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Back Yard Burgers Selects Radiant Systems

End-to-end POS solution expected to streamline operations and reduc employee training time in 250 sites

ATLANTA (November 5, 2008) - Radiant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RADS) announced today that Back Yard Burgers has selected the company’s point of sale (POS) hardware and software solution for 250 corporate and franchise locations.
“Radiant Systems understood our need to deploy a POS system that enables greater operational efficiencies and helps to reduce employee training time,” said Bud Shaw, vice president of administration at Back Yard Burgers. “We recently completed the first phase of the rollout to all corporate locations and have received outstanding support from the Radiant team. We consider Radiant a valued partner and look forward to a long-standing relationship.”

Over the next five years, the burger restaurant chain will deploy the Radiant solution to ensure more efficient operations and, ultimately, quicker delivery of orders to customers in all of its corporate and franchise locations.  Back Yard Burgers plans to install new P1220 POS hardware terminals, Radiant kitchen video displays, Aloha QuickService POS software, Aloha Configuration Center database management application, MenuLink.Net back office application and Aloha Command Center platform in 250 Back Yard Burgers locations. MenuLink.Net and the Aloha software easily integrate – creating an end-to-end technology solution that will streamline store operations from the front of house to the back of house to corporate headquarters.

“Aloha Configuration Center and Command Center are two of Radiant’s newest and most dynamic applications, which enable Back Yard Burgers to centrally manage in-store data in real-time,” said Tad Phelps, vice president of sales and marketing for the hospitality division at Radiant Systems. “We’re confident that our integrated technology solution will continue to optimize Back Yard Burger’s operational efficiencies while enhancing the customer experience.”

About Radiant Systems, Inc.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Radiant Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RADS) is a global provider of innovative technology to the hospitality, retail, and entertainment industries. For more than two decades, Radiant's point of sale hardware and software solutions have helped to redefine the consumer experience in more than 100,000 restaurants, retail stores, stadiums, parks, arenas, cinemas, convenience stores, fuel centers and other customer-service venues. Radiant has offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, visit www.radiantsystems.com.

About Back Yard Burgers
Back Yard Burgers was founded in 1987 in Cleveland, Mississippi and operates 171 restaurants in 20 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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