Smart Commercial Kitchen® First Application Software Registered as NAFEM Data Protocol Compliant

STRATFORD, Conn., September 5, 2003 -- Smart Commercial Kitchen (SCK®) announced today that its mySCK application has been registered as NAFEM Data Protocol Compliant making it the first application software listed as supporting the recently introduced industry standard.

The mySCK software, first introduced at NAFEM ’01, now leverages the common industry standard protocol to expand the list of available foodservice equipment it supports. The NAFEM Data Protocol has eliminated the need for SCK to develop custom interfaces for each individual manufacturer or equipment model.

The mySCK application uses access to a suite of application modules built on top of an intelligent open-architecture JAVA decision engine. Standard modules of the system include: Production and Quality Management, Food Safety/HACCP Monitoring, and Asset Management. mySCK can be used in a local host mode or as an enterprise web-based application. The product can be deployed using a single application module or as a complete suite.

In addition to foodservice equipment, the mySCK application also supports interfaces to POS systems. Using the POS link, operators have a closed loop management tool for reducing speed of service times, increasing product freshness, and optimizing inventory control.

When used as an enterprise application, mySCK retrieves data over the Internet from remote restaurant servers or appliances through a variety of available communications topologies. mySCK supports wired and wireless Ethernet, DSL, Wireless WAN, or dial-up services. Operators are able to aggregate and compare data across any number of worldwide geographically dispersed foodservice locations.

About Smart Commercial Kitchen®
SCK, a Food Automation - Service Techniques, Inc. company, is a member of NAFEM and has been actively involved in the development of the NAFEM Data Protocol. SCK provides interoperable software solutions to foodservice operators through partnerships with top-tier technology companies. SCK provides an easy migration path to a smarter kitchen through its mySCK application. For more information, visit www.mysck.com.

Notices: SCK, Smart Commercial Kitchen, SCK Direct, and SCK Gateway are registered trademarks, service marks or trademarks of Technology Licensing Corporation. (FAST.) is a registered trademark of Food Automation – Service Techniques, Inc. Other registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2003 SCK

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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Contact Information:

Mario G. Ceste
203.380.3450
mceste@mysck.com