Così, Inc. Announces Earnings Call for 2015 First Quarter Results
May 11 2015 - 6:30AM
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Richard
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Interim Chief Financial Officer |
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InvestorRelations@getcosi.com
Così, Inc.
Announces Earnings Call for 2015 First Quarter Results
BOSTON, MA - May 11, 2015 - Così,
Inc. (NASDAQ: COSI), the fast casual restaurant company, today
announced that it expects to release first quarter 2015 results
before the open of market on May 14, 2015, and will host an
investor teleconference and webcast at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
that day to discuss the Company's results for the first quarter
2015. The webcast will be broadcast live and available for
replay for a limited time thereafter at:
Audio
Dial-In Number: 866-318-8620
Secondary Dial-In Number: 617-399-5139
Participant Code: 20774026
Note: Participants should dial in a few minutes prior to
the start time
Webcast
Website link: http://investors.getcosi.com
Note: Live, then archived for one year
Replay
Dial-In Number: 888-286-8010
Secondary Dial-In Number: 617-801-6888
Participant Code: 87956425
Note: Available from May 14, 2015 (at 9:00 PM ET) until
May 21, 2015 (at 11:59 PM ET)
About Così,
Inc.
Così (http://www.getcosi.com) is an upscale national fast casual
restaurant company. At the heart of every restaurant is a
hearth where the Così® signature
flatbread is made from scratch throughout the day. The
flatbread is made from a generations-old recipe and is part of many
Così® favorites.
Così® was founded
on the idea that good for you food should be delicious. Menu
items are made using fresh ingredients and distinctive sauces and
spreads to create edgy flavors. The menu features
made-to-order sandwiches, tossed salads, bowls, breakfast wraps,
melts, all natural soups, signature Squagels®,
artisan flatbread pizzas, S`mores, snacks and desserts.
Guests can also enjoy handcrafted beverages and a variety of
coffee-based and specialty beverages.
Così® employees
create a welcoming environment where guests are invited to relax
and enjoy great food. In many cases, Così® is the
cornerstone of the communities that they are in and take pride in
supporting community organizations and local charities. There are
currently 78 Company-owned and 33 franchise restaurants operating
in sixteen states, the District of Columbia, Costa Rica and the
United Arab Emirates.
"COSÌ," and related marks are
registered trademarks of Così, Inc. in the U.S.A. and certain other
countries. Copyright © 2015 Così, Inc. All rights reserved.
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PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995. This press
release contains statements that constitute forward- looking
statements under the federal securities laws. Forward-looking
statements are statements about future events and expectations and
not statements of historical fact. The words "believe," "may,"
"will," "should," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend,"
"objective," "seek," "plan," "strive," or similar words, or
negatives of these words, identify forward- looking statements. We
qualify any forward-looking statements entirely by these cautionary
factors. Forward-looking statements are based on management's
beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future economic
performance, taking into account the information currently
available to management. Forward-looking statements involve risks
and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or
financial condition to differ materially from the expectations of
future results, performance or financial condition we express or
imply in any forward-looking statements. Factors that could
contribute to these differences include, but are not limited to:
the cost of our principal food products and supply and delivery
shortages and interruptions; labor shortages or increased labor
costs; changes in demographic trends and consumer tastes and
preferences, including changes resulting from concerns over
nutritional or safety aspects of beef, poultry, produce, or other
foods or the effects of food-borne illnesses, such as E. coli, "mad
cow disease" and avian influenza or "bird flu"; competition in our
markets, both in our business and in locating suitable restaurant
sites; our operation and execution in new and existing markets;
expansion into new markets including foreign markets; our ability
to attract and retain qualified franchisees and our franchisees'
ability to open restaurants on a timely basis; our ability to
locate suitable restaurant sites in new and existing markets and
negotiate acceptable lease terms; the rate of our internal growth
and our ability to generate increased revenue from our existing
restaurants; our ability to generate positive cash flow from
existing and new restaurants; fluctuations in our quarterly results
due to seasonality; increased government regulation and our ability
to secure required government approvals and permits; our ability to
create customer awareness of our restaurants in new markets; the
reliability of our customer and market studies; cost effective and
timely planning, design and build out of restaurants; our ability
to recruit, train and retain qualified corporate and restaurant
personnel and management; market saturation due to new restaurant
openings; inadequate protection of our intellectual property; our
ability to obtain additional capital and financing; adverse weather
conditions which impact customer traffic at our restaurants; and
adverse economic conditions. Further information regarding factors
that could affect our results and the statements made herein are
included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Additional information is available
on Così's website at
http://www.getcosi.com in the Investor Info section.
This
announcement is distributed by NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions on
behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the
information contained therein.
Source: Così, Inc via Globenewswire
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