Popular East Coast Restaurant Cosi(R) Opens Its First Texas Store Oct. 1 in Sunset Valley near Austin

Texas Expansion by Chain Popular in New York and Chicago Includes Two Austin Stores and One in San Antonio by the End of 2007

Oct 01, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cosi, Inc.:

WHAT:    A franchisee of Cosi, Inc., opens the first Cosi(R)

         restaurant in Texas Oct. 1 at Sunset Valley Homestead Village

         Shopping Center in Sunset Valley, southwest of Austin. The

         new store is part of a statewide expansion by Cosi that will

         include two Austin-area stores and one in San Antonio by the

         end of the year. Other Texas locations are planned in 2008.



         Cosi(R) is a national premium convenience restaurant chain

         known throughout the East Coast and Midwest for its crackly-

         crust artisan flatbread baked in open-flame hearth ovens that

         provide the foundation for an all-day menu of hearth-baked

         sandwiches, salads, pizzas and other everyday-gourmet

         favorites.



         The arrival of the 133-store national chain in Texas is being

         fueled in part by transplanted East Coast and Midwest natives

         who have brought a passion for the restaurant with them to

         the Lone Star State.



WHEN:    Monday, Oct. 1, 2007

         Store Opens at 7 a.m.



WHERE:   Sunset Valley Homestead Village Shopping Center

         5207 Brodie Lane in Sunset Valley, Texas (southwest of

         Austin)



VISUALS: Eager customers lining up for the opening / Cosi(R)'s

         signature giant open-flame hearth oven and crackly-crust

         flatbread

SOURCE:
Cosi, Inc.

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