Marble Slab Creamery® and MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery® Debut "The Sweetest Happy Hour" Ice Cream Social for National Ice Cream Month

ATLANTA, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marble Slab Creamery® and MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery® will debut "The Sweetest Happy Hour" program to celebrate National Ice Cream Month where guests will receive half off any single serve item with a "The Sweetest Happy Hour" coupon. The coupon can be found on Marble Slab Creamery and MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery's Facebook® pages (www.facebook.com/marbleslabcreamery or www.facebook.com/maggiemoos) and must be printed and presented in stores. "The Sweetest Happy Hour" takes place Monday through Friday from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm. Both brands are managed by GFG Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Global Franchise Group.

In addition to this month long ice cream celebration, on July 15th, National Ice Cream Day, Marble Slab Creamery and MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery will be giving one lucky Facebook® fan ice cream for a year.

"We look forward to celebrating National Ice Cream Month with 'The Sweetest Happy Hour' program," said Jenn Johnston, chief marketing and operations officer for GFG Management, LLC.  "We are excited to invite our loyal fans to taste our new innovative flavor combinations and experience the fun of Marble Slab and MaggieMoo's."

For summer giveaways, coupons specials and more information visit our web sites www.marbleslab.com or www.maggiemoos.com and check our Facebook® pages www.facebook.com/marbleslabcreamery or www.facebook.com/maggiemoos. You can also join the conversation on Twitter (@Marbleslab or @MaggieMoos).

About Marble Slab Creamery® www.marbleslab.com
Marble Slab Creamery, a leading purveyor of chef created super-premium hand-mixed ice cream and the innovator of the frozen slab technique, was founded in 1983. Every batch of Marble Slab Creamery ice cream is fresh made in small batches in store using dairy from local farms and flavor ingredients from around the world. Today, Marble Slab Creamery is enjoyed by consumers across the globe with locations in Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Guam, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Oman, Scotland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, and the United States.

About MaggieMoo's Ice Cream &Treatery® www.maggiemoos.com
Inventor of the ice cream cupcake, ice cream pizza and a number of specialty ice cream flavors, MaggieMoo's Ice Cream &Treatery is known for ice cream innovation. Opening its first store in 1989, MaggieMoo's has been serving up super premium ice cream and cakes for over 20 years and has consistently been awarded blue ribbons by the National Ice Cream Retailers Association. MaggieMoo's brand icon is Miss Maggie Moo, an ice cream celubutante, who focuses on giving back to the community by working with celebrities to raise money and awareness for local and national causes.

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 five quick service restaurant (QSR) franchise concepts: Great American Cookies®, MaggieMoo's®, Marble Slab Creamery®, Pretzelmaker® and Pretzel Time®, 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 approximately $5 billion of capital under management and substantial franchise management experience.

SOURCE Global Franchise Group, LLC