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Profile - Fresh Choice, Inc. (NasdaqNM:SALD)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
485 Cochrane Circle
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Phone: (408) 776-0799
Fax: (408) 986-8334
Email: invest@freshchoice.com
Employees (last reported count): 861
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Restaurants
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 69%
·Institutional: 21% (67% of float)
(19 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 2,000  shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Fresh Choice, Inc. operated 49 restaurants as of March 7, 2001. Of the restaurants, 46 operate under the Fresh Choice and Zoopa names, and three operate under the Fresh Choice Express name. The Company operates 37 restaurants in California, four restaurants in Washington and eight restaurants in Texas, including the three Fresh Choice Express restaurants. Fresh Choice and Zoopa restaurants feature an extensive selection of healthy, high-quality and freshly-made specialty and traditional salads, hot pasta, pizza, hot baked potatoes, soups, fresh breads and muffins, frozen yogurt and other desserts, offered in a limited-service format.
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Financial Summary
Fresh Choice, Inc. is engaged in operating self service restaurants offering speciality and traditional salads, hot pasta dishes, soups, bakery goods, and desserts. For the 24 weeks ended 6/17/01, net sales rose 1% to $35.8 million. Net income increased 23% to $989 thousand. Revenues reflect higher comparable store sales, partially offset by the absence of sales from closed restaurants. Earnings reflect decreased depreciation expense.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Charles Lynch, 73
Chairman
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Everett Jefferson, 62
Pres, CEO
$393K
David Pertl, 48
Sr. VP and CFO
239K
Tim O'Shea, 53
Sr. VP, Marketing
218K
Joan Miller, 49
Sr. VP, HR
164K
Dollar amounts are as of 26-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NasdaqNM:SALDAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 29-Nov-2000
$1.50 
Recent Price$3.00 
52-Week High
on 26-Feb-2001
$4.125
Beta0.36 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)9,409 
Daily Volume (10-day avg)2,000 
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+26.3%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+69.5%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$17.6M
Shares Outstanding5.87M
Float1.80M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividendnone 
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq*)$3.04 
Earnings (ttm)$0.26 
Earnings (mrq)$0.10 
Sales (ttm)$11.58 
Cash (mrq*)$0.79 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq*)0.98 
Price/Earnings (ttm)11.67 
Price/Sales (ttm)0.26 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$78.5M
EBITDA (ttm*)$5.75M
Income available to common (ttm)$1.86M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)2.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)2.8%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter
(fully updated)
17-June-2001
Most recent quarter
(flash earnings)
31-May-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)5.81%
Return on Equity (ttm)11.00%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq*)0.76 
Debt/Equity (mrq*)0.09 
Total Cash (mrq)$4.64M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short32.0K
Percent of Float1.8%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
35.0K
Short Ratio1.60 
Daily Volume20.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 31-May-2001, except mrq*/ttm* items as of 17-June-2001)

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