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Cuisine Solutions Re-Leases Existing Manufacturing Space in US for Eight Years and Adds 18,000 Additional Square Feet; Premium, Fully-Cooked, Frozen Food Manufacturer Continues to Grow

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 June 2006, 18:00 CDT

Cuisine Solutions, Inc. (AMEX:FZN) announced today that it has re-leased its current manufacturing facility in Northern Virginia for eight years and added an additional 18,000 square feet. The Company doubled its US cooking capacity in January 2006 with the addition of new equipment. The new space will allow the company to increase its cooking capacity another 60% by 2007. "The Company has been growing very quickly and this plant in Virginia has been the foundation of our work for the past seventeen years," states CEO Stanislas Vilgrain. "To be the leader in the emerging category of premium, fully cooked, frozen food, it is extremely important that we plan very carefully to meet our current and future production requirements both in the US as well as in Europe. Our existing US facility will remain an important part of our growth plan."

Cuisine Solutions utilizes the "Sous-Vide" technology and methods, which means that the products, such as Lamb Shank with Rosemary Mint Sauce, Seared Tilapia with Lemon and Green Peppercorn Sauce, and Veal Osso Buco, are vacuum sealed and then slowly cooked at very low temperatures immersed in water. The science behind Sous-Vide cooking involves knowing the precise time and temperature that food changes molecular structure. This enables Cuisine Solutions to cook the food for optimum taste, color, and texture. The result is restaurant quality food every time. The Company's Sous-Vide process also pasteurizes the product and kills all vegetative forms of bacteria, and as the food is sealed in a bag, it is not handled after it is cooked -- until you open it to heat and serve. As the products are immediately flash-frozen, there is no need for preservatives in the product. Most of the Cuisine Solutions products have a guaranteed 18 month shelf life.

Cuisine Solutions' premium, fully cooked, frozen entrees and sauces are sold in retail stores as well as to hotels, convention centers, sporting venues, first class on airlines, trains, and ships, restaurant chains, the military, and more.

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Those statements reflect the intent, belief or current expectations of the company and members of the management team. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by use of words such as "expects,""believes,""will,""continues,""goals" and other words of similar meaning. One can also identify them by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. The Company cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will be realized, although it believes that it has been prudent in its plans and assumptions. Achievement of future results is subject to risks, uncertainties, and the possibility of inaccurate assumptions. Should known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, or projected. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that it may make from time to time.

Source: Business Wire

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