(Irving, Texas April 1, 2002) - Sam Seltzer's, a rapidly expanding independent
restaurant operating in Orlando 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. 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.
"We initiated Brink's CompuSafe Service to simplify our cash handling, to
eliminate the counting and recounting of cash and cash envelopes, and to take
the pressure of cash handling off the managers," said Michael Seltzer, Chairman
of Sam Seltzer's. "We have accomplished this and more."
"We also have experienced a ripple effect of time savings and convenience," said
Seltzer. "The bookkeeper no longer has to recount cash in the morning and no one
has to recount cash envelopes."
When restaurant employees 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 Sam Seltzer's
bank and provides deposit detail to its headquarters office.
"Because Brink's controls the entire process, we guarantee the client that the
amount of cash reported in the cassettes at pick up will be deposited to their
bank account," said Glenn Mason, Vice President of Brink's CompuSafe Service.
"And, Brink's control of the entire process minimizes the potential of theft and
discrepancies."
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 of theft or 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.
Sam Seltzer's opened its first restaurant in Tampa in 1995. It has since opened
locations in Clearwater, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, Altamonte Springs and Port
Richey, Florida.
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.