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DATE: January 18, 2005

Contact: Suzanne Sylte / Aficionado Communications, Inc. Phone: 303-597-0200 Email: suzanne@theaficionados.com

DENVER, CO - Boulder-based Abo's Pizza has opened its 15th Front Range location in Englewood located in the new Table Steaks Pool Hall at 101 West Floyd Avenue in Englewood, Colorado, one block west of Broadway on Floyd. Known for its authentic New York Neapolitan pizza since 1977, Abo's Pizza in Englewood offers an extensive menu of legendary Abo's Pizza pies in addition to several hot and spicy favorites including Abo's Z Sauce Wings (original and chipotle), crispy cream cheese poppers with raspberry habanero sauce, and chipotle chicken buffalo pizza made with Abo's Z Sauce. A full bar is also available. The Englewood Abo's is open seven days a week from 10:30 a.m. to midnight, offering convenient in-house dining, take-out, and delivery.

This year marks the first time for holding the coat drive. “We are thankful to every fellow Coloradoan who participated. This was a team effort among all 15 Abo’s locations across the Front Range and we are looking forward to making the coat for a free slice drive for The Salvation Army an annual tradition,” said Steve Abo, President and founder of Abo’s Pizza.

Each Abo's Pizza location across the Front Range is independently owned and operated. Gunther Mueller owns the new Englewood location in addition to two other Abo's Pizza establishments located in Centennial and Littleton.

Abo's Pizza in Englewood is the first privately licensed Abo's outside of Boulder to combine the passion for pizza with the art of the game. Mueller's banker referred him to pool hall entrepreneur Frank Burgess who was getting ready to open Table Steaks in December 2004, a pool hall complete with full-service dining, an Antonio's Coffee Shop, and a space specifically designated for a pizza place. After just a few rounds of negations over, what else, but Abo's pizza, it became clear that a venture between Abo's and Table Steaks would be just the slice of economic opportunity that both owners were looking for. "With the game of pool re-establishing its popularity and Abo's Pizza becoming more widely known and sought after along the Front Range," said Mueller, "the business decision to combine pizza and pool makes for a deliciously new and entertaining venue for Englewood's community and surrounding neighborhoods."

For more information about Abo's Pizza in Englewood please call 303-781-9111. For more information about Abo's Pizza, Inc., please call 303-597-0200.

Founded in 1977 in Boulder by Steve Abo, Abo's Pizza specializes in authentic New York Neapolitan Pizza distinguished by a legendary Rocky Graziano family sauce recipe. Abo's Pizza has 15 locations across the Front Range including Denver, Boulder, Westminster, Broomfield, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Superior, Louisville, Niwot, Greeley, Fort Collins, and Longmont.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: September 15, 2004

Contact: Suzanne Sylte / Aficionado Communications, Inc. Phone: 303-597-0200 Email: suzanne@theaficionados.com

DENVER, CO - October is National Pizza Month and Abo's Pizza has teamed up with The Salvation Army to help provide coats to Coloradoans in need when cold weather begins to hit the state. The coat drive begins October 1 and runs through October 31. Salvation Army coat barrels will be placed at all 15 Abo's Pizza locations in Metro Denver, Greeley, Fort Collins, Longmont, and Boulder. Each person who donates a coat at any Abo's location will receive one free slice of Abo's authentic New York Neapolitan pizza.

With pizza demand on the rise as fall and football season kick into high gear, October is naturally a good time of year to capitalize on the increased volume of customers and begin collecting coats for The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army's coat supply is typically low this time of year due to quick demand. "Our goal is to collect at least 1,000 coats within one month. It is our hope that Coloradoans who have coats they'd like to donate will stop by any of our Front Range locations with their donation and in return for their coat will receive a free slice of hot Abo's Pizza," said Steve Abo, President of Abo's Pizza, Inc.

This year, The Salvation Army especially needs children's coats. "While the economy shows signs of improvement, the need for services including coats is going to be great. We are expecting demand for coats to be as high as last year, if not higher due to a slowly recovering economy," said Becky O'Guin, Public Relations Director for The Salvation Army.

Abo's Pizza thanks everyone in advance for participating in this drive and helping to meet or exceed the goal of 1,000 coats for The Salvation Army. For more information about the Abo's Pizza coat drive, please call 303-597-0200. For more information about The Salvation Army, please call 303-866-9219.

Founded in 1977 in Boulder by Steve Abo, Abo's Pizza specializes in authentic New York Neapolitan Pizza distinguished by a legendary Rocky Graziano family sauce recipe. Abo's Pizza has 15 locations across the Front Range including Denver, Boulder, Westminster, Broomfield, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Superior, Louisville, Niwot, Greeley, Fort Collins, and Longmont.

The Salvation Army was founded in 1865 in London, England, by William and Catherine Booth. Both a church and a social service organization, The Salvation Army is located in 109 countries and has been serving Denver since 1887.

DATE: May 26, 2005

Contact: Suzanne Sylte / Aficionado Communications, Inc. Phone: 303-597-0200 Email: suzanne@theaficionados.com

MORRISON, CO - Abo's pizza has teamed up with Bandimere Speedway's Race to Read Program, awarding 5 front range elementary schools a pizza party for thirty students randomly selected from over 50 schools that completed a reading program.

Abo was at Bandimere Speedway on Saturday, May 26th along with representatives from each of the schools. The five schools selected were Dennison Elementary - Lakewood, Georgetown Elementary - Georgetown, Sierra Elementary - Arvada, Windsor Charter Academy - Windsor, Alice Terry Elementary - Englewood.

Founded in 1977 in Boulder by Steve Abo, Abo's Pizza specializes in authentic New York Neapolitan Pizza distinguished by a legendary Rocky Graziano family sauce recipe. Abo's Pizza has 15 locations across the Front Range including Denver, Boulder, Westminster, Broomfield, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Superior, Louisville, Niwot, Greeley, Fort Collins, and Longmont.

The Denver Rescue Mission's chief goal is to meet people at their physical and spiritual points of need. The organization provides food, shelter, practical programs of education and work discipline with the aim of returning the poor, needy, and homeless to society as self-sufficient, productive citizens

DATE: February 20, 2005

Contact: Suzanne Sylte / Aficionado Communications, Inc. Phone: 303-597-0200 Email: suzanne@theaficionados.com

DENVER, CO - On Wednesday, February 16, 2005, at 10:00 a.m., Steve Abo, founder and president of Boulder-based Abo's Pizza, Inc. donated 100 new wool blankets to the Denver Rescue Mission on behalf of all Abo's Pizza locations across the Front Range. Denver Rescue Mission's Director of Procurement Lisette Williams and a few residents gratefully accepted the donation of blankets.

Last December, the Abo's Pizza Raising Dough for Warmth fundraiser for the Denver Rescue Mission generated $1600 among the 14 participating Abo's Pizza locations. A check in the amount of $1000 was given to the Denver Rescue Mission in January to used for serving 543 meals to the hungry and hurting homeless. The remaining $600 was used this month to buy 100 new wool blankets for the non-profit organization. The blankets were purchased slightly above cost from the Army Navy Surplus Store located at 3524 South Broadway in Englewood.

Abo's Pizza customers generated the funds by guessing how many Peanut M&M's® were in a jar at $1 per guess. The actual number of Peanut M&M's® was 688 per jar and the customer at each Abo's Pizza location whose guess came closest to the actual number of Peanut M&M's® won a free Abo's Pizza a month for a year.

"We are thrilled to be the recipient of these blankets and the $1000 cash donation. Blankets are always in short supply and this substantial amount of blankets will warm the souls of many homeless in Denver who would otherwise not have a blanket during this cold time of year. We are so grateful to Abo's Pizza and every customer who pledged $1 guesses for this worthy cause during Raising Dough for Warmth," said Denver Rescue Mission's Lisette Williams.

"The guessing for blankets fundraiser was a great grassroots opportunity to get the public involved in helping the homeless in our community," said Steve Abo, president of Abo's Pizza, Inc. "We are humbled by the generosity of the customers who participated and are comforted to know that many homeless will be warmer this season with these new blankets and the Mission has additional funding for several hundred meals."

For more information about the Abo's Pizza fundraiser and the results, please call 303-597-0200.

For more information about the Denver Rescue Mission, please call 303-297-1815.

Founded in 1977 in Boulder by Steve Abo, Abo's Pizza specializes in authentic New York Neapolitan Pizza distinguished by a legendary Rocky Graziano family sauce recipe. Abo's Pizza has 15 locations across the Front Range including Denver, Boulder, Westminster, Broomfield, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Superior, Louisville, Niwot, Greeley, Fort Collins, and Longmont.

The Denver Rescue Mission's chief goal is to meet people at their physical and spiritual points of need. The organization provides food, shelter, practical programs of education and work discipline with the aim of returning the poor, needy, and homeless to society as self-sufficient, productive citizens

DATE: June 6, 2005

Contacts: Suzanne Sylte / Aficionado Communications, Inc. Phone: 303-597-0200 Email: suzanne@theaficionados.com Julie Wedding / Bonfils Blood Center Phone: 303-361-2873 Email: Julie_wedding@bonfils.org

DENVER, CO - Abo's Pizza has teamed up with Bonfils Blood Center to sponsor a series of 33 blood drives across the Front Range during the nonprofit's Be a Life Preserver, Give Blood campaign this summer. In addition to the Bonfils' summer giveaways, Abo's Pizza will be giving away a coupon for a free slice of pizza and soda to each individual who donates blood at a Bonfils blood drive sponsored by Abo's Pizza. There will be 28 blood drives hosted by businesses across the Front Range where the Abo's Pizza free slice and soda coupons will be given away to donors and five Abo's Pizza locations in Metro Denver and Boulder will be hosting blood drives in their parking lots which include:

Abo's Pizza Littleton Kipling (Friday, June 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Abo's Pizza Highlands Ranch (Monday, July 18th from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
Abo's Pizza North Boulder (Monday, July 25th from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.)
Abo's Pizza Louisville (Thursday, August 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
Abo's Pizza Littleton West Crestline (Tuesday, August 23 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.)

To sign up to be a donor at a Bonfils blood drive please call the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300.

The summer months are a critical time for collecting blood donations as the blood supply typically declines due to a decrease in donations from donors who are busy with summer activities and vacations. "With hosting five blood drives at our locations we hope to help Bonfils generate just over 200 donors and we want to help them secure another 1,420 donors at the other 28 Abo's Pizza sponsored drives taking place at area businesses" said Steve Abo, President of Abo's Pizza, Inc.

Abo’s Pizza thanks everyone in advance for donating blood for Bonfils during their Be a Life Preserver, Give Blood summer campaign. For more information about Abo’s Pizza participation in the Bonfils summer blood drives, please call 303-597-0200. For more information about Bonfils Blood Center, please call 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfils.org.

Founded in 1977 in Boulder by Steve Abo, Abo's Pizza specializes in authentic New York Neapolitan Pizza distinguished by a legendary Rocky Graziano family sauce recipe. Abo's Pizza has 15 locations across the Front Range including Denver, Boulder, Westminster, Broomfield, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Superior, Louisville, Niwot, Greeley, Fort Collins, and Longmont.

Bonfils Blood Center supplies blood products to more than 115 healthcare facilities and needs 4,350 people to donate blood every week to meet the needs of the community and be prepared for unforeseen events.

DATE: November 4, 2004

Contact: Suzanne Sylte / Aficionado Communications, Inc. Phone: 303-597-0200 Email: suzanne@theaficionados.com

DENVER, CO – In celebration of National Pizza Month last October, Abo’s Pizza held a month-long coat drive for The Salvation Army. The theme behind the drive was to donate a coat at any Abo’s Pizza location and receive a free slice of Abo’s authentic New York Neapolitan Pizza. The goal for October was to collect 1000 coats and with the help of pizza lovers across the state, Abo’s collected a total of
1045 coats to donate to The Salvation Army. With the recent blast of cold weather this past week, the timing for receiving such a large number of coats was timely as The Salvation Army witnessed an influx of Coloradoans needing coats and demand is expected to rise in the weeks ahead. Public Relations Director for The Salvation Army Becky O’Guin said “We are very grateful to Abo’s Pizza for doing the coat drive and they come just in time for a great need.”

This year marks the first time for holding the coat drive. “We are thankful to every fellow Coloradoan who participated. This was a team effort among all 15 Abo’s locations across the Front Range and we are looking forward to making the coat for a free slice drive for The Salvation Army an annual tradition,” said Steve Abo, President and founder of Abo’s Pizza.

For more information about the results of the Abo’s Pizza coat drive, please call 303-597-0200. For more information about The Salvation Army, please call 303-866-9219.

Founded in 1977 in Boulder by Steve Abo, Abo's Pizza specializes in authentic New York Neapolitan Pizza distinguished by a legendary Rocky Graziano family sauce recipe. Abo's Pizza has 15 locations across the Front Range including Denver, Boulder, Westminster, Broomfield, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Superior, Louisville, Niwot, Greeley, Fort Collins, and Longmont.

The Salvation Army was founded in 1865 in London, England, by William and Catherine Booth. Both a church and a social service organization, The Salvation Army is located in 109 countries and has been serving Denver since 1887.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: September 15, 2004

Contact: Suzanne Sylte / Aficionado Communications, Inc. Phone: 303-597-0200 Email: suzanne@theaficionados.com

DENVER, CO - October is National Pizza Month and Abo's Pizza has teamed up with The Salvation Army to help provide coats to Coloradoans in need when cold weather begins to hit the state. The coat drive begins October 1 and runs through October 31. Salvation Army coat barrels will be placed at all 15 Abo's Pizza locations in Metro Denver, Greeley, Fort Collins, Longmont, and Boulder. Each person who donates a coat at any Abo's location will receive one free slice of Abo's authentic New York Neapolitan pizza.

With pizza demand on the rise as fall and football season kick into high gear, October is naturally a good time of year to capitalize on the increased volume of customers and begin collecting coats for The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army's coat supply is typically low this time of year due to quick demand. "Our goal is to collect at least 1,000 coats within one month. It is our hope that Coloradoans who have coats they'd like to donate will stop by any of our Front Range locations with their donation and in return for their coat will receive a free slice of hot Abo's Pizza," said Steve Abo, President of Abo's Pizza, Inc.

This year, The Salvation Army especially needs children's coats. "While the economy shows signs of improvement, the need for services including coats is going to be great. We are expecting demand for coats to be as high as last year, if not higher due to a slowly recovering economy," said Becky O'Guin, Public Relations Director for The Salvation Army.

Abo's Pizza thanks everyone in advance for participating in this drive and helping to meet or exceed the goal of 1,000 coats for The Salvation Army. For more information about the Abo's Pizza coat drive, please call 303-597-0200. For more information about The Salvation Army, please call 303-866-9219.

Founded in 1977 in Boulder by Steve Abo, Abo's Pizza specializes in authentic New York Neapolitan Pizza distinguished by a legendary Rocky Graziano family sauce recipe. Abo's Pizza has 15 locations across the Front Range including Denver, Boulder, Westminster, Broomfield, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Superior, Louisville, Niwot, Greeley, Fort Collins, and Longmont.

The Salvation Army was founded in 1865 in London, England, by William and Catherine Booth. Both a church and a social service organization, The Salvation Army is located in 109 countries and has been serving Denver since 1887.

DATE: May 26, 2005

Contact: Suzanne Sylte / Aficionado Communications, Inc. Phone: 303-597-0200 Email: suzanne@theaficionados.com

MORRISON, CO - Abo's pizza has teamed up with Bandimere Speedway's Race to Read Program, awarding 5 front range elementary schools a pizza party for thirty students randomly selected from over 50 schools that completed a reading program.

Abo was at Bandimere Speedway on Saturday, May 26th along with representatives from each of the schools. The five schools selected were Dennison Elementary - Lakewood, Georgetown Elementary - Georgetown, Sierra Elementary - Arvada, Windsor Charter Academy - Windsor, Alice Terry Elementary - Englewood.

Founded in 1977 in Boulder by Steve Abo, Abo's Pizza specializes in authentic New York Neapolitan Pizza distinguished by a legendary Rocky Graziano family sauce recipe. Abo's Pizza has 15 locations across the Front Range including Denver, Boulder, Westminster, Broomfield, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Superior, Louisville, Niwot, Greeley, Fort Collins, and Longmont.

The Denver Rescue Mission's chief goal is to meet people at their physical and spiritual points of need. The organization provides food, shelter, practical programs of education and work discipline with the aim of returning the poor, needy, and homeless to society as self-sufficient, productive citizens

DATE: February 20, 2005

Contact: Suzanne Sylte / Aficionado Communications, Inc. Phone: 303-597-0200 Email: suzanne@theaficionados.com

DENVER, CO - On Wednesday, February 16, 2005, at 10:00 a.m., Steve Abo, founder and president of Boulder-based Abo's Pizza, Inc. donated 100 new wool blankets to the Denver Rescue Mission on behalf of all Abo's Pizza locations across the Front Range. Denver Rescue Mission's Director of Procurement Lisette Williams and a few residents gratefully accepted the donation of blankets.

Last December, the Abo's Pizza Raising Dough for Warmth fundraiser for the Denver Rescue Mission generated $1600 among the 14 participating Abo's Pizza locations. A check in the amount of $1000 was given to the Denver Rescue Mission in January to used for serving 543 meals to the hungry and hurting homeless. The remaining $600 was used this month to buy 100 new wool blankets for the non-profit organization. The blankets were purchased slightly above cost from the Army Navy Surplus Store located at 3524 South Broadway in Englewood.

Abo's Pizza customers generated the funds by guessing how many Peanut M&M's® were in a jar at $1 per guess. The actual number of Peanut M&M's® was 688 per jar and the customer at each Abo's Pizza location whose guess came closest to the actual number of Peanut M&M's® won a free Abo's Pizza a month for a year.

"We are thrilled to be the recipient of these blankets and the $1000 cash donation. Blankets are always in short supply and this substantial amount of blankets will warm the souls of many homeless in Denver who would otherwise not have a blanket during this cold time of year. We are so grateful to Abo's Pizza and every customer who pledged $1 guesses for this worthy cause during Raising Dough for Warmth," said Denver Rescue Mission's Lisette Williams.

"The guessing for blankets fundraiser was a great grassroots opportunity to get the public involved in helping the homeless in our community," said Steve Abo, president of Abo's Pizza, Inc. "We are humbled by the generosity of the customers who participated and are comforted to know that many homeless will be warmer this season with these new blankets and the Mission has additional funding for several hundred meals."

For more information about the Abo's Pizza fundraiser and the results, please call 303-597-0200.

For more information about the Denver Rescue Mission, please call 303-297-1815.

Founded in 1977 in Boulder by Steve Abo, Abo's Pizza specializes in authentic New York Neapolitan Pizza distinguished by a legendary Rocky Graziano family sauce recipe. Abo's Pizza has 15 locations across the Front Range including Denver, Boulder, Westminster, Broomfield, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Superior, Louisville, Niwot, Greeley, Fort Collins, and Longmont.

The Denver Rescue Mission's chief goal is to meet people at their physical and spiritual points of need. The organization provides food, shelter, practical programs of education and work discipline with the aim of returning the poor, needy, and homeless to society as self-sufficient, productive citizens.