Elephant & Castle Goes Live with CrunchTime!'s Back Office Solution

Boston, MA – October 26th, 2007 – CrunchTime! Information Systems, a global leader in back office solutions, and Elephant & Castle, a fast growing group of British Pubs and Restaurants, have announced that Elephant & Castle San Diego is now live and fully utilizing CrunchTime! as their central restaurant back office solution.

Elephant & Castle plans to use CrunchTime!’s solutions across all sixteen of its Corporate locations to centrally manage food and labor costs, while increasing supply chain efficiency. “We looked at many systems and found CrunchTime! to offer the best combination of functionality and ease-of-use” said Roger Sexton, Chief Financial Officer at Elephant & Castle. “We were extremely happy with the implementation process and are confident that CrunchTime! will deliver all of the benefits that we had anticipated.”

To ensure consistency across US and Canadian restaurant locations, Elephant & Castle plans to utilize CrunchTime!’s international features and capabilities. These include: multi-currency capabilities, alternate date/number formats, multiple measurement units, multi-language support, and the ability to enforce varying federal and local labor laws.

“We are pleased to be working with Elephant & Castle, and we are confident that our store operations and supply chain functionality will help to maximize efficiency within their organization” said David Lanci, VP Sales at CrunchTime! Information Systems.

About CrunchTime! Information Systems
CrunchTime! Information Systems is a leading provider of web-based back office applications for the restaurant and hospitality industries. CrunchTime!'s customers include multi-unit restaurants, cruise lines, hotels and food service management companies around the world. The CrunchTime! solution helps customers reduce food & beverage costs, drive labor efficiencies, and better manage the quality and consistency of their food service operations.  For more information, visit CrunchTime!’s web site at www.crunchtime.com.

About Elephant & Castle
Elephant & Castle is the premier operator and franchiser of authentic British-style pubs with 22 locations throughout North America. Their record of 30 years of stability and success is due to Elephant & Castle’s continued commitment to meet and exceed the expectations that North American consumers have of a British pub and restaurant concept – Bang on Food, Bang on Drinks, and Bang on Service. For more information, visit Elephant & Castle’s website: www.elephantcastle.com.

Contact:
Karen Kipman
Marketing Manager
Phone:   (617) 567-5228 x-259
Email:  kkipman@crunchtime.com