UFood Restaurant Group Announces New Restaurant Location at Parkland Memorial Hospital

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Tue Jul 7, 2009 8:00am EDT

* First Nontraditional Location at a Hospital

BOSTON--(Business Wire)--
UFood Restaurant Group, Inc. (OTCBB: UFFC) announced today that its Texas
franchisee, Puente-Brancato Enterprises, Inc., has signed a lease agreement for
a UFood Grill Restaurant in Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas (Texas) County`s
public hospital. UFood Restaurant Group`s other nontraditional restaurants are
located at airports in Boston, Massachusetts and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas.
Puente-Brancato Enterprises, Inc. also owns and operates the UFood Grill at
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport ("DFW") in Terminal B. UFood Grill has
also recently signed a lease agreement for its second location in Boston Logan
Airport. 

Parkland is a 685-bed hospital with 9,000 employees including 1,300 physicians,
2,300 registered nurses and 1,200 fellows and residents. Parkland is one of the
country`s busiest hospitals with more than 56,000 adult and neonatal admissions,
130,000 emergency department visits and 970,000 clinic/health center visits
annually. Management expects the restaurant to be opened by December 1, 2009. 

Gina Puente-Brancato, the Chief Executive Officer of Puente-Brancato
Enterprises, Inc., stated, "We are excited to be opening our second UFood Grill
Restaurant because of the success our group has had at our DFW location. As a
large operator of 20 other business entities at DFW, we have been impressed with
the accomplishments we have experienced and the potential for growth of the
UFood Grill Restaurant concept. We are very pleased to have been selected by one
of the country`s best and largest hospitals. The UFood concept is a natural fit
for hospitals looking to provide its employees, patients, and guests a
quick-service restaurant offering customers a `better-for-you` and unique casual
dining experience." 

Investors wanting to be added to the UFood Restaurant Group email distribution
list please email investor@ufoodgrill.com and you will be added to the list. 

About UFood Restaurant Group, Inc.

Headquartered in Boston, MA, UFood Restaurant Group, Inc. is a franchisor and
operator of fast-casual food service restaurants. UFood Grill offers a healthy
lifestyle alternative to consumers in the fast-casual restaurant space and is
positioned to become a leading player in the "better-for-you" quick-serve
restaurant category. The Company's led by franchise innovator George Naddaff,
who founded Boston Market and led the franchising of several companies including
Sylvan Learning Center and Ranch*1. Mr. Naddaff has a veteran management team
with a record of success in the franchise market. UFood is currently launching a
growth plan to franchise nationwide. To learn more, visit www.ufoodgrill.com. 

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 involving known and unknown
risks, delays, and uncertainties that may cause our actual results or
performance to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. These risks, delays, and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to: risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial
results, our reliance on our sole supplier, the limited diversification of our
product offerings, additional financing requirements, development of new
products, government approval processes, the impact of competitive products or
pricing, technological changes, the effect of economic conditions and other
uncertainties detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements. 



UFood Grill
Alexis Miminos, 617-787-6000
OR
Investor Contact:
SM Berger & Company
Stanley Berger or Andrew Berger, 216-464-6400 

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