Red Robin, which had more than 360 company-owned and franchisedrestaurants operating in the US and Canada at the end of the firstquarter, opened 18 new locations during the quarter, half of themcompany-owned and half franchised. For the full year in fiscal2007, the company plans to open 24 to 27 new company-owned units,while franchisees are expected to open between 15 and 17 newlocations.

For the fiscal second quarter of 2007, which is a 12-weekquarter compared with the 16 weeks in the first quarter, Red Robinexpects to open eight to nine new company-owned restaurants and oneor two franchised locations. Four company-owned and one newfranchised restaurant have already opened during the second quarterof 2007, with nine company-owned and five franchise restaurants nowunder construction.

Although it is slowing expansion, the company opened a newbuilding prototype in Georgia in April. Also in April, Red Robinlaunched a national media campaign to improve brand awareness,saying that the campaign is designed to drive system-widerestaurant sales, particularly where it has not had a longoperating history.