2013-03-04 16:58:14 -
CONTACT: William Koziel
(847) 597-8803
Così, Inc. to Host Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results Conference Call on March
14(th)
DEERFIELD, IL - March 4, 2013 - Così, Inc. (NASDAQ: COSI), the fast casual
restaurant company will host its fourth quarter and full year results conference
call on Thursday, March 14(th) at 5:00 PM ET. The results are scheduled to be
released after the market close that same day.
Audio
Dial-In Number: 866-271-6130
Secondary Dial-In Number: 617-213-8894
Code: 85589286
Note: Participants should dial in a few minutes prior to the start time.
Webcast
Website link:
investors.getcosi.com
Live then archived for one year
Replay
Dial-In Number: 888-286-8010
Secondary Dial-In Number: 617-801-6888
Code: 74627942
Available until: March 21, 2013
About Così, Inc.
Così(®) (
www.getcosi.com) is a national fast casual restaurant chain that
has developed featured foods built around a secret, generations-old recipe for
crackly crust flatbread. This artisan bread is freshly baked in front of
customers throughout the day in open-flame stone-hearth ovens prominently
located in each of the restaurants. Così's warm and urbane atmosphere is geared
towards its sophisticated, upscale, urban and suburban guests. There are
currently 74 Company-owned and 50 franchise restaurants operating in sixteen
states, the District of Columbia, the United Arab Emirates, and Costa Rica. The
Così(®) vision is to become America's favorite fast casual restaurant by
providing customers authentic, innovative, savory food while remaining an
affordable luxury.
The Così(®) menu features Così(®) sandwiches, freshly-tossed salads, bowls,
breakfast wraps, melts, soups, Così(®) Squagels(®), flatbread pizzas, S'mores,
snacks and other desserts, and a wide range of coffee and coffee-based drinks
and other specialty beverages. Così(®) restaurants are designed to be welcoming
and comfortable with an eclectic environment. Così's sights, sounds, and spaces
create a tasteful, relaxed ambience that provides a fresh and new dining
experience.
"Così," "(Sun & Moon Design)" and related marks are registered
trademarks of
Così, Inc. in the U.S.A. and certain other countries. Copyright © 2013 Così,
Inc. All rights reserved.
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1995. This press release contains statements that constitute forward- looking
statements under the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are
statements about future events and expectations and not statements of historical
fact. The words "believe," "may," "will,"
"should," "anticipate," "estimate,"
"expect," "intend," "objective," "seek,"
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forward-looking statements entirely by these cautionary factors. Forward-looking
statements are based on management's beliefs, assumptions and expectations of
our future economic performance, taking into account the information currently
available to management. Forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or financial
condition to differ materially from the expectations of future results,
performance or financial condition we express or imply in any forward-looking
statements. Factors that could contribute to these differences include, but are
not limited to: the cost of our principal food products and supply and delivery
shortages and interruptions; labor shortages or increased labor costs; changes
in demographic trends and consumer tastes and preferences, including changes
resulting from concerns over nutritional or safety aspects of beef, poultry,
produce, or other foods or the effects of food-borne illnesses, such as E. coli,
"mad cow disease" and avian influenza or "bird flu"; competition in our
markets,
both in our business and in locating suitable restaurant sites; our operation
and execution in new and existing markets; expansion into new markets including
foreign markets; our ability to attract and retain qualified franchisees and our
franchisees' ability to open restaurants on a timely basis; our ability to
locate suitable restaurant sites in new and existing markets and negotiate
acceptable lease terms; the rate of our internal growth and our ability to
generate increased revenue from our existing restaurants; our ability to
generate positive cash flow from existing and new restaurants; fluctuations in
our quarterly results due to seasonality; increased government regulation and
our ability to secure required government approvals and permits; our ability to
create customer awareness of our restaurants in new markets; the reliability of
our customer and market studies; cost effective and timely planning, design and
build out of restaurants; our ability to recruit, train and retain qualified
corporate and restaurant personnel and management; market saturation due to new
restaurant openings; inadequate protection of our intellectual property; our
ability to obtain additional capital and financing; adverse weather conditions
which impact customer traffic at our restaurants; and adverse economic
conditions. Further information regarding factors that could affect our results
and the statements made herein are included in our filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Additional information is available on Così's website at
www.getcosi.com in the investor relations section.
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