QSR Automations Showcases Revolutionary New Table Management Solution, Latest Enhancements and Technology Options for Advanced Kitchen Management At FS/TEC 2005.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- QSR's Comprehensive Offerings Fill Holes Left by Point-of-Sale and BackOffice Systems, Providing Hospitality Businesses with Innovative Technology Tools to Maximize Efficiencies and Guest Delight

QSR Automations(R), a leading technology provider helping businesses worldwide maximize guest delight through comprehensive hospitality automation, will feature its latest product innovations at the 2005 International Foodservice Technology Exposition (FS/TEC), including the debut of ConnectSmart Hostess, a revolutionary table management application enabling operators to successfully increase seat utilization and table turns while meeting time commitments and satisfying guest preferences. Demonstrations will also highlight the newest model of the eXpert(R) hospitality controller. Additionally on display are the most recent enhancements to the ConnectSmart Kitchen (CSK) graphical software and ePic Kitchen Display Software (KDS), as well as QSR's new ePic Direct kitchen video system.

Part of QSR's ConnectSmart(R) Hospitality Automation Solution, ConnectSmart Hostess not only interfaces to the leading point-of-sale systems, but also gains intelligence from a real-time link to critical production information, providing truly accurate wait times while managing the total guest experience. With the addition of ConnectSmart Hostess, QSR's kitchen automation and table management technologies enhance productivity and profit with a combined solution that focuses and captures all activities around the guest while providing centralized data and powerful end to end service timing.

Providing actionable, up-to-the-minute information, ConnectSmart Hostess ensures team members and management know the real-time status of every table and party with a glance at the uniquely intuitive and flexible graphical interface. With ConnectSmart Hostess, operations are coordinated to get more guests seated, traffic flow is streamlined, and training time and stress are lowered. And with information about guests, including preferences, available in real-time as well as for historical reporting, personalized service improves leading to repeat visits.

Powering the ConnectSmart applications, including ConnectSmart Hostess and the CSK, is QSR's new ConnectSmart BackOffice, which provides an architecture that is optimized for performance and efficiency. Among the benefits of the ConnectSmart solution architecture are ease of integration and configuration, as well communication using the XML standard for data capture and control along with standard database access for managing critical guest and service data. Overall, the ConnectSmart solution architecture not only provides for extensibility, scalability, accessibility, and automatic redundancy, but also ensures operators can easily manage remote deployments.

Built to thrive in harsh hospitality environments, the newest model eXpert controller is QSR's latest enhancement to industrialized controller technology. Capitalizing on its highly successful design that is implemented in more than 5,000 locations, the open, standards-based eXpert now offers a new sleek and compact enclosure, faster processor, and additional dual USB connections on the front of the device. With its solid construction, no moving parts design, comprehensive set of interfaces, configurable memory and hard drive, and the ability to power graphical, multi-media hospitality applications, the reliable eXpert provides a robust and cost-effective solution for the harshest hospitality environments.

In addition to the graphical CSK and robust ePic KDS applications, the new ePic Direct system provides another distinctive kitchen automation option for the hospitality industry. Part of QSR's ePic(R) Kitchen Management Solution, ePic Direct is designed for local and regional operators who do not require the same deep software feature sets that larger chains use, but would still appreciate the advantages of using kitchen displays rather than relying on printers. ePic Direct takes advantage of the port and information from the point-of-sale typically used for a serial printer in order to display and manage orders in a preset format on kitchen monitors. Created with a subset of QSR's proven and flexible ePic KDS functionality that is completely embedded on a highly reliable ePic video controller, ePic Direct provides an attractively priced, simple to implement all-in-one, plug-and-play kitchen management system. Operators who replace printers with the ePic Direct system not only improve efficiencies in the restaurant, but also reduce consumables and maintenance costs.

"QSR is widely recognized as the leader in providing advanced kitchen management technologies for every hospitality environment - and we are excited to make our eighth appearance at FS/TEC to showcase the continued enhancements of our existing kitchen solutions as well as the addition of new kitchen technologies, further ensuring we can help operators of all sizes and concepts achieve their productivity and revenue goals," said Andrew Sonntag, chief operating officer for QSR Automations. "We are even more thrilled to apply our unique and deep knowledge of the hospitality marketplace to launch a new truly powerful software solution, ConnectSmart Hostess."

Sonntag concluded, "As we were innovating kitchen technologies over the years, we identified a number of other critical areas that we could automate - and also tie into the kitchen, the heart of the restaurant - to provide true benefits to hospitality operators. As we continue to evolve our connected products, we are focused on providing hospitality companies with the sophisticated solutions they need to achieve their branding and business goals."

About QSR Automations(R)

QSR Automations(R) is a leading technology provider helping businesses worldwide maximize guest delight through comprehensive hospitality automation. Since 1996, QSR has helped thousands of hospitality businesses of all sizes and concepts - including table service, quick service, fast casual, deli, bar, concession, delivery, and other unique environments - to effectively enhance productivity and profit. QSR's innovative software and hardware products, including the ConnectSmart(R) Hospitality Automation Solution and ePic(R) Kitchen Management Solution, focus and capture all activities around the guest to measurably increase efficiency and quality, creating positive and memorable guest experiences each and every visit. For more information, visit www.qsrautomations.com or contact QSR at [e-mail] or 502-297-0221.

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