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Denny’s Joins With Portland's A.C. Green
NBA Star To Own, Operate 12 Area Restaurants, Option to Build 11 More
Denny's w ith A ll-S tar A.C.
Green announced that it has en­
tered into a franchise agreement
with Green and his business part­
ners at Green Team Restaurants,
Inc. to ow n and operate 12
Denny's restaurants in the Port­
land area.
Under the terms o f the agree­
ment the new franchise group also
has rig hts to b uild up to 1 1 new
restaurants over the next three to
liv e yeais in the greater P ortland
area, w hich w ould create an a d d i­
tional 600 new jobs, in c lu d in g
upper management p ositions, the
12 D enny's cu rre n tly operated by
Green l earn Restaurants em ploy
a pp ro xim a tely 600 people.
Green is a native o f P ortland,
graduating 10 years ago from O r­
egon Slate, where he was a lea d ­
ing rebounder and scorer fo r its
vin n iiig basketball team.
Green, ranked No. I among
clive N B A players fo r the most
consecutive games, played for the
Los Angeles Lakers and now plays
for the Phoenix Suns.
Green’ s three business part­
ners are experienced restaura­
teurs Burger King franchisee,
Justin Hathaway, has previously
ow ned and o p erated several
M cD onald's.
Robbie Qualls and Doug Koch
jo in tly own six D enny’ s franchise
restaurants in the Phoenix area.
Green is m ajority owner o f the
newly acquired Portland area res­
taurants.
Commercial Lending C orpo­
ration. Boise, Idaho, is providing
financing of this venture for Green
Team Restaurants.
“ We believe this new fran­
chise relationship between A.C.
Green and Denny’ s is another in ­
dication o f our com m itm ent to
strong growth in the Portland com­
m u n ity," said Denny’ s President
and C h ie f Executive O ffice r C.
Ronald Petty. “ The com bination
o f A .C .’ s strong ties to Portland,
coupled w ith his partners’ experi­
ence in the restaurant industry,
makes us confident o f Denny’ s
success in this market.”
Green is known on the bas­
ketball court fo r being a team
player, but plays m ulti-positions
and is com m itted to being a leader
on and o ff the court.
He is also an experienced
business person and w ill provide
leadership in advertising, market­
ing and com m unity affairs in the
D enny’ s business.
“ Ever since childhood, I ’ ve
a lw a ys e n jo y e d e a tin g
at
D enny’ s,” said Green, president
o f the franchise group. “ The op­
tion o f having breakfast at any­
time, always brings a smile to my
face. This is also a great business
deal for me because my goal is to
make a difference for all people.”
A.C has great commitments
lion customers d aily at its over
1,500 company and franchise res­
taurants in the United States and
six foreign countries. Denny’ s
offers a casual dining atmosphere
and moderately priced food in ­
cluding value meals like the $1.99
O riginal Grand Slam Breakfast,
$2.99 Lunch Baskets and $5.99
Prime Rib Dinner. Most Denny’ s
are open 24 hours.
Denny’ s is owned and oper­
ated by Spartanburg, S.C.-based
F la g s ta r
C o m p a n ie s,
In c .
in the Portland, Los Angeles and
Phoenix areas where he has estab­
lished A C. Green Programs For
Youth and has launched several
programs including: Leadership
Camp, Career Move, Scholarship
Funding at Oregon State U niver­
sity and Athletes fo r Abstinence.
The Athletes for Abstinence Pro­
gram includes a video, book and
high school curriculum .
Denny’ s, the nation’ s largest
fu ll-s e rv ic e fa m ily restaurant
chain, serves more than one m il-
(N A S D A Q :F L S T ), one o f the
nation’ s largest restaurant com­
panies.
Flagstar also owns Q uincy’ s
Fam ily Steakhouse and El Polio
Loco, and is the largest franchi­
see o f Hardee’ s restaurants.
A C. and partners o f Green
Team Restaurants are dedicated
and committed to offering quality
service w ithin their restaurants
and bringing positive growth in
the P ortland co m m unity as a
whole.
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