GREAT AMERICAN COOKIES® SELECTS WINNERS OF 2011 GREAT AMERICAN MOM CONTEST
FOUR SEASON® SPA GETAWAY GRAND PRIZE AWARDED TO DIMITY EASLEY

ATLANTA - July 26, 2011 - Great American Cookies® announced today the winners of the brand's first-ever Great American Mom Contest. The contest, hosted at www.GreatAmericanCookies.com March 15th through May 10th, received nearly 900 entries from across the country. To enter, participants were asked to share with the world, in 200 words or less, what makes their mom a "Great American Mom." Visitors to the website were also able to help Great American Cookies select the winners by voting for their favorite entries online. Great American Cookies is managed by GFG Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Global Franchise Group.

The 2011 Great American Mom Grand Prize winner is Dimity Easley of Littleton, Colorado. Easley's winning essay praised the selflessness and caring nature of her mother, a single parent and Administrative Dean at a local magnet school. According to Easley, the Four Seasons® spa getaway will help send her mother on "her first real vacation in about 10 years."

Two Runner-Up prizes have also been awarded to Jonathan Roth of Greer, South Carolina and Ericka Barber of Eureka, California. Roth and Barber each received a $250 American Express® gift card to share with their mother.

"We were thrilled to receive so many heart-warming stories and tributes to mothers from people across the country," said Jenn Johnston, chief marketing & operations officer for GFG Management, LLC. "We would like to thank everyone who entered this year's contest and congratulate the winners on their outstanding entries."

Customers can stay up to date on all of Great American Cookies' new products and promotions by becoming a fan on Facebook® www.facebook.com/greatamericancookies, following the brand on Twitter® www.twitter.com/Gr8AmCookies or by joining Great American Cookies' e-mail fan club at www.GreatAmericanCookies.com.

About Great American Cookies® www.greatamericancookies.com
Founded in 1977 on the strength of an old family chocolate chip cookie recipe, Great American Cookies has set the standard for gourmet cookie sales in a fun, celebratory environment. For over 30 years, Great American Cookies has maintained the heritage and integrity of its products by producing proprietary cookie dough exclusively from its plant in Atlanta. Great American Cookies is known for its signature Cookie Cakes, trademark flavors and menu of delectable products baked fresh in store. Great American Cookies currently operates in mall-based locations across the United States, as well as internationally in Bahrain, Chile, Guam, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

About Global Franchise Group, LLC www.globalfranchise.com
Global Franchise Group, LLC is a strategic brand management company with a focus on franchising. The company owns a portfolio of franchise brands that includes four quick service restaurant (QSR) franchise concepts: Great American Cookies®, MaggieMoo's®, Marble Slab Creamery®, Pretzelmaker® as well as two retail franchise concepts: TAF® and Shoebox New York®. The brands are managed by GFG Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Global Franchise Group, LLC. Global Franchise Group, LLC is an affiliate of Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, an independent investment firm, with $5 billion of capital under management and substantial franchise management experience.

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