AERICAN KIOSK CORPORATION
Business: FastÿDRIVE-THRU and in convenience store Pizza kiosks
IPO/ITD: JUNE 1, 1998
Symbol: AKIS
July 30, 1998ÿPrice: $1.50
52 wk Range:ÿ $1.00 - $ 2.375
Shares Outstanding: 3.5 million
Est. public Float: 900,000
Management held: 50%+
Long Term Debt: None
Contact: James Dryer and Jeff Plankÿ 800-925-7856
Web Site: americankiosk.com
THE WORLD'S FIRST-EVER DRIVE THRU PIZZA IN JUST 2.5 MINUTES!!
BUSINESS SUMMARY
American Kiosk Corporation (OTC: AKIS) has introduced Pizza Place, the
nation's first drive-thru pizzeria franchise that serves a fresh, hot,
brickoven pizza in 2 1/2 minutes, perfect every time.
The company leverages the market presence of established, well-respected
organizations like The Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Ft. Lauderdale/ Palm
Beach and Cheney Bros. to create mass appeal and professional service and
support.
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Americans eat about 100 acres of pizza daily, or 350 slices per second.
Total annual pizza sales have soared to 4 billion, ringing in $35 billion
industry-wide.
Drive-thru is growing in popularity: 3.5 billion meals were consumed while
riding in a car last year, up 26% from 1990.
A Gallup Poll reports that children between the ages of 3 to 11 prefer pizza
over all other food groups for lunch and dinner.
POWERFULÿ MARKET STRATEGY
Market strategy is based on two strong premises: Pizza is America's #1
take-out food and today's consumer is hooked on drive-thru speed and
convenience.
Most people don't eat pizza on-the-go or for lunch because it takes 20 to 30
minutes to cook a fresh pizza.
Pizza Place, on the other hand, creates a new fast-food market niche by
keeping pizza delivery simple and quick < and for prospective franchise
owners, a low entry point for startup: as little as $89,900 per location.
UNIQUE OVEN &ÿ TURN-KEY DESIGN
Pizza Place's secret is a unique, patented brick oven. The result: A
piping-hot, crispy-crust, pizzeria-style personal pizza in 2.5 min.
The oven won "Best Overall New Product" at the 1997 Restaurant and Food
Service Show in New York.
"The pizza is excellent [and] customers really like it," remarked Edward
Scharnikow, manager of Scoreboard sports bar in Abington, PA.
A Pizza Place franchise is designed to be totally turn-key and run by
absentee owners; virtually no food preparation required, only two employees
needed<at most.
WHY FRANCHISE?
As today's fastest-growing small businesses, franchises are expected to
distribute half the nation's retail goods by the year 2000.
About 600,000 franchise outlets in the U.S. accounted for $860 billion in
total sales last year<growing at a clip of 12-15% per year.
REVENUE BREAKOUT
If the company accomplishes its goal of 200 franchises by next year, it
could realize more than $16 million in just franchise sales, plus 5%
royalties and pizza profits.
IN-STORE STORE KIOSK:
A newly-introduced convenience store kiosk could dwarf all other sales: Get
a pizza while you pump! See the details at AKIS web site:
americankiosk.com
________________________________________________ Marc Stager |
