Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc. to Present at Fall Investment Conferences and Comments on Current Business Trends.Business Editors HUNTINGTON BEACH Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2003 Paul Motenko, chairman and co-CEO for Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc. (Nasdaq:CHGO), will address the investment community at the following fall conferences: -- Sept. 10, 2003 -- 1 p.m. (Eastern): Roth Capital Partners Roth Capital Partners, LLC, is a full service Investment Banking firm, specializing in the small and micro cap markets. Roth’s focus, according to its official website, "has been, is, and will continue to be providing the full spectrum of investment banking services, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Conference (New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ) -- Sept. 22, 2003 -- 4:35 p.m. (Pacific): Sidoti & Company Second Annual West Coast Conference (San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden ) -- Oct. 1, 2003 -- 8 a.m. (Eastern): 2003 RBC Capital Markets RBC Capital Markets is the corporate and investment banking division of Royal Bank of Canada ("RBC"). Broker dealers Depending on the jurisdiction, the division uses different broker dealer subsidiaries of RBC:
Consumer Conference (Orlando) The presentations will be broadcast over the Internet. Interested investors can listen to the presentations by accessing links at the company's Web site located at http://www.bjsbrewhouse.com In addition, the company also announced today that for the first eight weeks of the third quarter of 2003 comparable store sales for the BJs Restaurants and total revenues have increased above 3% and above 40%, respectively. Commenting on results in July and August, Paul Motenko, chairman and co-CEO stated, "Business trends during the first two periods of the third quarter remain solid, and we are particularly pleased that our Cerritos, California Cerritos is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, and is one of several cities that constitute the Gateway Cities of southeast Los Angeles County. It was incorporated on April 24, 1956. store, which opened on July 30, 2003, has posted sales levels similar to our record setting stores which opened last year in Westlake, Oxnard and Cupertino, California." Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc. operates 31 casual dining restaurants, some of which incorporate brewpubs. Twenty of the restaurants are located in California, with additional locations in Boulder, Colo., Chandler, Ariz., Lewisville, Texas Lewisville is a city in Denton County and Dallas County, Texas (USA). As of the 2000 census the city had a total population of 77,737. With strong population growth continuing into the new millennium, the U.S. Census Bureau gives a 2006 population estimate of 94,589. (Dallas), Clear Lake, Texas (Houston) and Addison, Texas Addison is a city in Dallas County, Texas (USA). The population was 14,166 at the 2000 census. Addison is a northern suburb of Dallas. The city calls itself the Town of Addison but it is incorporated as a city. (Dallas). In addition, the company operates six restaurants in Oregon, three of which are Pietro's, and has a licensing interest in a BJ's restaurant in Lahaina, Maui. BJ's restaurants offer customers moderate prices and tremendous value on an incredible menu that includes deep-dish Chicago-style pizza as well as sandwiches, salads, fabulous desserts, critically acclaimed hand-crafted beers and more. Visit Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc. on the Web at http://www.bjsbrewhouse.com. Certain statements in the preceding paragraphs and all other statements that are not purely historical constitute "forward-looking statements" for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created thereby. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results to be materially different from those projected or anticipated. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (i) the company's ability to manage growth and conversions, (ii) construction delays, (iii) restaurant and brewery industry competition and other such industry considerations, (iv) marketing and other limitations based on the company's historic concentration in Southern California, (v) consumer trends, (vi) increased food costs and wages, including, without limitation, increases in the minimum wage, (vii) increased energy costs, and (viii) other general economic and regulatory conditions. |
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