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White Hen Pantry Signs $5.0 Million Contract With Javelin Systems' Consulting Group; Javelin Enters Convenience Store Sector of Retail Industry With $5.0 Million Contract
(Business Wire; 11/19/98)


IRVINE, CALIF. (Nov. 19) BUSINESS WIRE -Nov. 19, 1998--Javelin Systems Inc. 
 (Nasdaq NM:JVLN), a designer of open system touchscreen point-of-sale (POS) 
 computers and provider of POS end-to-end system solutions, Thursday announced 
 that Chicago-based White Hen Pantry, a franchisor of convenience food stores 
 specializing in fresh deli sandwiches, soups, salads and coffee, has selected 
 Javelin Systems and its wholly-owned subsidiary, CCI Group, to provide an end-
 to-end technology solution for its 300+ stores located in the greater Chicago 
 and Boston areas.

 The $5.0 million contract calls for an immediate roll-out of product and 
 services with completion targeted for September 1999. Product roll-out has 
 begun.

 "This is our first entry into a major convenience store chain," said Javelin 
 Systems President and Chief Executive Officer Richard P. Stack. "While this 
 sector of the retail industry offers tremendous potential, it is a highly 
 competitive arena for POS computer suppliers. I believe our win in this market 
 is based on the Company's ability to provide innovative open system POS 
 computers and an end-to-end solution to the management of White Hen Pantry."

 "The first step in our technology upgrade was the selection of an extensive 
 suite of software that met our point of sale and back office business 
 application needs," said White Hen Pantry's Senior Director of Systems 
 Solutions James J. Walz. "Our second step was to select a business partner that 
 could supply open system POS computers and provide the necessary experience to 
 deploy, install and support a comprehensive solution in all 300 of our 
 convenience stores. After a lengthy evaluation of major POS vendors we selected 
 Javelin Systems and their subsidiary, CCI Group. The Javelin Wedge POS computer 
 offered the best price:performance available in the industry and with CCI's 
 reputation and experience we were confident of their ability to provide a total 
 systems solution quickly, efficiently and on time."

 According to CCI Technology Group President and Chief Executive Officer Robert 
 D. Nichols, a typical store installation will consist of multiple Javelin Wedge 
 Pentium-based POS computers configured with an integrated Ethernet controller, 
 SymbolTech scanners, Epson printers, and WeighTronix scales. The systems will 
 be networked to a back-office PC server communicating seamlessly, via a wide 
 area network, with White Hen Pantry's headquarters in Chicago. CCI will be 
 managing the entire project along with providing systems integration and 
 installation as well as on-going technical services and support -- an end-to-
 end solution designed to coordinate with the user-training program from White 
 Hen Pantry.

 Javelin Systems designs, manufactures and markets open system touchscreen point-
 of-sale ("POS") computers and provides POS systems integration services 
 primarily for the foodservice and retail industries. POS systems incorporating 
 the company's products enable restaurants and retailers to capture, analyze, 
 disseminate and use information throughout an enterprise from the point of sale 
 to the in-store "back office" to the enterprise's headquarters. These POS 
 systems provide transaction processing, in-store operating controls, and timely 
 information used to manage inventory and costs, analyze sales data and 
 customize products and services. The company's product family of network-ready 
 computers integrates substantially all of the functionality of standard desktop 
 personal computers into durable, small footprint touchscreen workstations that 
 run on industry standard open operating systems. Visit Javelin at www.jvln.com. 
 Visit CCI Group at www.cci.com.

 The statements in this news release that relate to future plans, events or 
 projected revenue are forward-looking statements that involve risks and 
 uncertainties, including risks associated with the uncertainties pertaining to 
 the demand for products and services and development of markets for the 
 company's products and services. Actual results, events and performance may 
 differ materially; therefore, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance 
 on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. 
 The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any 
 revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect 
 events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of 
 unanticipated events.



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