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UFood opens at Parkland Memorial Hospital

July 6, 2009

BOSTON —UFood Restaurant Group Inc. has announced that its Texas franchisee, Puente-Brancato Enterprises Inc., has signed a lease agreement for a UFood Grill Restaurant in Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas County's public hospital.

UFood Restaurant Group's other nontraditional restaurants are located at airports in Boston, Massachusetts and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Puente-Brancato Enterprises Inc. also owns and operates the UFood Grill at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Terminal B.

UFood Grill has also recently signed a lease agreement for its second location in Boston Logan Airport.

Parkland is a 685-bed hospital with 9,000 employees including 1,300 physicians, 2,300 registered nurses and 1,200 fellows and residents. Management expects the restaurant to be opened by Dec. 1, 2009.

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