Johnny Carino's Signs Two Major Development Agreements

Fired Up Inc. has signed two major agreements for the development of 20 new Johnny Carino's Country Italian Restaurants in Oklahoma, Kansas and Montana.

Kampco Foods, LLC will develop 15 franchised Johnny Carino's in the Oklahoma and Kansas markets. Randy Kamp is the president of Kampco Foods and plans to develop the first unit in the Oklahoma City area.

"Randy and his team will play a major role in the Franchise expansion of Johnny Carino's in these key markets," says Norman Abdallah, president of Fired Up Inc. "Our country Italian concept has been well accepted in Texas and Colorado so we are very optimistic about the Oklahoma and Kansas growth."

In a separate agreement, The Montagna Group has agreed to develop five Johnny Carino's Country Italian Restaurants throughout the state of Montana. The Montagna Group is based in Bozeman and the principals are Paul and Karen Ward. The first Johnny Carino's is being targeted for Bozeman.

"Paul and Karen are successful retailers and will develop quality Johnny Carino's units," says Ken Myres, vice president of franchise operations and development.

"Our goal is to continue adding strong franchise partners like Kampco Foods and The Montagna Group to our franchise system," says Abdallah. "We currently have agreements in place for the development of 128 new Johnny Carino's units in 10 states domestically and internationally throughout the Middle East over the next five to seven years. This is all in addition to our continued growth of company units."

Fired Up Inc. was founded in 1997 by Creed Ford and Norman Abdallah. They currently operate and franchise 32 restaurants, including the Johnny Carino's Country Italian, Kona Ranch Steakhouse, Gumbo's Louisiana Style Cafe and The Brown Bar. The restaurants are located in Texas, Arkansas, Idaho, Oklahoma, Colorado and Kuwait.