part-2....Rainforest Cafe, Inc. Reports Initial 10-Day Sales At Disney's Animal Kingdom Unit Total $810,000
MINNEAPOLIS--Rainforest Cafe, Inc. (RAIN-National Market) - announced today that sales totaled $810,000 for the first 10 days at its Disney's Animal Kingdom(TM) theme park unit located at Walt Disney World Resort(R) near Orlando, Florida. This Rainforest Cafe unit opened to the public on April 22, 1998. The Disney's Animal Kingdom unit is the Company's second location at Walt Disney World. The Company's initial Walt Disney World Resort(R) unit opened in August 1996 at the Downtown Disney Village Marketplace. Sales at the Company's Downtown Disney Village Marketplace totaled $932,000 during this same period ending May 1, 1998.
Rainforest Cafe President, Kenneth Brimmer, commented, "The initial performance of this unit is encouraging. We are excited to be a part of Disney's fabulous new theme park."
Rainforest Cafe, Inc. develops, owns and operates combination restaurant/retail facilities offering a stimulating and entertaining rain forest theme providing visitors with "A Wild Place to Shop and Eat"(R). There are currently 18 Rainforest Cafe units open including 15 domestic locations and three international units. Rainforest Cafe, Inc. common shares are traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol RAIN.
This news release (as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by the Company) may contain forward-looking statements, such as statements relating to future expansion, that involve risks and uncertainties relating to future events. Actual events or the Company's results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statement. The Company does not expect to update forward-looking statements continually as conditions change. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to competition, fluctuations and changes in consumer preferences and attitudes, intellectual property protection, development and construction activities, and results of shareholder litigation. Investors are referred to the full discussion of risks and uncertainties associated with forward-looking statements contained in the Company's Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended Dec. 28, 1997.
CONTACT: Rainforest Cafe, Inc., Minneapolis
Mark Robinow, 612/945-5400
www.rainforestcafe.com
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