) October 7, 2008 -- FastUpFront introduces a new technology that provides small business to qualify for unsecured cash advance loans. Traditionally, these loans were only available from the business's credit card processor, making these companies vulnerable to inflated costs, bad service and refusal. Through its new technology, FastUpFront provides businesses a new option for cash advances, which are an essential financial lifeline for many small to medium sized companies.

) February 10, 2009 -- Merchant Capital Options has launched a new product, Electronic Payment Advance. Electronic Payment Advance is an upfront cash advance payment against all forms of future electronic processing, such as credit cards and checks. It allows multi-unit restaurant companies to access quick capital for an array of initiatives including unit or asset expansion, initiating equipment renovation programs and creation and execution of a marketing campaign.

Reports show more businesses rely on vendor financing as traditional equipment loans remain elusive.

) October 27, 2009 -- Capital Match™ a leading provider of alternative financing solutions today announced the launch of Capital Match™ Online a one stop shop for businesses throughout the United States that are in need of financing .

) October 24, 2009 -- The idea behind The Restaurant Section is for restaurant owners to affordably market their restaurants online by creating a complete fact sheet on their business profile within The Restaurant Section. Once the profile is complete, The Restaurant Section begins to market the restaurants. Clifford Bramble, the founder of The Restaurant Section wanted to pass on his experience about marketing and publicizing a restaurant to other restaurant owners. And with the technology available, and the economy on a rebound, he feels that now is the perfect time to start.

) May 12, 2009 -- DC City Blog and AllMenus.com today announced a partnership to offer visitors to Allmenus.com access to original DC City Blog reviews of restaurants in DC.

DC City Blog

The partnership reflects AllMenus.com mission to provide DC area residents with online access to local restaurant menus as well as the ability to order food online for takeout or delivery and DC City Blog's mission to provide area residents with premium content, produced by local writers.

) December 23, 2008 - The votes have been cast and by an overwhelming majority, I Must Eat - www.imusteat.com is the winner. I Must Eat is the most comprehensive online ordering internet restaurant dining guide out in the marketplace today.

It began at the grassroots level. It started as a small rumbling of stomachs but quickly became the number one issue of foodies across the United States. People were hungry for a nationwide online ordering restaurant dining guide and they demanded action.

) July 13, 2009 -- GrubHub.com, the only service that shows all the restaurants that deliver and allows users to order directly online, announced today their beta launch in Washington, D.C. GrubHub.com currently operates in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, and now the Washington, D.C./Arlington, VA area. GrubHub.com is a free service that gives access to over 8,000 menus and works with over 2,000 restaurants to provide online and phone ordering.

Who delivers to your home or office? GrubHub.com answers this question for you. Users type in their address on GrubHub.com, and the page displays every restaurant that delivers to that location, with the restaurants' menus, hours for delivery, available coupons, and reviews.

) May 8, 2009 -- Synergy Restaurant Consultants is excited to announce that premier restaurant designer Margee Drews will partner with the firm as Senior Associate heading up restaurant conversions, remodels and new concept design. Margee Drews has an incredible eye for turning space and restaurant design visions into reality.

Margee Drews

) December 1, 2008 -- 1TouchSoftware Solutions, Inc. (1TouchSoftware), the leading provider of fully integrated Enterprise Restaurant Management Systems (eRMS), today announced that Carolina Wings and Rib House, an expanding Southeast Restaurant Chain and Franchisor, has selected the 1TouchSoftware suite of real-time restaurant front, back and above house software solutions. Carolina Wings and Rib House selected the entire suite of 1TouchSoftware eRMS software modules to help maximize revenues, reduce costs and increase customer service.

) May 14, 2009 -- Restaurant managers and owners can now have direct access to industry experts via live restaurant telephone support.

Danny Bendas

Raising access to industry expertise to a new standard, Synergy Restaurant Consultants announces a package of comprehensive restaurant telephone support solutions, offering immediate, directed and in-depth assistance to Restaurant Business Operators by veteran industry experts.

) October 31, 2008 -- In New York alone, the average price for a dozen eggs has risen over 25% since 2007 with food prices in general increasing by more than 5%. Combine that with the dismal economy, a battered Wall St and reduced incomes and it's fair to say, that New Yorkers are starting to feel the pinch. With the average price of $15.00 for a decent Manhattan lunch, New Yorkers are in need of a bailout of their own. Launching this week, Lunchtimedeals.com allows users to find lunch deals in their area and request these specials and coupons via email or text messaging.

) July 24, 2009 -- Synergy Restaurant Consultants has launched a new website to help restaurants promote their value priced deals and restaurant promotions. Oh yeah, and did we mention that they're doing it for free?

eMeal Alerts logo

24/7 Moneybox specialise in providing instant payday loans giving their clients flexible access to the cash they need - up to £800.

) October 14, 2008 -- FirstAgain cares about the environment and is doing something about it with a special incentive for borrowers who want to harness solar energy. In honor of Solar Energy Week, FirstAgain is encouraging consumers with excellent credit to seek solar financing while leveraging tax credits on solar installation projects. On October 3, Congress approved a bill that extends the Federal 30 percent tax credit for solar but also removes the $2,000 cap that existed on the previous residential tax credit, making it an ideal time to fund larger solar and environmentally-friendly home improvement projects.

Take the first step to reducing your carbon footprint with FirstAgain.

) April 15, 2009 -- Wildfire Marketing Group (www.wildfiremarketinggroup.com) has announced it is offering 0% financing for their web design services to small businesses looking to grow their online presence.

Featured in major publications like Fortune Small Business, CNNMoney.com, Entrepreneur and The Tampa Tribune, Wildfire Marketing is a leading full-service marketing firm specializing in web design and Internet marketing.

) October 15, 2008 -- BooRah, the leading restaurant-specific online review guide, today announced the launch of its free, location-enabled Web Services API for Web sites and businesses looking to offer online restaurant reviews and ratings to their visitors. BooRah's Web Services API delivers the same core semantic technology that powers BooRah.com and BooRah's award winning Yahoo! SearchMonkey application, along with applications suitable for portals, local newspaper publishers and location-enabled phones.

"BooRah's API offers comprehensive restaurant search capability along with unique 'Boo' and 'Rah' ratings unavailable from any other website," said Eric Moyer, CEO and Co-Founder of BooRah.

) August 25, 2008 -- Eva Magnus, the owner of Grafica said, "I am glad to offer these additional services, as with the rising cost of food, some restaurants have been losing money by waiting to redo their menus and not passing on the increased (food) costs to their customers soon enough. My fees are reasonable, and if the restaurant updates their layout, an increase in food sales should be expected. We offer laminated menus, as well as menus with a variety of different covers to choose from...or if there are existing menu covers, updating just the inserts is an option. After I supply the artwork for the new menu, the restaurant owner has the option of having Grafica print them."

) May 28, 2009 -- With the continued fluctuations in interest rates, slowing of the economy, and competition for new patients, a number of hospitals, dental and medical clinics are struggling with reduced cash flow and the dilemma of how to purchase new or additional medical equipment to meet the needs and requests of their patients.

) May 5, 2009 -- CheXout Systems, Inc. (Boston MA), an innovative mobile Point of Sale solutions company, will reveal its revolutionary mobile payment and check splitting solution “CheXplit” for restaurants at the annual National Restaurant Association Show this month from May 16 – 19 (booth #5154).

Use your mobile to split and pay your restaurant bill

) October 7, 2009 -- Cash Doctors, Australia's leading online payday loans company, officially launched The Tight Arts Appreciation Society with the aim to share smart and clever savings ideas with its members.

Tight Arts Appreciation Society
Company Co-Founder Greg Ellis said, "It's a bit of fun…with a serious undertone. There's a million savings sites on the web…but they're all pretty boring…pretty bland…and the good ones ask for money to get all their good tips. Our aim is to get the good stuff to our members for free."

) December 4, 2008 -- Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. (www.arbys.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Wendy's / Arby's Group, Inc. (NYSE: WEN) and one of the country's largest restaurant franchising systems, announced today that it has named Sparks Grove, Inc. (www.sparksgrove.com) its interactive agency of record (AOR).
Sparks Grove was selected following an in-depth competitive review. The agency will work with Arby's on the brand's overall digital strategy, online media and advertising, online creative development, and arbys.com web site development.

) November 12, 2008 -- The new leasing arm of Midbrook, Inc. (a Jackson, MI based producer of production parts washers, water bottling equipment, medical device cleaning equipment, and sheet metal fabrications) will offer customers an affordable financing solution to assist in obtaining new equipment.

) October 2, 2008 -- Online nutritional supplements firm MuscleMaster.com, Inc. announced it has recently secured $5.6 million in funding from First Trade Union Bank. CEO Nick Chunias calls the funding a key component in the Company's strategy to consolidate its position as the leading online provider of low cost nutritional supplements, vitamins, and herbs.

) September 12, 2009 -- GroupExclusives.com offers collegiate, youth, amateur and association team travel planners a fun and creative way to receive cost and time saving bids direct from hotels and restaurants. With the introduction of the restaurant RFP functionality, the site now offers complete hotel and meal solutions to traveling sports teams.

GroupExclusives.com Home page

) August 18, 2009 -- Cash Doctors, Australia's leading online payday loans company, launched their new RUSH247 mobile phone platform plus $2 loans for first time clients last month after much lead-up and hype. The launch, however, met with unforeseen technical dramas, due to instant high demand from consumers.

Clients can get a payday loan on their mobile phone anywhere, any time, even on weekends and public holidays.

) June 5, 2009 -- The loan sector devoted to bad credit loans is ramping up efforts to extend credit to people who need it but cannot qualify for a conventional bank loan, explains Andy Hygate from www.loansbadcredit.org.uk. Such action is needed in order to respond to a wide range of increasingly dire circumstances that weigh down the British economy.

) May 12, 2009 -- New Restaurant Start Up Corbin’s Grille Retains Synergy Restaurant Consultants Corbin's Grille a new restaurant start up has opened next to the new convention center in Layton, Utah to overwhelming reviews. “This new restaurant start up has exceeded all of our wildest expectations,” explains Jake Garn, President of Corbin’s Grille.

Dean Small, Founder and Managing Partner

) November 7, 2008 -- The Perlage System, the highly acclaimed champagne and sparkling wine preservation device, is now being used by more than one thousand of the world's top restaurants. Perlage, tested and approved by major sparkling wine producers in France and California, has revolutionized restaurant by-the-glass wine programs in the United States and Europe. Using Perlage, restaurants can now preserve open bottles of sparkling wine for weeks with no loss of quality, taste or effervescence. Perlage eliminates the waste that has prohibited most restaurants from serving premium Champagnes and sparkling wines by the glass.

) October 30, 2008 -- ACCION USA, the nation's largest microlending nonprofit organization, has been chosen as one of eight organizations to compete for a $50,000 donation from the Western Union Foundation. The "Our World Gives" contest will challenge organizations to engage their networks by earning "votes" via the social networking website Facebook.

) September 3, 2009 -- Schedulefly, a leading web-based employee scheduling and communication application for restaurants, announced today that it is being leveraged at the United States Tennis Association's (USTA) 2009 US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The scheduling tool will be used to streamline employee scheduling and communications for more than 35 restaurant staff in the USTA President's Suite, thereby enhancing the dining experience for the 180 patrons the suite can accommodate for both lunch and dinner each day of the event.

) May 15, 2009 -- Scott Shaw, Founder and CEO of Fishbowl, Inc. will lead a panel discussion entitled "How to Stand Out in a Tough Economy" at the 2009 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, Illinois. On Sunday, May 17th at 2pm, Shaw and a panel of industry experts and restaurant owners will outline how implementing innovative business strategies and refocusing sales and marketing efforts can still drive success in these economic times. The panelists include Curtis Stalnaker, IT Director for Godfather's Pizza, Jon Young, President of Dine & Drink Inc. and Denny Hebson, Marketing Director for Hackney's Restaurant.

Fishbowl.com

) July 10, 2009 -- Industry experts Synergy Restaurant Consultants are pleased to announce that Jim Campbell, Restaurant Supply Chain Management Veteran and Procurement Guru will join the Synergy Restaurant Consulting Team. “Jim brings an incredible amount of restaurant supply chain management knowledge and experience to our team and will be a tremendous resource to our clients,” says Dean Small, Managing Partner of Synergy Restaurant Consultants. Jim’s primary role in the Synergy organization will be to focus on mid-scale restaurants that do not have the luxury to afford someone with his vast supply chain management experience.

Jim Campbell

The loans which are issued by the lenders for the urgent needs of the borrowers which arise shortly without any confirmation.

The loans which are issued by the lenders for the urgent needs of the borrowers which arise shortly without any confirmation.

A new service developed by mixing restaurant experience, Social Media Marketing and the latest in WiFi Technologies proves to be a winning combination for guests and restaurants alike. (PRWeb Aug 13, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2733924.htm

) July 13, 2009 -- Fired Up Inc., parent of the 170-unit casual-dining Johnny Carino's Country Italian chain, has retained Synergy Restaurant Consultants to enhance and accelerate the brand with their menu development, unique restaurant expertise and creativity. “At Carino’s, we maintain a very aggressive development schedule, and since we have been working with Synergy Restaurant Consultants, our menu efforts have been the most significant and profitable they have been in our history” says Chris Peitersen, Vice President of Culinary Operations, Johnny Carino’s Italian Executive Chef.

) October 20, 2008 -- Intermedia, the leading provider of collaboration and productivity SaaS solutions, today announces the immediate availability of its Dow Jones 10,000 program, which offers free account set up and one month of free service to any new hosted Exchange customers until the Dow closes above 10,000. Intermedia's special program comes in direct response to the pain businesses have recently experienced trying to secure funding or lines of credit for capital expenditures, such as new hardware and software used to manage and promote company growth.

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