Rhubarbicon | Rhubarbicon Announces Recipe Kiosk Development

Concord, February 20, 2008: Rhubarbicon today announced that it will soon unleash a line of kiosks to be installed in grocery stores. The kiosks will allow shoppers to access recipes in the store so that they may have a list of the ingredients they'll need to shop for.

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"Rhubarbicon Parting Song," which will issue forth from speakers mounted in Rhubarbicon Recipe Kiosks. (performed live by the Rhubarbitones at the First Congregational Church of Effingham's Annual Pancake Breakfast, February 17, 2007.)

"This one is my baby," boasted Ned Harris, Director of Technology. "I always--always--forget my grocery list. I need something there to remind me what I came in for or something that will help me plan the next week's meals. However, not everyone is like me. We made the strategic decision to not include printers on the unit. Rather, these kiosks are made for people who forget the grocery lists that they already prepared. The Rhubarbicon Recipe Kiosk will just be there to jog there memory a bit. We didn't want to insult people or act like their mother by printing out their recipes for them. How demoralizing would that be?"

A prototype Rhubarbicon Recipe Kiosk was positioned in the rear of a Concord, NH, Market Basket for several hours last Monday.

"We'll also be able to sell advertisement space on the screens while the kiosks are not in use," claimed Austin Paegastun, Chief Financial Officer. "I've got Applebee's on a short leash over this one. They sent me a proposed ad just yesterday. It said something like ‘why cook your own meals or bother shopping for groceries--come to Applebee's where we'll do the work for you.' They're willing to pay good money to get that message out to the grocery shoppers, and, hey, I can't complain. Beyond that, we're putting the Rhubarbicon shareholder meeting parting song over the kiosk's speakers as shoppers go by." Paegastun then, with his hearty baritone voice, launched into the parting song:

Rhubarbicon, good night.
Rhubarbicon, good night.
The internet tastes great again
And we've conquered the oak blight.
Our children have been fed
Banana-nut bread
Rhubarbicon, good night.
Hail Rhubarbicon!
Hail Rhubarbicon!
May you ever soar!
Deliciousness, Savoriness, Succulence;
Rhubarbicon forevermore!

Rhubarbicon is still seeking grocers to license the kiosks to. For now, the prototype resides in a hollowed out Ms. Pac-Man arcade game console. Executives are optimistic that the kiosks will be picked up by every major grocer in the country and select regions of Canada.

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