources issues, competition and the other factors discussed in detail in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. |