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To: Janice Shell who wrote (1753)	11/25/1998 4:18:00 PM
From: francis young	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2405

11/24/98 New French fry company location's still secret, but not at tradeport By GARRY RAYNO Foster's Daily Democrat N.H. Statehouse Writer CONCORD — French fries could be the first cooked food people are able to buy from a vending machine. At a press conference at the Statehouse, officials of Tasty Fries Inc. said they hope to locate their corporate headquarters and support office at the Seacoast and expect that as many as 200 jobs will be created. Spokesman Jerry Gulley said the headquarters will be in an existing facility and is not at Pease International Tradeport. He declined to say exactly where the headquarters will be because he said a contract has not been signed. Company President Ed Kelly said he hopes to make an announcement of the exact location within the next couple of weeks. The company first contacted officials at Pease about a year ago, and began working closely with the state Department of Resources and Economic Development several months ago. DRED Commissioner George Bald said his agency will set up a meeting among company officials and potential vendors sometime after Jan. 1. Kelly said he choose the Seacoast because of the availability of companies capable of supplying the subassemblies that make up the Tasty Fries machine. "The state of New Hampshire is keen to bring new jobs to the area. The machine shops and sheet metal fabricators were very receptive, as well," he said. Tasty Fries Inc. plans to hire local manufacturers to build its "revolutionary" French fry vending machines. The machines have 15 different sections that could be manufactured by different companies and then assembled into the finished product. The company has built about 25 machines in Pennsylvania near its current headquarters, and Kelly said many of those machines will be located in New Hampshire so they will be close to the support services so any glitches can be worked out. At a demonstration near the Statehouse cafeteria, the machine took about 90 seconds to produce a cup of hot French fries. Although many attempts to produce such a machine have failed in the past, Kelly said the key to his machine's success is it uses dehydrated potatoes. Dehydrated products have a longer shelf life than precooked products. The machine adds water to the potatoes, shapes them into French fries and then cooks them in oil. Kelly said the technique can be used on any dehydrated product and he expects other machines will be developed to dispense other kinds of hot foods. He said he expects the machines to be sold to the large vending machine companies and to be placed where other machines are located such as rest stops and college dormitories. In a prepared statement, Gov. Jeanne Shaheen said, "We are extremely pleased that Tasty Fries has chosen to come to New Hampshire. It is a tribute to our business-friendly environment, our positive tax structure and, of course, our outstanding quality of life." "We were impressed by the ‘can do' attitude we found in New Hampshire," Kelly said. "Everything we need is available and we found the people we met ready to do business. Especially exciting was the cooperation of state government, something we had not found elsewhere." The Tasty Fries vending machines will be available early next year.

To: Janice Shell who wrote (1753)	11/27/1998 6:55:00 PM
From: Joe Griffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2405

To Janice and all loyal TFRYers. Sampled the fries and they were GREAT!! Ed is for real! What is it they say... "get on the train before it leaves the station". The following was issued by the State: Click To Hear an Excerpt From the Press Conference GEORGE M. BALD Commissioner STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT of RESOURCES and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE of BUSINESS and INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 172 Pembroke Road P.O. Box 1856 Concord, New Hampshire 03302-1856 For Immediate Release November 23, 1998 Contact: Jerry Gulley 603-431-1906 French fry vending machine manufacturer to bring 100 jobs to New Hampshire (Concord, N.H.) Tasty Fries, the company that has developed and perfected the patented state-of-the-art robotic vending machine that dispenses freshly-cooked hot, crisp and tasty french fries within 90 seconds, announced today that it will locate its support headquarters and contract manufacturing services from Pennsylvania early next year, bringing at least 100 new jobs to the Granite State. Company President Ed Kelly made the announcement at a press conference held at the State House in Concord. During the press conference, the company demonstrated the french fry vending machine and offered samples to those in attendance. "We are extremely pleased that Tasty Fries has chosen to come to New Hampshire," says Governor Jeanne Shaheen. "It is a tribute to our business-friendly environment, our positive tax structure and, of course, our outstanding quality of life. The growth of this kind of innovative company will generate many high-quality jobs, both at Tasty Fries and the firms and suppliers that will be involved in building the vending machines." "As the demand for such a breakthrough vending machine became clear,Tasty Fries began a search for a location where all the components necessary to build, service and support such a machine would be available," said Kelly. "We were very impressed by the 'can do' attitude we found in New Hampshire. Everything we need is available and we found the people we met ready to do business. Especially exciting was the cooperation of state government, something we had not found elsewhere." According to Kelly, the decision to locate in New Hampshire was partially due to the availability of qualified companies capable of supplying the subassemblies that make up the Tasty Fries machine. In January, the Department of Resources and Economic Development's Procurement Technical Assistance Program will work with Tasty Fries to provide New Hampshire companies with the opportunity to view the vending machine and bid on producing one or more of the machine's 15 subassemblies. For more information about the January event, call Joe Flynn at the Department of Resources and Economic Development, 603-271-2591. For more information about Tasty Fries, visit the company's web site at www.tastyfries.com.