| Monday January 5, 10:28 am Eastern Time 
 Company Press Release
 
 SOURCE: Tubby's, Inc.
 
 Plans Set to Open 50 Tubby's Over Next 5 Years in Texas
 
 STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan-based Tubby's, Inc., (Nasdaq: TUBY -
 news), a specialty sandwich chain featuring grilled submarines, announced today its expansion plans that
 call for the opening of 50 stores over the next 5 years in Texas.
 
 For an undisclosed amount, Tubby's Sub Shops, Inc. (''Tubby's''), along with Development Agent Fred
 Conner, signed 2 Development Agent Agreements with All Star Foods, Inc., a Texas corporation.
 
 All Star Foods, Inc. plans to open 40 stores in the greater Houston area with the first 6 to be opened by
 November 30, 1998, and also intends to open 10 stores in the Corpus Christi area with the first 2 to be
 opened by November 30, 1998.
 
 All Star Foods, Inc. is expanding their petroleum units with Tubby's non- traditional locations inside their
 service stations. Robert Paganes, Tubby's President and CEO said, ''Our 1997 Business Plan was to
 expand into the non- traditional market. By signing these Agreements, we are fulfilling our Company
 Goals.''
 
 Established in 1968, Tubby's has 88 Sub Shops located in Michigan, Ohio, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and
 Alberta and Windsor, Canada.
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