Let's Dish! Coming To Westchester County, N.y.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y (Wednesday, April 26, 2006) - Let's Dish! International, Inc. today announced it has signed an area development agreement with Scarsdale, N.Y.-based CKW Ventures LLC to franchise at least three Let's Dish! retail meal preparation stores in Westchester County, N.Y. over the next 18 months. This agreement is the latest step in the company's national expansion and comes just two years after co-founders Ruth Lundquist and Darcy Olson opened their first Let's Dish! location.

CKW Ventures LLC, owned by husband-wife team Tom and Terese Hunersen, is targeting a July 15 opening for the first Let's Dish! franchise store, to be located at Scarsdale Park Mall (450 Central Park Avenue, Scarsdale). CKW was formed with a focus on improving the quality of life for busy families in the northern suburbs of New York City. Tom and Terese bring to Let's Dish! professional experience in finance, banking and nonprofit management and have played an active part in the Westchester community.

"Let's Dish! is the breakaway brand in this category and our ability to attract new, motivated partners such as CKW Ventures is a testament to our success," said Lundquist. "We've spent two years laying the groundwork and have built a strong, sustainable business model with enormous growth potential. We are excited to share with Westchester County families a whole new way to serve fresh, craveable meals at home."

With a busy work schedule, commute and children, Terese Hunersen knew what it was like to arrive home from work late, stressed, with no groceries in the refrigerator and unprepared to answer the question, "What's for dinner?".

Let's Dish! helps answer that dinnertime dilemma by giving customers the opportunity to prepare a month's worth of delicious meals in a fun, energizing environment, all in under two hours. With a diverse menu that offers a wide range of options – from updated comfort food favorites to ethnic dishes to sophisticated entrees – Let's Dish! delivers both quality experience and quality food.

"We believe many Westchester families will be excited by the Let's Dish! menu choices, commitment to quality recipes and ingredients, great customer service and the opportunity to combine productive and leisure time," said Terese Hunersen, Principal, CKW Ventures LLC. "But the big payoff is having the time at the end of a busy day to provide your family with a fresh, healthy dinner that will have them asking for seconds."
Let's Dish! currently has four company-owned locations in the fast-growing Twin Cities suburbs of Eden Prairie, Maple Grove, Woodbury and Apple Valley, Minn.. The company has stores currently open or in development in 15 states nationwide.


About The Let's Dish! Concept

Let's Dish! was one of the first retail meal preparation stores in the country when Lundquist and Olson introduced their concept in October 2003. Their goal was to create a great business by offering people a fresh, new way to feed their families.

Customers make menu choices, sign up and prepay for sessions at the company's website. When customers arrive at the store, refrigerated workstations for each menu item are stocked with all necessary ingredients, which can be varied to meet specific tastes. Customers rotate from station to station preparing eight to 12 different entrees each designed to serve six. The meals are then brought home to be frozen or refrigerated and cooked at a later date. For more information visit www.letsdish.com.

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