Restaurants Unlimited Announces Appointment of New CEO

Mr. Abdallah, a seasoned restaurant veteran, was most recently Senior Vice Chairman and President of Amer Group, a 2 billion dollar conglomerate of hotels, resorts, restaurants and real estate. Previously, Mr. Abdallah was the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Fired Up Inc., parent company to Carino's Italian Grill, a 160-unit operation with $400 million in system wide sales in 26 states and five countries. Prior to Fired Up Inc., Mr. Abdallah was President and CEO of Red Hot Concepts, a Chili's licensee for the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, nine years with Brinker International performing in various management roles including the Vice President of Franchise Operations and Development, where he was responsible for franchise restaurants with annual sales volumes exceeding $350 million. Mr. Abdallah will replace Steven Stoddard who has resigned to pursue other interests.

Thomas Taylor, Managing Director, Sun Capital Partners, Inc., stated, 'We are excited to have Norman Abdallah as RUI's new CEO. His proven track record of leadership and vision to grow companies will deliver the goals that we have put forth for our brands.'

Norman Abdallah shared, 'I'm very excited to join a company like RUI that shares a commitment to the guests and employees, as well as a desire to successfully grow the restaurant concepts under the RUI name.'

Restaurants Unlimited ('RUI') operates 58 award winning restaurants in thirteen states including 15 Kincaid's-an American Fish, Chop and Steakhouse, 10 Palomino's-an upbeat city restaurant and bar famous for its European-inspired American cuisine, 10 Stanford's Bar and Grill and 11 Newport Seafood Grill/Newport Bay, along with many other concepts such as Palisade, Portland City Grill, Cutters Bayhouse, Scott's Bar and Grill, Ryan's Grill, Maggie Bluff's, Manzana Grill, Billy Heartbeat's and Pizzeria Fondi.