Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group Selects Eatec's Enterprise Foodservice Solution.

Business Editors/Food Writers

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2002

Eatec Corporation is pleased to announce that The Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group has selected EatecNetX as its enterprise back office foodservice solution for seven of their fine dining restaurants.

"We selected EatecNetX because it is the most appropriate foodservice solution to meet the needs of Wolfgang Puck's fine dining restaurants," said Joe Essa, Managing Partner for Wolfgang Puck. "After extensively researching different systems, we chose EatecNetX because of its reliability, its functionality and its flexibility which allows us to adapt the system to our specific business and procedural needs."

Wolfgang Puck will use EatecNetX to manage their inventory and purchasing. Wolfgang Puck's fine dining restaurants include Spago, Chinois Las Vegas, Trattoria del Lupo, Cili and Postrio Las Vegas. Each restaurant prides themselves on the quality of their unique cuisine, which relies on completely fresh ingredients every day. Each restaurant orders, purchases and receives their own inventory. EatecNetX will enable the restaurants to improve tracking of all inventory activity relative to purchases, usage and spoilage and loss and therefore allow for more effective purchasing company-wide and a more appropriate use of purchase orders to verify quantities and pricing upon merchandise arrival. "With EatecNetX, we will be able to streamline our inventory and purchasing processes across our company but still have a solution that is flexible enough to meet the specific needs of each restaurant. In addition, we expect to see a significant food cost reduction since we will be able to more accurately monitor and control our inventory," said Essa.

"We were pleased with the smooth deployment of EatecNetX at Spago in Las Vegas. After only one month, we were up and running on the system," Essa said. "Eatec has a proven track record in the restaurant industry and we enjoy working with Eatec's experienced and supportive team." EatecNetX will be used by Spago in Maui and Palo Alto next and will be rolled out to the other fine dining restaurants by the first half of 2002.

Company Information

Eatec Corporation is a leading provider of enterprise back office solutions for the hospitality and foodservice industries. EatecNetX, Eatec's web-centric software solution, helps organizations reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies, resulting in a quick return on investment. Eatec clients include Applebee's International, Houlihan's Restaurants, Waldorf-Astoria, Madison Square Garden, Universal Studios, Dierbergs Markets, Giant Eagle and Kennedy Space Center. For more information, visit our web site at www.eatec.com or contact Eatec at 510/594-9011 or by e-mail at [e-mail].

Wolfgang Puck is one of the most influential chef-restaurateurs in the United States and the world. His restaurant concepts have reinvented fine dining for more than two decades.