Garlic Jim's Signs 100 Store Sub-franchise Agreement For Florida And Puerto Rico

Stores Are To Open Over Four Year Period

(Thursday, March 01, 2007) - Garlic Jim's Famous Gourmet Pizza®, the first and only "gourmet" carryout and delivery pizza chain, proudly announces a sub-franchise agreement for 100 stores in Florida and Puerto Rico by 2011. Florida based L & D Ventures LLC has purchased the rights to the 100 stores with plans on operating 10-20 locations, while selling the remainder. They are actively searching for interested franchisees to coincide with their plan on opening these locations within the next three to five years. L & D Ventures LLC plans on opening its first corporate owned store by July 2007.

L & D Ventures LLC brings nearly 25 years of franchise experience to Garlic Jim's and the marketplace. With an infrastructure in place for site leasing and construction supervision, training, store management and food management, they're ready to help grow Garlic Jim's and bring Florida and Puerto Rico residents the taste that all who've tried Garlic Jim's pizza have come to love. L & D Ventures LLC will open their first Garlic Jim's locations in Tampa and Orlando and then plans call for expansion within Florida in the cities of: Miami, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Sarasota, Naples, Ft. Myers and Ft. Lauderdale, followed by Puerto Rico.

"Garlic Jim's stands out in the pizza industry by truly practicing what they preach," says Betty Larrabee, president, L & D Ventures. "While many pizza chains present a favorable marketing campaign promising freshness and good taste, Garlic Jim's really delivers. Their fresh ingredients and high-quality toppings simply make the best pizza out there and the low cost, low taste franchises don't even compare."

"Our growth is unprecedented, having also just expanded into Colorado, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Texas," says Dwayne Northrop, CEO, Garlic Jim's. "We have a superior corporate, like-minded team focused on national growth, and we're ready to back both the franchisee and sub-franchisor."

L & D Ventures LLC will use the Garlic Jim's pre-approved training program for all the new franchisees. In an effort to maintain the freshness and quality that everyone expects of Garlic Jim's, all dough will be made on site, and a commissary will open to support all the Florida and Puerto Rico stores. Additionally, L & D Ventures LLC will hold business opportunity seminars for compatible individuals interested in owning a Garlic Jim's and ready to be their own boss.

In the $33 billion dollar-a-year, highly competitive U.S. pizza industry, Garlic Jim's Famous Gourmet Pizza is proud to be the first pizza franchise to focus on quick delivery pizza made fresh with gourmet toppings. Garlic Jim's in-store system and team member training allows them to make pizza in 20 minutes or less "from order to out the door," thus pioneering the concept "Gourmet, Right Away."

At Garlic Jim's the term ‘gourmet' signifies more than just the finished pizza – it refers to the finest ingredients: fresh packed sauces, fresh 100% whole milk mozzarella and fresh dough made daily, where the customer can certainly taste the difference. Garlic Jim's offers customers two crust choices; hand thrown thick crust, made with parmesan cheese and buttermilk, or garlic thin & crispy, four cheese options; mozzarella, cheddar, feta and parmesan, five sauces; classic red, basil pesto, zesty chipotle pesto, Smoky BBQ sauce or olive oil, and a variety of meats, vegetables and gourmet toppings such as roasted garlic, marinated artichoke hearts, corn salsa and sun dried tomatoes.

With gourmet pizzas such as Nutty Chipotle™, zesty chipotle pesto topped with spicy sausage, pepperoni, red onions, tomatoes and cashews, Jim's Gourmet Garlic™, basil pesto sauce, marinated artichoke hearts, roasted garlic, sun dried tomatoes and feta cheese, and Chicken Bacon Ranch, premium chicken, bacon, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, red onions and creamy ranch sauce, Garlic Jim's is putting a new spin on pizza.

Garlic Jim's has grown from two open units in 2004 to 36 open units and 93 franchises sold in 2006. In addition to current locations in Oregon, Arizona, California, Pennsylvania and Washington, Garlic Jim's has units under development in New Jersey, Denver and Dallas. With projections of doubling in size in 2007, Garlic Jim's is sure to become the fastest growing gourmet pizza franchise in the country. For more information on Garlic Jim's pizza and franchising, visit their Web site at www.garlicjims.com, or call 866-918-jims (5467).

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