A3 Investments is a new McAlister's Deli franchisee that will develop seven restaurants in New Jersey over the next five years. The franchisee owns and operates full service restaurants and other businesses in Central and North New Jersey.  Initial target locations include Bergen and Passaic counties with the first opening set for 2014.  McAlister's is a fast casual restaurant chain that features a menu of sandwiches, spuds, soups, salads, desserts and McAlister's Famous Sweet Tea. In addition to dine-in and take-out service, McAlister's also offers catering with a selection of sandwich trays, box lunches, desserts, a hot spud bar, etc. The quick casual restaurants favor freestanding and end cap units in the 3000 to 4000 square foot range in grocery-anchored centers, power centers, lifestyle centers.

CATEGORY:  Quick Casual

Chain Name:  McAlister’s Deli

Company Name:  McAlister’s Corp.

Mississippi Corporate Office Address: 731 S. Pear Orchard Rd., Suite 49, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157 (Tel: 601/952-1100 & 888/855-3354)

Georgia Corporate Office Address: 4501 North Point Pkwy, Suite 100, Alpharetta, Georgia 30022

Email:  franchising@mcalistersdeli.com            Website:   www.mcalistersdeli.com

Menu Specialty:  Fresh sandwiches, spuds, soups, salads, desserts and McAlister's Famous Sweet Tea

Introduced: 1989 in Oxford, Mississippi.

No. of Locations:  Over 320 in 24 states

Areas of Operation:  National

Types of Location:  Freestanding and End cap units in grocery-anchored centers, power centers, lifestyle centers.

BusinessType (corp., franchise, jv):   Franchise

Size Req’d:  3000 to 4000 square feet

Special Requirements (patio, drive-thru, etc):  Minimum 40 feet frontage, Visibility, Access, 50,000 residential within three miles, $50,000-plus median household income, 30,000-plus daytime population within three miles, Main artery traffic of 25,000-plus per day.

Contact Name:  Frank Paci – President, CEO

Carl Jakaitis – CFO

Patrick Walls – Chief Admin & Development Officer

John Drummond – Vice President, Human Resources

John E. Gilroy -  Dir Real Estate (314/482-3112 jgilroy@mcalistersdeli.com) 814 Kings Cliff Rd., St. Louis, MO 63122

Stephen E. Phillips – Vice President, Real Estate (601/952-1143 sphillips@mcalistersdeli.com) 721 Avignon Dr., Suite A, Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157

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PARENT COMPANY: McAlister’s Corp.

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