Gainesville's Newest Zaxby's Hatches Monday, March 23

Alachua County's Third Location Opens as Zaxby's Continues Rapid Expansion

(Thursday, March 19, 2009) - Zaxby's district manager Boris Ochsenius will open the doors
to Gainesville's newest Zaxby's restaurant this Monday. The new Zaxby's, a Southeast favorite for chicken
fingers and Buffalo wings, is located at 1 N.W. 10th Ave., near Publix at the intersection of Main Street. The
restaurant will operate from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Friday through Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday.
"We are pleased to offer area residents another convenient Zaxby's location," said Ochsenius, who
currently oversees operations of five management-owned Zaxby's restaurants in Florida and Georgia. "We
have enjoyed a great relationship with our loyal customers here and look forward to continuing to be a good
neighbor and business partner."
The new restaurant is one of the few Zaxby's to feature the company's new store design, which
includes floor-to-ceiling brick walls, modernized tables and booths, and a new color scheme, all
complemented by an eclectic mix of photography and new signage. The 2,603-square-foot restaurant
provides comfortable booths and tables, with a seating capacity of 52. Zaxby's also provides drive-thru
services to meet the needs of customers on the go.
Ochsenius believes the restaurant — from the atmosphere to the service — will exceed community
expectations. "We've assembled a great team of over 40 associates who, we are confident, will deliver on the
Zaxby's mission to ‘consistently create encore experiences that enrich lives one person at a time,'" said
Ochsenius.
The new Zaxby's is the third for Gainesville and Alachua County and the 35th for the Sunshine
State. Zaxby's footprint includes more than 465 locations in 11 states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
An alternative to fast food, Zaxby's offers prepared-at-order chicken fingers, wings, sandwiches and
salads. Zaxby's most popular items are its hand-breaded Chicken Fingerz and Jumbo Buffalo Wings,
smothered in a choice of nine sauces with names like Wimpy, Tongue Torch, Nuclear and Insane. The menu
also offers innovative Zappetizers — Onion Rings, Tater Chips (home-style potato chips) and Spicy Fried
Mushrooms, as well as a variety of Party Platterz perfect for any family gathering or special occasion.

Zaxby's also offers three salads, or Zalads: The House, The Blue and The Caesar. All are prepared at
order, with grilled or fried chicken, three kinds of lettuce, shredded cheese, fresh veggies and juicy tomatoes.
Customers have a choice of buffaloed or blackened chicken when ordering The Blue. All of Zaxby's Zalads
offer more chicken and unique ingredients, such as French-fried onions, and are larger than most salads
offered elsewhere. Each Zalad is assembled at the time the order is placed, versus being pre-made and stored
in a cooler.
Zaxby's is a "quick-casual" restaurant chain headquartered in Athens, Ga. Zaxby's opened its first
restaurant in Statesboro, Ga., in March 1990, and by July 2001 opened its 100th location in Jacksonville, Fla.
Zaxby's celebrated its 200th restaurant opening in its hometown of Athens, Ga., in May 2004, and in
December 2005 observed its 300th opening in Dallas, Ga. In October 2007 Zaxby's opened its 400th location
in Macon, Ga.


About Zaxby's
Zaxby's founders Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley looked around their community and saw plenty of
fast food or sit-down dining options, but felt something was missing. They decided to provide the most delicious
chicken fingers and Buffalo wings in town. That hatched a simple idea to create a fun atmosphere where food
quality is of the utmost importance. In 1990, they opened the first Zaxby's in Statesboro, Ga. The concept, one of
the early "quick-casual" restaurants, proved successful.

McLeroy and Townley opened four more restaurants, and in 1994, they began to franchise the brand. The
food and service was so popular, the Athens, Ga.-based chain has boomed to more than 465 units in 11 states
(Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia) and continues to grow. For more information, visit www.zaxbys.com.

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