PRESS RELEASE Date of Release

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: October 2, 2000

Industry First: Restaurant Equipment World™ Offers Restaurant Owners & Managers Wireless Access to its E-Commerce Sites

Contact Information:
Bradley E. Pierce, Chief Information Officer (brad@REWonline.com)
(800) 821-9153 or (407) 679-9004

Restaurant Equipment World™ (A Pierce Sales Company, Inc.), based in Orlando, Florida announced today that they have become the first company in the foodservice industry to allow its customers complete wireless internet access to its restaurant equipment sites and products.

Palm VII wireless internet customers can search or browse more than 8,000 new equipment items from the main online catalog and 120 sub-sites owned by Restaurant Equipment World™ . Customers can view detailed descriptions and information about each product and purchase them instantly on their handheld devices via a secure server. There are many search options available including keyword searches, browsing by manufacturer, browsing by equipment category, and browsing by monthly sale items. Restaurant Equipment World™ customers can also instantly track the status of their online orders using their handheld Palm device.

According to Bradley Pierce, the companies Chief Information Officer, "The wireless internet is the future of communication and we wanted to be the first to embrace this new technology. Several years ago, we were the first company in the industry to put our complete catalog online. Now, we are the first to put our catalog online in the wireless format. The possibilities are endless for restaurant owners needing equipment but not having much time to shop. With the wireless internet, our sites and equipment selection is immediately available anytime. We are bringing our showroom directly to the customer instead of them having to come to us."

Sample screen shots and more information concerning the wireless internet application by Restaurant Equipment World™ is available by visiting the wireless area of our web site at http://wireless.REWonline.com (use a normal internet connection to view the information on this site. This section contains the file needed to use REWonline.com on your Palm PDA).

Restaurant Equipment World™ (A Pierce Sales Company, Inc.) was founded 25 years ago by Jerry Pierce who is President of the company. The brick-and-mortar company entered the online arena several years ago and has become the largest restaurant equipment site online. The company owns and operates more than 120 restaurant equipment internet sites (each trademarked) via an integrated web site linking system (patent pending). Bradley Pierce, the son of Jerry Pierce, is the companies Chief Information Officer who developed the online enterprise and overseas the daily internet operations for the company.

Additional press information and articles are available by visiting the press release section of our main web internet site at http://www.REWonline.com.