(Irving, Texas, February 18, 2002) - Kahunaville of Tampa, Florida, recently
announced an agreement with Brink's, Incorporated for CompuSafeŽ Service, an
electronic cash handling service created to provide greater convenience and
security for cash-intensive retail operations. Kahunaville is an award winning
"island oasis" casual-dining concept from Adventure Dining (Wilmington,
Delaware) with an approximate footprint of 20,000 square feet and over 200 cast
members.
Brink's CompuSafe Service provides improved security and accuracy for cash
transactions from the time a customer pays to the time the money is deposited in
the bank and completely eliminates the manual counting and re-counting of cash
on site at restaurants.
"CompuSafe Service reduces the cash handling time, cost and errors," said Ed
O'Grady, manager of Kahunaville of Tampa. "Now our managers can spend more time
serving guests and less time with administrative duties."
"What's more, having the CompuSafe encourages our cast members to make drops
more frequently," said O'Grady. "This helps minimize the cash they carry around
throughout the night."
When Kahunaville cast members insert currency into the CompuSafe unit, it reads
and validates the bills, placing them in secure cassettes. Brink's collects the
sealed containers and transports them to a Brink's currency room where trained
tellers verify the deposits. Brink's then makes the deposit into Kahunaville's
bank and provides deposit detail to its office.
"Kahunaville has been particularly pleased with the additional deposit detail
for its cashiers," said Glenn Mason, vice president of Brink's CompuSafe
Service. ?CompuSafe Service offers many time-saving features for managers of
cash-intensive operations such as Kahunaville."
Brink's CompuSafe Service is a solution that offers Brink's quality service
every step of the way, from the safes and armored transportation to the on-site
maintenance and nationwide electronic reporting. Perhaps most important, because
Brink's controls the entire process, the potential for theft and discrepancies
is minimized and Brink's can guarantee its clients that the amount of cash
reported in the cassettes when picked up will be deposited to their bank
account.
Brink's, Incorporated, founded in 1859, is the largest provider of armored
services in the world with over 150 facilities in the United States and a global
network that spans over 50 countries.
For more information on Brink's CompuSafe Service, please call 1-800-BRINKS-5 or
visit www.brinksinc.com/compusafeservice.