"Late night diners have an appetite for fast-food and are willing
to spend even more after 10 p.m. In fact, the
research shows that about half of late night users would make
nighttime visits to a chain they currently visit during regular hours,
or even to a chain not in their normal dining set, if those chains
were to extend their hours after 10 p.

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Several reports on the QSR segment are currently available,
including the National Annual Report, Customer Satisfaction and Brand
Positioning Report, and an Occasion Profiler, as well as special
analyses covering fast-food items at convenience stores, and fast-food
"premium" menu items.

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Late Night Attracts Fast Food's Best Customers; Nighttime Diners Are Buying More Than Just Fries and a Drink

Further information about the report on late night dining at
fast-food restaurants , as well as other key reports, is available at
http://www.

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In addition, subscriptions are now being offered to RestaurantPoll
ATM (Automated Tracking Monitor), a real-time reporting system that
provides feedback from more than 30,000 panelists on restaurants they
have visited recently and on advertising and promotions they have seen
for restaurant chains.
"We are pleased to have closed this transaction in a timely
fashion.

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These reports are
available for downloading or shipment , are efficiently priced and can
be purchased via credit card or check.

Business Editors

MOUNTAINSIDE, N.J., a specialty apparel retailer that focuses on urban and
ethnic customers, International Transmission Company, the nation's
first and largest independent electric transmission operator, and
Reddy Ice Group, Inc.

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Most reports are developed using the
enormous database of information that has been collected by Sandelman
+ Associates from consumers over the past several years. Occasion profilers are also available for the
casual-dining and family-dining restaurant segments., Urban
Brands, Inc.

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----A recent
research study among fast-food users shows that late night dining is
important to a strong contingent of the industry's best customers --
young males . These findings
are based on the quarterly syndicated Quick-Track(R) research program
conducted by Sandelman + Associates among a nationally representative
sample of 600 fast-food users in January -March, 2005., the nation's largest manufacturer of packaged
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TCP has completed over 60 investments since
1995 and is investing Trimaran Fund II, which has committed capital in
excess of $1 billion.

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Sandelman + Associates is a Villa Park, Calif., based independent
research company that provides the restaurant industry with credible
and clear feedback from their customers. Recent investments by Trimaran include
Educational Services of America, Inc .S.

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+ NEW YORK----Trimaran Capital Partners announced today it has completed the
acquisition of Charlie Brown's, owner and operator of 55 full-service
casual dining restaurants located in New Jersey, New York and
Pennsylvania., the largest provider of day
school services for children with special needs in the U.

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More than two-thirds of males 18-34 are filling up on
main meal items during their nighttime visits and almost one in four
purchase some type of side item to go along with it.

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This includes
more than 100,000 syndicated telephone interviews that are conducted
each year plus more than 125,000 RestaurantPoll on-line surveys that
have been submitted over the past five years.

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Business Editors/Food/Beverage Editors

VILLA PARK, Calif.m.sandelman. RestaurantPoll InstaPoll and OmniPoll are new
services now being offered that can provide quick feedback to chain
operators and suppliers on new products, new ad campaigns, breaking
news stories and other key issues and topics .

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We believe the company is well capitalized to support
management's growth plan of opening new restaurants in existing and
contiguous markets while maintaining the very high standards that
represent the strength and integrity of Charlie Brown's," said Andrew
Heyer, a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Trimaran Capital Partners.com

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And these late night diners aren't just stopping by for a
soda or snack. Late night diners are spending an average of $6.

Trimaran Capital Partners Closes Acquisition of Charlie Brown's

Members of Charlie Brown's
senior management team, headed by Russell D'Anton, will continue in
their current positions and are investors in the transaction.

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than earlier in the day to satisfy
their cravings," said Bob Sandelman, president of the market research
firm . Young
males spend even more late at night, averaging $7. "Since
only a few chains dominate the late night dining scene, there seems to
be a great deal of untapped potential," Sandelman added.

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22 per person
per late night visit, well above the all-day spending average.
Trimaran Capital Partners is a private asset management firm,
headquartered in New York.

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The Company, based in Mountainside, NJ, operates three restaurant
chains, Charlie Brown's Steakhouses, The Office Restaurant Beer Bar +
Grill and The Jolley Trolley Bar + Grill.