FAST Adds Henny Penny to Growing List of Smart Commercial Kitchen® Technology Partners

SCK Direct™ Remote Monitoring Service Will Become Optional Offering for Henny Penny Customers

Stratford, CT and Eaton, OH - April 1, 2002 - Food Automation - Service Techniques, Inc. (FAST), a leading provider of appliance controls and online kitchen networking products for the food service industry, and Henny Penny, a leading foodservice equipment manufacturer, today announced that FAST's Smart Commercial Kitchen (SCK ) technology will become one of the advanced service options available to Henny Penny customers.

FAST's SCK technology allows foodservice operators to remotely monitor individual pieces or clusters of equipment from the Internet. The companies will work together to establish interoperability between SCK protocol and Henny Penny's fryers, combi ovens, holding cabinets, and blast chillers, with Henny Penny to embed the protocol into its process controls, for which FAST will provide SCK Direct communications technology.

Henny Penny will market the SCK technology as one of several advanced communications options available to their customers, and FAST will offer the SCK Direct remote monitoring service on a subscription basis to those customers who choose to embed the SCK protocol. This service will enable subscribers to generate automated HACCP logs and view equipment status from the Internet, as well as receive alerts via email, fax, or pager when equipment operations deviate from preset critical control points. Existing Henny Penny customers who wish to subscribe to SCK Direct will be able to have their equipment retrofitted with the technology.

This relationship marks the third time FAST will create an SCK solution for an equipment manufacturer. FAST recently announced agreements to establish interoperability with Marshall Air's broilers and holding cabinets as well as Traulsen's line of refrigeration equipment.

"The potential for technologies like SCK to improve food quality, food safety, and production processes is tremendous," said Greg Roth, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Henny Penny. "Partnering with companies like FAST that enable our equipment to effectively communicate has become a very high priority for us given the projected growth of online kitchen applications."

"As interconnected kitchen technology continues to evolve, it is critical to engage equipment manufacturers like Henny Penny, since they will play a crucial role in the successful integration and adoption of systems like SCK," said Mario Ceste, Vice President of Business Development for FAST. "We're pleased to add Henny Penny to our rapidly growing list of SCK partners and look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship."

About Henny Penny Global Foodservice Systems
Henny Penny Global Foodservice Systems, headquartered in Eaton, Ohio USA, offers a wide range of high quality foodservice equipment, including pressure and open fryers, combis, rotisseries, holding cabinets, display merchandisers, and blast chillers. These products, along with complete start-up, service, training and technical support, are available through Henny Penny's exclusive distributor network.

For more information, please contact a customer service representative at 800.417.8417 (toll-free US) or +1 937 456.8400, or visit www.hennypenny.com.

About Food Automation - Service Techniques, Inc. (FAST) & SCK
Based in Stratford, Connecticut, FAST (www.fastinc.com) is a leading manufacturer of appliance controls and online kitchen networking products for the foodservice industry. FAST introduced the first solid-state FASTRON cooking computer in 1970, and continues to develop innovative solutions that improve food safety, food quality, and labor efficiency. FAST products can be found in major restaurants worldwide including Applebee's, Arby's, Burger King, Cracker Barrel, Jack in the Box, KFC, Taco Bell and Wimpy.

Smart Commercial Kitchen (SCK), a division of FAST, delivers interoperable, end-to-end networking solutions through partnerships with Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector and Multiservice Networks Division (MND). SCK provides foodservice operators with an easy migration path to a smarter kitchen. For more information, visit www.fastsck.com.

Notices: (FAST.) is a registered trademark of Food Automation - Service Techniques, Inc. SCK, Smart Commercial Kitchen, and SCK Direct are trademarks or registered trademarks of Technology Licensing Corporation. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. © Copyright 2002 FAST, Inc.

Certain information discussed above may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in any such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved. Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Among those risks, trends and uncertainties are the general economic climate, costs of food and labor, consumer demand, interest rate levels, the availability of financing and other risks associated with the acquisition, development and operation of new and existing restaurants.

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