Cosi, Inc. to Present at 28th Annual ROTH Conference
March 10 2016 - 6:30AM
Così, Inc. (NASDAQ:COSI), the fast casual restaurant company, today
announced that R. J. Dourney, CEO & President, and Miguel
Rossy-Donovan, CFO, of Cosi, will be presenting at 11:30 a.m.
(Pacific) on March 14, 2016, at the 28th Annual ROTH Conference
being held at the Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel, California.
Additionally, Management will be participating
in one-on-one meetings with investors at the conference.
Interested investors should contact the conference organizers at
ROTH at oneononerequests@roth.com.
The link for the presentation materials will be
available on the Company’s website at www.getcosi.com, “Investor
Info”, under “Upcoming Events”, for a period of 90 days.
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 76 Company-owned and 31
franchise restaurants operating in fifteen 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 © 2016 Così, Inc. All rights reserved.
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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
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"anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "objective," "seek,"
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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 athttp://www.getcosi.com in the investor relations
section.
Miguel Rossy-Donovan
Chief Financial Officer
(857) 415-5020