Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. Announces the Retirement of Jim Collins From the Board of Directors
14 Septiembre 2004 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. Announces the Retirement of Jim
Collins From the Board of Directors SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., Sept. 14
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc.
(NYSE:SZ) released today that at the Company's annual shareholders
meeting it was announced that Jim Collins was retiring from the
Board of Directors. Mr. Collins has served as Director Emeritus
since 1999, and reached mandatory retirement age during his last
term, preventing him from standing for reelection. At the meeting,
Phil Matthews, the Company's Chairman of the Board, thanked Mr.
Collins for his service and dedication, not only to the Company,
but also to the industry and to the community. "Jim's restaurant
career began in 1952 when he opened a self-service hamburger stand
in Culver City, California. In 1960, Jim signed a franchise
agreement with Colonel Sanders to sell Kentucky Fried Chicken. In
1967, he purchased the Sizzler Family Steak House chain, and in
1968 what was then Collins Foods International went public and was
later listed on the NYSE," said Mr. Matthews. "In 1991 Collins
Foods International reorganized as Sizzler International, Inc. and
in 2001 changed its name to the present Worldwide Restaurant
Concepts, Inc. Jim continued to lead the chain as Chairman until
February of 1999, and then, as Chairman Emeritus, he has provided
on-going guidance," continued Mr. Matthews. "What he has done for
this organization is obvious, but he is also a restaurant industry
leader and great humanitarian. Jim is a past president of the
California Restaurant Association and a member of its Educational
Hall of Fame. He has been a director of the National Restaurant
Association, a MUFSO operator of the year, and an IFMA Operator of
the year. He has been deeply involved in the Cal Poly Pomona
Hospitality School, UCLA, the YMCA, the Boys & Girls Club of
Venice and the Young Presidents Organization," said Mr. Matthews.
"We are all very grateful to Jim for being a wonderful role model,
both inside and outside the Board Room," concluded Mr. Matthews.
With the retirement of Mr. Collins on September 8th, the Company
has reduced the number of Board of Directors from eight to seven.
About Worldwide Restaurant Concepts Worldwide Restaurant Concepts,
Inc. operates, franchises or joint ventures 312 Sizzler(R)
restaurants worldwide, 112 KFC(R) restaurants located primarily in
Queensland, Australia, and 23 Pat & Oscar's(R) restaurants.
Additional information about the Company can be found at
http://www.wrconcepts.com/. To the extent that certain statements
contained in this document may be deemed under federal securities
laws to be forward-looking statements, Worldwide Restaurant
Concepts intends that they be subject to the safe-harbor applicable
to forward-looking statements under such laws. For further
information, please contact: Keith Wall, Vice President and CFO, or
Liz Baskerville, Director, Planning, both of Worldwide Restaurant
Concepts, Inc., +1-818-662-9800; or Laurie Berman, General
Information, +1-310-407-6547, or Tricia Ross, Investor/Analyst,
+1-310-407-6540, both of Financial Relations Board, for Worldwide
Restaurant Concepts, Inc. DATASOURCE: Worldwide Restaurant
Concepts, Inc. CONTACT: Keith Wall, Vice President and CFO, or Liz
Baskerville, Director, Planning, both of Worldwide Restaurant
Concepts, Inc., +1-818-662-9800; or Laurie Berman, General
Information, +1-310-407-6547, or Tricia Ross, Investor/Analyst,
+1-310-407-6540, both of Financial Relations Board, for Worldwide
Restaurant Concepts, Inc. Web site: http://www.wrconcepts.com/
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