RARE Hospitality Chooses Instill Food Spend Management Solution.

Will Improve Corporate Governance Through Automated Compliance Monitoring

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Instill[R] Corporation, the leading provider of on-demand supply chain solutions and services for the foodservice industry, today announced that RARE Hospitality International, Inc., will utilize Instill's Food Spend Management(SM) solution to generate cost savings and improve controls around its purchasing processes.

"Many leading foodservice companies turn to Instill for the tools and services they need to scale with their growth," said Jeff Smith, Instill's Vice President of Marketing. "These companies leverage our unique technology and industry expertise to both improve controls and grow the bottom line."

Instill Food Spend Management is a web-based, hosted solution that allows foodservice operators to ensure they are capturing the full value of their contracts by easily monitoring and enforcing unit compliance with order guides while identifying contract price variances, purchases eligible for rebates, SKU rationalization opportunities and other cost savings. Instill Food Spend Management automates the collection and standardization of unit-level invoice data from distributors, eliminating time consuming and error prone processes. The information is then presented in an intuitive application that allows foodservice professionals to "manage by exception," leveraging dashboard and alert capabilities that highlight exceptions and opportunities for additional cost savings. In addition, operators are using the solution's contract price verification and auditing capabilities to ensure they have the internal controls in place to comply with their Sarbanes-Oxley initiatives.

"Foodservice is a complex industry," said Anthony Wilson, President and CEO of Instill. "Sarbanes Oxley and the heightened focus on improving corporate governance has only increased that complexity. We're extremely pleased RARE has chosen to work with us on this front, and look forward to helping them grow their business."

Instill's Food Spend Management solution is part of a comprehensive, integrated suite of proven solutions for foodservice companies that also includes Procurement, Promotion Management, Quality & Compliance Management, Product Information Management, Business Intelligence, and Trade Spend Management.

About RARE Hospitality International, Inc

RARE Hospitality International, Inc. (NSDQ:RARE) currently owns, operates and franchises 326 restaurants, including 266 LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants, 26 Capital Grille restaurants and 32 Bugaboo Creek Steak House restaurants.

About Instill Corporation

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For more than a decade, Instill has been helping customers build enterprise value by applying innovative technology and industry expertise to address the unique challenges facing foodservice companies. Instill is the only technology company focused exclusively on the foodservice industry, providing a proven, comprehensive set of solutions for leading companies such as Hardee's, International Dairy Queen, IPC/SUBWAY[R], Nathan's Famous, YUM! Brands' UFPC and UPGC, Centerplate, General Mills and Procter & Gamble. Instill is headquartered in Redwood City, California , and can be reached at 1-888-Instill or at www.instill.com.