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Chicago Pretzels to Focus on Growth
Reliability, mobility and single-provider approach to communications allow gour
to thrive by focusing on their core business rather than on a business communi
08.24.2009 – Cbeyond, (www.cbeyond.net/smb), a leading provider of voice, data
and mobile business applications to more than 46,000 small businesses across Twitter Pitc
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entrepreneur team, Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels, to focus on growing its popular
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pretzel bakery into a national gourmet food retailer rather than spend valuable time
managing its voice and data services. News Facts
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Since 2005, Cbeyond has provided Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels relied on Cb
(www.kimandscotts.com) with an integrated business communication solution that communicati
includes Internet, landline and mobile phone services. The single-provider/many Cbeyond ha
solutions approach has simplified voice and data services for Kim and Scott Scott’s call
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Holstein, the co-founders of the pretzel bakery located on Chicago’s Northwest side,
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enabling the entrepreneurs to focus on what counts for their business – delicious
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“Cbeyond’s voice and data services deliver unparalleled reliability which enables us Cbeyond, In
to manage hundreds of calls a week and gives our small business all of the same leading prov
communications and IT security advantages large businesses have,” said Kim communicati
Holstein. “The reliability of its mobile business applications is critical on our normal 46,000 small
business days and is an extremely important component in helping us focus on the the United St
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areas that generate business growth and expansion.”
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Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels has sold more than 42 million pretzels via grocery
store chains like Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel, Wild Oats and Whole Foods. The Resource Li
company, founded in 1995, also sells its pretzels at Borders Books & Music, Barnes Cbeyond Cu
& Noble, through regular appearances on the QVC television shopping channel, and Campaign
online at www.kimandscotts.com. Kim & Scott’
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Several appearances on national television shows like the Food Network’s Road
Tasted with the Deen Brothers (sons of Paula Deen) and Roker on the Road with Al Tags
Roker have generated major interest and spikes in call volume, e-mails and online Small Busin
orders that Cbeyond’s comprehensive voice and data services and mobile business small busin
applications handle without incident. Managed Se
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“Cbeyond’s bundled offering of voice and data services also eliminates the need for Entrepreneu
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us to manage multiple vendor relationships for our communications needs,” Scott
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Holstein added. “As small business owners and parents, we need reliable mobile
communicat
business applications that simplify our lives. We can count on Cbeyond for its
reliability and applications like call forwarding and mobile e-mail, which give us extra
flexibility in our business and personal lives.”
About Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels
Since 1995, Kim & Scott’s Gourmet Pretzels’ co-founders Kim and Scott Holstein
have grown their business from the kitchen in Kim’s Chicago studio apartment to a
national presence, selling millions of pretzels each week via grocery store chains
like Albertsons, Safeway, Jewel, Wild Oats and Whole Foods. Their pretzels also can
be found at Borders Books & Music, Barnes & Noble, and via regular appearances
on QVC, where they sold more than 150,000 pretzels in just 12 minutes during their
network debut. They have also been named “Entrepreneurs to Watch” by
Entrepreneur Magazine, profiled by the Food Network’s Road Tasted with the Deen
Brothers and Al Roker’s Roker on the Road, CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny
Deustch, USA Today and selected as one of 100 “Top Urban Entrepreneurs” by Inc.
Magazine. Kim & Scott’s bakery is located in Chicago; the nation’s first Pretzel
Bakery and Twisting Café is located at Kohl Children’s Museum outside of Chicago.
About Cbeyond
Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading provider of IT and communications
services to more than 46,000 small businesses throughout the United States.
Recently named as the sixth fastest growing technology company by Forbes
magazine, and added to Standard & Poor’s Small Cap S&P 600 Index, Cbeyond
offers more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications including local and long-
distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile, BlackBerry(R), broadband laptop
access, voicemail, email, web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing and
virtual private networking. Cbeyond delivers these services over a 100 percent
private all IP network. For more information on Cbeyond, visit www.cbeyond.net/smb
and follow Cbeyond on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Cbeyondinc.
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About Cbeyond
About Cbeyond
Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading provider of IT and communications
services to more than 46,000 small businesses throughout the United States.
Recently named as the sixth fastest growing technology company by Forbes
magazine, and added to Standard & Poor’s Small Cap S&P 600 Index, Cbeyond
offers more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications including local and long-
distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile, BlackBerry(R), broadband laptop
access, voicemail, email, web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing and
virtual private networking. Cbeyond delivers these services over a 100 percent
private all IP network. For more information on Cbeyond, visit
www.cbeyond.net/smb...
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1-877-441-9783
Website: http://www.cbeyond.net/smb
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