Franchise Services of North America Inc. Announces Sale of Orange County Airport under the U-Save Brand, and Franchise 500 U-Save Ranking

TSX-V Trading Symbol: FSN

CALGARY, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - FRANCHISE SERVICES OF NORTH AMERICA INC. ("FSNA" or the "Company") announced today that it has completed the sale of the Orange County (John Wayne) Airport franchise for the U-Save brand, and that the franchisee has already begun to accept reservations. The new franchisee has been in business as an independent for several years and is located directly across the street from the airport.

The Company is also pleased to announce that it was ranked 285th in Entrepreneur magazine's Franchise 500 edition for 2008, and was the top ranked company under the automotive category Rental Sales.

Bob Barton, the Company's Chief Operating Officer, stated, "We are very excited about our newest airport location servicing John Wayne (Orange County, CA) airport. The franchisee, being a local operator for several years, brings the U-Save family an existing customer base, demonstrated by its immediate flow of reservations for U-Save rental vehicles.

Being recognized as one of the top franchise companies in America, and being the highest ranked system in the automotive category, Rental Sales, is a true honor and reflects in the growth of the Company over the past year. We continue to sell both airport and local market franchisees."

    About FSNA
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FSNA is a publicly traded company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. The Company and its subsidiaries own the following brands: U-Save Car Truck Rental, U-Save Car Sales, Rent-A-Wreck of Canada, Auto Rental Resource Center ("ARRC"), Xpress Rent A Car and Peakstone Financial Services.

U-Save, together with its subsidiary ARRC, has over 1,100 locations throughout the United States and is one of North America's largest franchise car rental companies. Having primarily serviced the local market for the past 25 years, the Company is expanding into the airport market with plans for the opening of airport locations in the top 30 markets in the United States and the major airports in Canada. U-Save currently services 28 airport markets in 14 different states. U-Save Car Sales is an expansion of the U-Save brand into the car sales market, and provides goods and services to car sales operators looking to affiliate with a national brand.

Practicar Systems Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of FSNA) owns the rights to the Rent-A-Wreck(R) trademark for all of Canada. The Rent-A-Wreck(R) system operates a network of 53 franchises from coast-to-coast in Canada, providing a range of vehicle rental, leasing and sales options to its customers. The Rent-A-Wreck(R) system has been in continuous operation in Canada since 1976.

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SOURCE Franchise Services of North America Inc.