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Wendy's International, Inc. (NYSE: WEN) announced today that it nears the completion of its technology initiative designed to enhance productivity in its company owned restaurants.

LOS ALAMITOS, CA -- Wendy's International, Inc. (NYSE: WEN) announced today that it nears the completion of its technology initiative designed to enhance productivity in its company owned restaurants. Wendy’s has developed a set of food management and supply chain solutions using the eRestaurant Services back office suite of software. eRestaurant Services is part of the Altametrics family of internet application solutions for business.

About Wendy's International, Inc.
Wendy's International, Inc. is one of the world's largest restaurant operating and franchising companies with more than 9,700 total restaurants and quality brands - Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, Tim Hortons and Baja Fresh Mexican Grill. The Company invested in two additional quality brands during 2002 - Cafe Express™ and Pasta Pomodoro. More information about the Company is available at www.wendys-invest.com

About Altametrics, Inc.
Altametrics’ eRestaurant Services application suite allows customers to access solutions through a subscription ASP program, or license applications through a traditional software license agreement. The company’s solutions are designed to help restaurant chains by better managing daily restaurant operations and providing visibility and control of the supply chain. For more information, please visit the website at www.Altametrics.com, or call (800) 676-1281.

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Historic pizza company set to launch the e*Restaurant line of solutions from Altametrics to bolster their ‘New Vision’ concept.

LOS ALAMITOS, CA - Legendary pizza company Shakey’s USA, Inc. has announced the selection of industry leader Altametrics’ e*Restaurant Food Management Solutions to support the launch and enterprising functions of their “New Vision” restaurants.

Offering something for everyone, Shakey’s has redesigned a number of their restaurants to include, among other things, a state-of-the-art kids entertainment zone, new menu items and a contemporary adult atmosphere. Shakey’s has opened 3 stores boasting the new design with plans for 5 more in the very near future.

Shakey’s will use the e*Restaurant Food Management Solution to help manage profit and loss as well as scheduling and workforce management. The e*Restaurant solution will enable Shakey’s to more effectively manage inventory, ordering, receiving and internal transfers by providing a real-time view of store, region, and company performance.

“We are excited about teaming with an industry leader like Altametrics,” said Steve Hersey, Director of Technology at Shakey’s USA, Inc. “We look forward to being able to manage our profit and loss margin as well as day-to-day restaurant functions more efficiently.”

“We are proud that Shakey’s has chosen Altametrics for their enterprise solutions needs,” said Mitesh Gala, CEO of Altametrics. “We are confident that this exceedingly accurate, real-time information will produce exceptional returns for such a reputable company who continues to adapt and grow in ever-changing markets”


About Shakey’s USA, Inc.
For Generations, Shakey’s has been the neighborhood gathering place where family and friends come together to share great food and great times. Though the first location opened over 50 years ago, Shakey’s remains a popular destination for kids to play interactive 3-D video games, adults to enjoy great food in a contemporary atmosphere and a great night out for the entire family. For franchising opportunity or other inquiries, please visit Shakey’s website at www.shakeys.com.


About e*Restaurant from Altametrics
Founded in 1997, Altametrics is the most trusted name in Business Enterprise solutions for the restaurant industry. Operating as the world’s first and only Full-Service Enterprise Solution, e*Restaurant from Altametrics combines best-in-class products, focused consulting services and an established methodology proven to deliver highly-scalable web-based solutions. Satisfied clients range from large international chains to franchise organizations. Corporations use e*Restaurant solutions to extend best practices, improve operations and increase profitability. For more information, please visit our website at www.altametrics.com, or call (800) 676-1281.


Contact
Daphne Blake
Altametrics
Marketing Coordinator
(800) 676-1281 x 8309


Keywords
Shakey’s Pizza, Shakey’s, Altametrics, eRestaurant, eRestaurant Services, Restaurant Back Office, Restaurant Supply Chain, Restaurant Food Cost, Restaurant Software, Restaurant Workforce Management, E-Mail Marketing, Restaurant Supply Chain, Restaurant Point of Sale

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Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc. announced today an agreement with Altametrics® to launch its highly powerful workforce management, supply chain and demand planning, and cash and sales solutions.

LOS ALAMITOS, CA – Colorado-based, Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc. announced today an agreement with Altametrics® to launch its highly powerful workforce management, supply chain and demand planning, and cash and sales solutions.

The workforce management solution provides RBR with the ability to accurately forecast labor needs, maximize labor scheduling, and effectively manage payroll changes. The supply chain and demand planning solution enables RBR to more accurately track rebates, to heighten their supply chain transparency and to more accurately forecast and plan based on demand. The cash and sales solution will aide RBR in analyzing their sales and will give management the ability to more quickly track key performance indicators, enabling them to make more informed business decisions.

“The e*Restaurant Solution from Altametrics gives us the tools and data we need to more efficiently operate. With this solution, we will have faster, more integrated visibility to information and it will allow our operators to serve our customers and staff even better by streamlining what’s required of them in the back-office,” said Jeff Gengler, RBR V.P. of Information Technology.

“We are proud to be associated with a company the caliber of Rock Bottom Restaurants. We are confident that we will be able to deliver the tremendously high Return on Investment that our customers have come to expect from Altametrics,” said Wesley Loh, V.P. of Business Development at Altametrics.

About Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc.
Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc. currently employs nearly 7,000 nationwide. It owns and operates 94 restaurants across the United States – 59 “Old Chicago” restaurants and 35 brewery concepts operating under the names “Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery,” “ChopHouse & Brewery,” and “Walnut Brewery”. The Company also operates two Sing Sing concepts, an entertainment venue featuring a dueling piano bar in a club setting. It has franchise partnerships under its Old Chicago brand that account for 24 locations with plans to have approximately 200 total operating units by 2008.

In 2000, the Company formed the Rock Bottom Foundation, a 501(c) (3) non-profit entity. The Foundation’s primary focus is to positively impact the issues of hunger and homelessness within our communities, helping our teammates in crisis, and inspiring a culture of giving and volunteerism.

The Company’s annual sales from 2005 were $273 million, a 6% increase from fiscal 2004. Projected sales for 2006 are $300 million.

All of Rock Bottom’s restaurants are casual dining establishments featuring excellent service, high-quality, moderately priced food and a distinctive selection of micro-brewed and specialty beers served in a comfortable, hospitable atmosphere.

About e*Restaurant from Altametrics
Altametrics was established in 1997 and is the leading provider of Java-based web applications designed for the restaurant industry. Altametrics allows customers to access e*Restaurant solutions through subscription ASP, or license applications through a traditional software license agreement. Solutions include; enterprise intranet, inventory and food management, human resources, food ordering, and operations reporting for both the restaurant back office and headquarters environment. Customers range from large international chains to franchise organizations, and independent restaurateurs. Corporations use e*Restaurant solutions to extend best practices, improve operations and make their businesses more profitable. For more information, please visit the website at www.altametrics.com, or call (800) 676-1281.

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Los Alamitos-based Altametrics has helped cut huge business expenses by making tiny adjustments.
By Jerry Hicks

Read the entire OC Metro article with photographs here.

How much lettuce do you waste if you quarter it the wrong way? The Wendy’s nationwide restaurant chain discovered that those improper cuts were costing it about $9.5 million a year.

How did it gain such insight? By hiring a couple of fellows now based in Los Alamitos who started their own restaurant software company, Altametrics, 10 years go. The company now has offices in Canada and New Delhi.

“I can tell you if a slice of cheese is missing from a restaurant at the end of a day,” says Mitesh Gala, 38, the CEO and majority owner of Altametrics.

Gala’s parents owned a Jack in the Box franchise and grew it into a chain of 12. At age 14, Gala graduated from the chain’s management university. By the time he graduated from USC, he was running all 12 restaurants for this parents.

Gala began experimenting with a cost-savings software that he created, which saved him more than $50,000 on the annual cost of making french fries. He then hired a programmer, Ajay Shiv, to help him expand the program. They started Altametrics and created a software package, e*Restaurant.

Business faltered until they landed Taco Time, a large restaurant chain.

“It was just a $30,000 deal, but it kept us afloat,” Gala says. “We stayed in business long enough for Wendy’s to hear about us.”

Gala and Shiv help companies identify their key cost problems. Much of the waste comes from not providing equal proportions in a scoop, for example. Plus, inventories that companies conducted twice a year are now done weekly. “The manual way of doing business can be accurate, but it’s just too cumbersome,” says Gala. He laughs, since his father thought he was crazy for starting on his own: “Now he’s our biggest cheerleader.”

Business:Altametrics
Location: Costa Mesa
Number of employees: 200
Start-up cost: The money spent for a classified ad
Light-bulb moment: “My partner and I had agreed before talking to Wendy’s that we would give them a figure of $100,000. Here we were, with nothing but an idea, but we’re telling this major chain we want $100,000. That was a Thursday. We had our check on Monday morning.”

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McDonald's Corporation has selected e*Restaurant as their global next generation enterprise store system.

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