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COSI: Starbucks in the rough?

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Emcee: Hawkmoon	Type: Moderated

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Just wondering if anyone is following COSI?

They are pretty heavily positioned in the Washington, DC area and it would seem to have a pretty good business model, if they can execute it properly..

One of the things I've noticed is that they generally try to go head to head with Starbucks when locating their stores, trying to lure people in with their variety of product offerings.

These include:

1.) Coffee, Tea, etc.. And I find it comparable to Starbucks in quality (COSI apparently merged with a popular coffee house here, Xando's).

2.) Lunch sandwiches, and Salads

3.) Limited locations even serve pizza.

4.) After 5PM, they generally serve liquor and beer in select locations.

5.) Designated smoking sections and, where feasible, generous outside seating.

Would look forward to hearing any opinions and thoughts, now that they apparently have hired a new CEO.

Hawk

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Reply	Message Preview	From	Recs	Posted
23	COSI has filed a registration statement for a rights offering: sec.gov Cosi,	Glenn Petersen	-	4/13/2012
22	How many CEOs have they been through? I read they have a new one since December	Stan	-	2/22/2012
21	According to their website, the only non-U.S. restaurants are in the United Arab	Glenn Petersen	-	9/29/2011
20	Got a question.. Does COSI have any relation to the restaurant of the same nam	Hawkmoon	-	9/29/2011
19	Cosi Investor Wants to Be CEO By JULIE JARGON Wall Street Journal September	Glenn Petersen	-	9/29/2011
18	This company was such a disappointment for me (and everyone else).. It really	Hawkmoon	-	11/15/2010
17	Cosi reports 7.5% comparable sales increase in October. During their Q3 2010 co	MattoRuu	-	11/12/2010
16	Cosi, Inc. Reports 2010 Third Quarter Results phx.corporate-ir.net Cosi, Inc.	MattoRuu	-	11/12/2010
15	Cosi, Inc. regains compliance with Nasdaq Listing Standards On November 4, 2010	MattoRuu	-	11/12/2010
14	<b>Così, Inc. Reports Sales Growth for the 2006 Fourth Quarter and Fu	Glenn Petersen	-	1/10/2007
13	<i>While I regularly frequent Cosi's restaurants and enjoy their food,	Hawkmoon	-	12/25/2006
12	The (positive) state of Cosi's world, per today's <i>Chicago Tribu	Glenn Petersen	-	12/23/2006
11	Hopefully, COSI is getting ready to make another run to the upside.. Locked and	Hawkmoon	-	2/11/2005
10	Well, still can't figure out why folks aren't paying more attention to C	Hawkmoon	-	10/7/2004
9	Wow!! COSI showed incredible strength yesterday!! I was simply amazed that it	Hawkmoon	-	3/26/2004
8	For anyone who's bothering to notice, COSI did manage to hit and exceed the	Hawkmoon	-	3/21/2004
7	Thought I might poke my head in and make a few comments about today's tradin	Hawkmoon	-	2/5/2004
6	Forgot to mention something I heard the other day when I was having a couple of	Hawkmoon	-	12/31/2003
5	COSI finally starting to show a breakout to the upside.. Thought it would have	Hawkmoon	-	12/31/2003
4	Anyone hear anything about earnings release? I believe it's set for today..	Hawkmoon	-	11/5/2003
3	<i>Why isn't COSI making any money ? Until that picture turns around,	Hawkmoon	-	8/11/2003
2	COSI vs. SBUX ... finance.yahoo.com Yeah COSI's got some buzz in DC. In fa	ChrisJP	-	8/11/2003
1	Starbucks.....wayyyy ahead in brand name. I do not know much about COSI here on	Jane4IceCream	-	8/10/2003

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