Burger King Canada Deploys MICROS's Complete Enterprise Point-of-Sale Solution

COLUMBIA, Md., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MICROS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that Burger King Restaurants of Canada, an affiliate of Burger King Corporation is deploying the full MICROS RES point-of-sale (POS) suite, in conjunction with mymicros.net, and mylabor, in all of its corporate locations in English speaking Canada. Combined with ongoing installations in the United States, the MICROS Burger King Implementation Team installed 48 restaurants weekly, and accomplished the Canadian rollout in under six weeks.

With more than 78 company-owned BURGER KING® restaurants in Canada, BKRC requires a comprehensive and powerful solution that addresses every aspect of its business operations. MICROS was selected as BKRC's point-of-sale software provider for its complete enterprise solution, from software and hardware to localized, round-the-clock support. MICROS RES will allow BKRC to streamline the day-to-day business processes for inventory, menu, and pricing consistency from the corporate office; improve guest ordering, and provide a way for BKRC to respond quickly and effectively to market trends and needs.

Globally, Burger King Corp. is also leveraging the mymicros.net suite of products hosted by MICROS. mymicros.net is a powerful data warehouse and business intelligence solution, integrated to existing restaurant systems, and provides easy access to operational and financial information. The mylabor module allows centralized employee management solutions for time clock, payroll pre-processing, and overall restaurant human resource tasks in one, easy-to-use, online user interface.

"We are honored to work with Burger King Corp. as it continues to enhance its business operations with MICROS's complete point-of-sale solution," stated Brett R. Smith, Vice President, Strategic Accounts, MICROS Systems, Inc. "We have worked diligently to address the company's operational needs around the world, and we look forward to expanding our relationship with Burger King Corp. and its franchisees globally."

MICROS is currently being deployed corporately in most countries around the world, including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, Singapore, China, and Italy.

About Burger King Corporation

The BURGER KING® system operates more than 11,800 restaurants in all 50 states and in 74 countries and U.S. territories worldwide. Approximately 90 percent of BURGER KING® restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business for decades. In 2008, Fortune magazine ranked Burger King Corp. among America's 1,000 largest corporations and Ad Week named it one of the top three industry-changing advertisers within the last three decades. To learn more about Burger King Corp., please visit the company's Website at www.bk.com.

About MICROS Systems, Inc.

MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 310,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 25,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point-of-sale, loss prevention, and cross-channel functionality through its MICROS-Retail division for more than 90,000 retail stores worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS.

For more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Vice President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (866) 287-4736. You can also visit the MICROS website at www.micros.com or send an email to info@micros.com.

The MICROS logo is a registered trademark of MICROS Systems, Inc. All other product and brand names are the property of their respective owners.

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