FAST International to Introduce the Smart Commercial Kitchen^® at Hotelympia 2002

Essex, United Kingdom -- January 28, 2002 -- Food Automation – Service Techniques (FAST) International Ltd., a leading supplier of foodservice technologies and equipment that enhance food quality, food safety, and labour efficiency, will be introducing the Smart Commercial Kitchen (SCK®) remote management and information system at Hotelympia 2002 (stand no. 1590) on February 4-8 in London.

SCK was developed by FAST, Inc., FAST International's parent company, and utilizes DigitalDNA^TM technology from Motorola to enable smart appliances to communicate over the Internet. The product originally debuted in the United States in October, 2001. This is the first time that SCK will be introduced to the international foodservice community.

SCK, a complete online kitchen management system, was recently named 'One of the Seven Trends We Bet You Won't Want to Run Your Restaurant Without' by QSR Magazine, a leading U.S. foodservice publication. Using the wireless SCK network, management can remotely monitor equipment and operations in multiple locations and countries right from the Internet, resulting in increased production, labour efficiency, food quality, and food safety.

“SCK streamlines restaurant operations by virtually eliminating the need for on-site regulation, while improving food quality and safety,” said Mike Pardoe, FAST's Director of International Sales and Service. “We predict that remote management systems like SCK will dramatically affect the way foodservice operators do business because they significantly decrease the expenses and travel time associated with monitoring multiple restaurant locations."

SCK allows users to access and manage a comprehensive suite of applications, including:

Food Safety and HACCP Monitoring: This application ensures that food safety guidelines are met by monitoring critical storage, temperature, and cook and hold times, and generating alerts when a potential HACCP violation exists. Automatically generated HACCP logs make compliance easy.

Quality and Production Management: This application increases food quality by automatically comparing when products are prepared versus when they are sold, so you can be confident that customers receive only the freshest food. In addition, it eliminates overproduction by creating a build plan based on historical cooking patterns.

Asset Management: Asset management prevents unnecessary equipment downtime by tracking performance and repair history, and automatically scheduling preventative maintenance. It also allows you to take control of your inventory by storing the number, location, and capacity of your equipment.

Kitchen Status Monitor (KSM): The KSM complements any SCK application by allowing information to be viewed from any location in the restaurant. Information can be displayed on a monitor in the kitchen, or via an Internet browser at a PC or a point of sale terminal.

About Food Automation - Service Techniques (FAST) International Ltd.
FAST International Ltd., based in Essex, United Kingdom, is a leading supplier of foodservice technologies and equipment to restaurants worldwide. FAST International offers a complete line of timers and fryer and oven controllers, as well as mobile foodservice carts, nacho equipment, popcorn machines, and hot dog roller grills and steamers from Star Manufacturing. The company is the exclusive U.K. distributor of Magnesol® XL, a frying oil filter aid.

FAST International is a subsidiary of FAST, Inc. (www.fastinc.com) based in Connecticut, USA. FAST, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of appliance controls and online kitchen networking products for the foodservice industry. FAST products can be found in major restaurants including KFC, Burger King, Applebee’s, Arby’s, Cracker Barrel, Popeye’s, and Taco Bell.

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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