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Hooters of America, Inc.

Company Overview

Hooters of America, Inc. operates and franchises a chain of restaurants. Its menu includes seafood, sandwiches, salads, soups, hamburgers, desserts, chicken, merchandises, beer, wine, spirits, and other food products. The company also operates stores, which offer tanktops, T-shirts, sweats/hoodies, polo/golf, boxers, headwear, outerwear, accessories, and uniforms for women and men; clothing and toys for kids; and calendars, pins, and pin accessories. Hooters of America, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. It operates restaurants in the United States, Argentina, Aruba, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, Germany, Greece, Guat...

Detailed Description

1815 The Exchange SE

Atlanta, GA 30339

United States

Founded in 1983

Phone:

770-951-2040

Fax:

770-618-7032

www.hooters.com

Key Executives

President
Executive Vice President of Franchise Operations
Vice President of Administration
General Counsel
Vice President of Marketing
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2009.

Key developments for Hooters of America, Inc.

Hooters of America, Inc. Opens New Location in Brookfield, WI

Hooters of America, Inc. announced that it will host a Brookfield VIP Party on November 16th followed by the grand opening to the public on November 18, 2009. A portion of the proceeds from the VIP Party will support Elmbrook Senior Taxi. Hooters of Brookfield, located at 17105 W Bluemound Rd., is the 7th Hooters location in Wisconsin. The Brookfield Hooters offers a selection of 19 beers on tap, booth seating, outdoor patio, 35 big screen plasma TVs as well as a 2 pool tables. The location will be one of the first restaurants in Brookfield to open smoke-free. Hooters Restaurants strive to be good corporate citizens in each community in which they operate. Therefore, sustain great relationships with many worthwhile causes on both a national and local level, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Special Olympics, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the V Foundation for Cancer Research.

Hooters of America Inc. Plans Expansion to Czech Republic and Slovak Republic

Hooters of America Inc. has announced that it is extending the Hooters Restaurant franchise into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. The company has announced that the franchise territory was awarded to Na Zdravi Ventures, which plans to open a minimum of six Hooters restaurants across both countries. The first restaurant is slated to open in Prague later in 2009. By the end of 2009, Hooters plans to have restaurants in four new countries in addition to the Czech Republic, namely Ecuador, Japan, Taiwan and Guam.

Hooters of America Inc. Reports System-Wide Sales Results in 2008

Hooters of America Inc. announced that it had system-wide sales in 2008 of $997 million, a 2% increase from 2007.

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