PITTSBURGH, July 9, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation (Pink Sheets:UPZS), a Delaware Corporation, is pleased to announce the appointment of Raymond L. Monroe to the board of directors replacing Richard Kimmins. This move is seen as an effective way to energize brand awareness for Unique Pizza and Subs by providing key elements and guidance on marketing, advertising and promotional strategies as the company continues to grow nationwide.
"Unique Pizza and subs has a team of experienced and qualified individuals that have a solid understanding of the industry, the needs of their franchisees, and the needs of their customers," observed Monroe. "I look forward to working more closely with Tom and his team throughout the coming years to help the company continue to realize its potential." Mr. Monroe brings a wealth of over 50 years' experience to the company as a banker, commercial and residential builder. His commercial real estate company did site locations, feasibility studies and demographic profiles for four of the largest restaurant chains in the United States. Mr. Monroe has been a team owner and associated with Nextel Cup Series of NASCAR for 22 years and his company Monroe Marketing Inc. has done sponsor procurement for major NASCAR teams for over 20 years.
"We are fortunate to have a person of Ray's caliber join our board," said Thomas Dugita, Chief Strategy Officer of Unique Pizza and Subs. "He has extensive experience working with organization, as both an insider and as an outside consultant that will prove valuable as we continue to expand Unique Pizza and Subs. I am confident that his contributions to our company will be significant in the years to come. We will lean heavily on his marketing and advertising knowledge as we look forward to his contributions to our board, our management team and our company. We will always continue to enhance our company as these opportunities arise, allowing us to keep moving forward, remain focused on opening new stores, and moving closer to achieving our corporate goals."
About Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
Since the beginning of its development stages back in 1991, Unique Pizza and Subs clearly has separated themselves from the other major pizza franchises. To succeed where other major franchises cannot, a pizza shop needs to have these key elements: a high quality and consistently made product (all of their recipes were designed to have the quality of a "mom and pop" pizza shop with the consistency of a major franchise); good, professional and friendly customer service (UPZS is the only publicly traded pizza franchise that will have all of its location's orders routed to their professionally-staffed Customer Response Center); and an owner that lives, works and pays taxes in that small market (all of the conversions of independent pizza shops into Unique Pizza and Subs will retain the same local ownership).
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