BJ's Restaurants Introduces Online Ordering
BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (NASDAQ:BJRI) announced
today that guests can order from BJ’s
extensive menu online at www.bjsrestaurants.com.
"It is the perfect marriage of technology and
convenience for BJ’s guests,”
said Matt Hood, Chief Marketing Officer of BJ’s
Restaurants, Inc. "By combining the technology
of online ordering and the convenience of curbside cashiering and pick
up, we’re making it easier than ever to enjoy
a great meal from BJ’s at home.”
The easy-to-use online ordering feature allows BJ’s
guests to select the menu items they want with any desired
modifications, additions or special requests. Once guests complete their
selections, they can schedule the most convenient time to pick up their
order at their favorite BJ’s restaurant. Upon
arriving at the restaurant, guests can choose BJ’s
curbside cashiering program and never leave their car to pick up their
food. Guests simply pull into one of the specially marked "Curbside
Take Out Parking” spaces and use their cell
phone to dial a dedicated take out number at the restaurant. A BJ’s
team member brings the order right to the guest’s
car and uses a handheld terminal to complete the transaction, making the
BJ’s online ordering and curbside take out
experience one of the most convenient in the casual dining industry.
BJ's Restaurants feature an extensive menu that includes BJ's signature
deep-dish pizza, award-winning handcrafted beer and famous Pizookie®
dessert. BJ's highly detailed, contemporary decor and unique video
statement, including several high definition flat panel televisions,
creates a high energy, fun and family-friendly dining environment for
everyone to enjoy. Hours of operation are from 11:00 a.m. to midnight
Sunday through Thursday and 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Not all locations have dedicated "Curbside
Take Out Parking” spaces available.
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 80 casual dining
restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's Restaurant &
Brewhouse or BJ's Pizza & Grill brand names. BJ's restaurants offer an
innovative and broad menu featuring award-winning, signature deep-dish
pizza complemented with generously portioned salads, appetizers,
sandwiches, soups, pastas, entrees and desserts. Quality, flavor, value,
moderate prices and sincere service remain distinct attributes of the
BJ's experience. The Company operates several microbreweries which
produce and distribute BJ's critically acclaimed handcrafted beers
throughout the chain. The Company's restaurants are located in
California (42), Texas (13), Arizona (5), Colorado (3), Oregon (2),
Nevada (2), Florida (4), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Kentucky (1), Indiana
(1), Louisiana (1) and Washington (2). The Company also has a licensing
interest in a BJ's restaurant in Lahaina, Maui. Visit BJ's Restaurants,
Inc. on the Web at http://www.bjsrestaurants.com.
Certain statements in the preceding paragraphs and all other statements
that are not purely historical constitute "forward-looking statements"
for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are intended to be covered by the
safe harbors created thereby. Such statements include, but are not
limited to, those regarding expected comparable restaurant sales growth
in 2008, those regarding the effect of new sales-building initiatives,
as well as those regarding the number of restaurants expected to be
opened in 2008 and the timing and location of such openings. These
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results to be
materially different from those projected or anticipated. Factors that
might cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (i) our
ability to manage an increasing number of new restaurant openings, (ii)
construction delays, (iii) labor shortages, (iv) minimum wage increases,
(v) food quality and health concerns, (vi) factors that impact
California, where 42 of our current 80 restaurants are located, (vii)
restaurant and brewery industry competition, (viii) impact of certain
brewery business considerations, including without limitation,
dependence upon suppliers and related hazards, (ix) consumer spending
trends in general for casual dining occasions, (x) potential uninsured
losses and liabilities, (xi) fluctuating commodity costs, the effect of
any resulting menu price increases on our sales, the availability of
food in general and certain raw materials related to the brewing of our
handcrafted beers and energy, (xii) trademark and servicemark risks,
(xiii) government regulations, (xiv) licensing costs, (xv) beer and
liquor regulations, (xvi) loss of key personnel, (xvii) inability to
secure acceptable sites, (xviii) limitations on insurance coverage,
(xix) legal proceedings, (xx) other general economic and regulatory
conditions and requirements, (xxi) the success of our key sales-building
and related operational initiatives and (xxii) numerous other matters
discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. BJ's Restaurants, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update or
alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
