EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 5, 1999--(OTC BB PMMI) Prime Marketing, Inc. a complete food management company is pleased to announce several upgrades to their premier on-line specialty grocer www.foodsoftheworld.net. The upgrades include new graphics and several new categories including affiliates, gifts and specialty recipes. Prime Marketing initially launched FoodsoftheWorld.Net in late June, with the foods of Italy.The site sells specialty and ethnic foods on-line, a niche market that the company feels can grow into a very significant business. Products are delivered nationwide to customer's doorsteps. Plans include, as the name implies, to feature foods from all over the world, new countries are currently under development. The on-line grocery business is one of the fastest growing segments of e-commerce, many Internet leaders are vying to get involved with a premier on-line grocer. Peapod (NASDAQ-PPOD-news) an industry leader has seen their stock flourish, Amazon (NASDAQ-AMZN-news) the leading on-line bookseller has recently invested 10's of millions of dollars to acquire a 35% stake in Homegrocer.com. Many industry analyst anticipate market leaders such as Microsoft (NASDAQ-MSFT-news), Yahoo (NASDAQ-YHOO-news), Excite@Home (NASDAQ-ATHM-news), America On-line (NYSE-AOL-news) and many others to explore the on-line grocery business. Prime Marketing additionally noted that their wholly owned pizza division, Sicilian Crust, Inc., www.siciliancrust.com is doing extremely well, and that the strong growth is expected to continue. On another note, Prime Marketing, Inc. announced that its commitment to achieve full compliance with the recently adopted OTCBB Eligibility Rule is proceeding on schedule. A full financial audit by an independent Accounting firm is underway, and Prime Marketing looks forward to being fully reporting well ahead of the SEC imposed deadline. Note: Any statements released by Prime Marketing, Inc. that are forward looking are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Editors and investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may affect the company's business prospects and performance. These include, but are not limited to, economic, competitive, governmental, technological, and other factors discussed in the statements. --30--jp/ny* sw/ny CONTACT: Prime Marketing, Inc. Frank Burnside, President, 516/293-7858 |