World Wide Agreement Authorizes MICROS to Actively Market the MICROS Restaurant Enterprise Series to More Than 11,000 BURGER KING(R) Restaurants
MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS) , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Burger King Corporation as an approved vendor. The world wide agreement authorizes MICROS to actively market and sell the MICROS RES point-of-sale solution to more than 11,000 BURGER KING restaurants throughout the world.
Burger King Corporation completed a full test and evaluation of the MICROS RES point-of-sale solution in its corporate offices in Miami. Upon completion of this extensive testing, MICROS RES was selected as an approved solution based on the comprehensive criteria established by Burger King Corporation.
"The MICROS RES point-of-sale solution offers the robust features and functionality required to effectively manage the BURGER KING system's high volume, unique quick service business environment," stated Jonathan Fitzpatrick, Vice President, IT Americas for Burger King Corporation. "In addition, MICROS's multi-language and multi-currency functionality, along with MICROS's ability to provide complete hardware and software support anywhere throughout the world makes MICROS a preferred vendor for our franchisees in the U.S. and around the world."
"MICROS is proud to have been formally selected by Burger King Corporation as an approved vendor for its franchisee community," stated Alan Hayman, Executive Vice President, Restaurant Sales and Strategies for MICROS. "This approval by Burger King Corporation recognizes MICROS Restaurant Enterprise Series as a strategic solution for their quick service restaurant operators worldwide."
About Burger King Corporation
The BURGER KING(R) system operates more than 11,000 restaurants in all 50 states and in more than 60 countries and territories worldwide. Approximately 90 percent of BURGER KING(R) restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business for decades.
Burger King Holdings Inc., Burger King Corporation's parent company, is private and independently owned by an equity sponsor group comprised of Texas Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. To learn more about BURGER KING(R), please visit the company's Web site at http://www.burgerking.com.
About MICROS Systems, Inc.
MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 200,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 20,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point- of-sale and loss prevention products through its subsidiary Datavantage for more than 50,000 specialty retail stores worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS.
For more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Vice President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (800) 638-0985. You can also visit the MICROS website at http://www.micros.com or send an email to info@micros.com.
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