CrunchTime! Teams With Symbol Technologies

CrunchTime! Information Systems Inc.,today announced at the Food Service Technology Conference that it is teaming with Symbol Technologies, Inc., to provide a full suite of web-based, back-office wireless mobile computing solutions that target the restaurant, cruise and hospitality markets.

CrunchTime!'s Enterprise Manager System running on the Symbol SPT 1700 handheld computer is currently being deployed at Wolfgang Puck Restaurants, Hudson News' Euro Cafes, Carnival Cruise Lines and Princess Cruises.

CrunchTime!'s Suite of Applications, including Enterprise Manager, Net-Chef and Mini-Bar Manager, offers a fully scalable enterprise solution that includes bid analysis, e-procurement, receiving, inventory management, menu engineering, labor management, food production planning, and enterprise reporting.   Integration with the Symbol SPT 1700 handheld computer allows CrunchTime! to offer inventory, purchasing, receiving, inventory adjustments, internal requisitions, and web-based reporting using a mobile device.

"We have high expectations that this far-reaching solution from our new business partner, Crunchtime!, integrated with Symbol's winning wireless handheld technology, will prove enormously beneficial to customers in the food and beverage industry," said Harry B Lerner, Symbol's Vice President of Hospitality, Education and Healthcare.

"Hand held devices are a natural extension of our application suite, and Symbol's leadership in the handheld market make them an excellent technology partner for us.  Our customers and strategic partners are very excited about the benefits of this relationship," said Bill Bellissimo, President of Crunchtime!

About CrunchTime!

CrunchTime! Information Systems is a leading provider of enterprise-class food and beverage management solutions. CrunchTime!'s clients include restaurants, hotels, cruise lines, contract food service companies, and distribution centers throughout the U.S., Europe, and the Caribbean basin. The company is currently expanding into Africa and Asia-Pacific regions.

About Symbol Technologies

Symbol Technologies, Inc., winner of this year's National Medal of Technology, is a global leader in wireless and Internet-based mobile data transaction systems and services. Symbol provides its customers unique value with innovative solutions utilizing application-specific information appliances, data and voice wireless networks, and bar code and data capture scanning. Symbol and its global network of business partners provide LAN and WAN mobility solutions from the enterprise to e-commerce for industries including retail, transportation and distribution logistics, manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, healthcare, education, and hospitality. Symbol's broad range of information appliances is in use by business and consumers from the factory, to the office, to the home. Information is available from Symbol at http://www.symbol.com.