First Bennett's Smokehouse & Saloon in West Virginia provides new dining experience.CLAREMONT, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 1997--The first Bennett's(TM) Smokehouse & Saloon in West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. recently opened, bringing a new style of dining experience to residents of the Beckley, WVa. area. The Texas-style roadhouse road·house n. An inn, restaurant, or nightclub located on a road outside a town or city. roadhouse Noun a pub or restaurant at the side of a road Noun 1. themed restaurant is the only one in the Beckley region to feature Hickory-smoked beef brisket brisket the mass of connective tissue and fat covering the anterior part of the chest in ruminants. Lies at the most ventral part of the neck, between the front legs and covering the anterior end of the sternum. and other Southwestern-style barbecue entrees, according to WSMP WSMP Weapon System Master Plan WSMP Weapon System Modification Process , Inc., co-franchisor for the restaurant. WSMP is operating the restaurant under a management contract with an ownership group that has expressed interest in developing additional franchise locations that would be managed by the Claremont, N.C.-based foodservice company. Bennett's Smokehouse & Saloon restaurants are a result of a partnership between WSMP and Bennett's Bar-B-Que, Inc., of Denver, CO. Management personnel for the Beckley restaurant completed a special training program in Denver prior to the opening of the new unit. This restaurant brought the number of Bennett's open under the co-franchisor agreement to four, with the other three being in Tennessee and North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . Bennett's Bar-B-Que operates several restaurants in Colorado. "We're very pleased with our association with our new franchisee, Bennett's Point, Inc.," said Kenneth L. Moser, WSMP's Senior Vice President of Restaurants and Franchising. "The principals of this group -- Greg A. Childers, Riley Robbins and Harry E. Wright -- are new to WSMP and they are very enthusiastic about the Bennett's concept." The new Bennett's restaurant occupies an 8,500-square-foot structure that was remodeled and retrofitted to reflect the Texas-style roadhouse theme of the chain. WSMP comprises a restaurant division and three food processing divisions. Restaurant operations include 33 company-owned and 53 franchised restaurants in eight states, with these including Western Steer(R) Family Restaurants or Western Steer(R) Steak, Buffet and Bakery restaurants, Prime Sirloin(R) Buffet, Bakery and Steak restaurants, Mom 'n' Pop's(R) Buffet & Bakery restaurants, and Bennett's Smokehouse & Saloon restaurants. The company's food processing units include the Mom 'n' Pop's(R) Bakery Division, which has the capacity to produce more than four million microwaveable sandwiches weekly; a new Home Meal Replacement Division, which supplies refrigerated re·frig·er·ate tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates 1. To cool or chill (a substance). 2. To preserve (food) by chilling. single serving packages of fully cooked meats and vegetables and desserts to both retail and foodservice; and the Mom 'n' Pop's(R) Ham Curing division, which is one of the nation's larger country ham operations. The company has approximately 1,400 shareholders and its common stock is traded on the national over-the-counter market over-the-counter market Trading in stocks and bonds that does not take place on stock exchanges. Such trading occurs most often in the U.S., where requirements for listing stocks on the exchanges are strict. under the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on symbol "WSMP." CONTACT: WSMP, Inc. David R. Clark, President and COO, 704/459-7626 |
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