 Burleson, Texas, Aug. 19, 2020 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Muscle Maker, Inc. Nasdaq: GRIL the parent company of Muscle Maker Grill, Healthy Joes MMG Burger Bar, a fast-casual concept known for serving healthier for you meals, today announced that it has opened its second delivery-only ghost kitchen in the Chicago market. Located at 850 W. Superior St. the kitchen will showcase menus from Muscle Maker Grill, Healthy Joes and Muscle Maker Grills new Meal Plan concept Meal Plan AF. Guests can order healthier for you dishes from any of the three concepts through third party delivery platforms providing ease of ordering and the option for contactless delivery. Ordering platforms include: DoorDash, GrubHub, UberEats, Postmates, ChowNow and Caviar. Demand for delivery is at all time highs due to social distancing and the looming pandemic. Ghost kitchens will allow them to service a broad spectrum of the citys population.The Superior delivery-only ghost kitchen is the second to open out of a ten-location agreement signed by the brand earlier this year. Locations three, four, and five are under construction and will also open in Chicago throughout the summer. The brand has identified a key east coast metropolitan market for the next ghost kitchen market expansion and will be announcing that roll out shortly.Superior is conveniently located in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago, next to major universities like the University of Illinois-Chicago, Depaul University, Northwestern Downtown, Columbia and Rush, giving the ghost kitchen location access to over 50,000 students and faculty looking for healthy food options. Additionally large corporations like Google, Continental Airlines, Accenture and JP Morgan Chase allow for the ghost kitchen location to tap into the citys corporate population who are looking for fast and healthy food options without having to leave work.Low build out costs, reduced overhead and waste, and the ability to expand quickly are what continue to make delivery-only ghost kitchens attractive to restaurant brands. Concepts can enter a new market rapidly while growing their brand recognition and affinity. The warehouse style kitchens are efficient in their operational production and promote sustainability and corporate responsibility. Muscle Maker, Inc will be operating three distinct concepts out of one ghost kitchen, further optimizing the low build out costs of each kitchen.Michael Roper, CEO of Muscle Maker Grill, commented, We are very excited to open our second Chicago ghost kitchen in the West Loop area of the city. This location provides diversified access to both university students and faculty as well as major business hubs and thousands of their employees. Muscle Makers management team is fully committed to rolling out alternative locations throughout the U.S. We will have 3 more up in Chicago in short order and will announce our next target city very soon.About Muscle Maker GrillFounded in 1995 in Colonia, New Jersey, Muscle Maker Grill features high quality, great tasting food, freshly prepared with proprietary recipes. The menu, created with the guests health in mind, is lean and protein based. It features all-natural chicken, grass fed steak, lean turkey, whole wheat pasta, wraps, bowls and more. It also offers a wide selection of fruit smoothies in a variety of assorted flavors, protein shakes and supplements. For more information on Muscle Maker Grill, visit StatementsThis press release may include forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. To the extent that the information presented in this press release discusses financial projections, information, or expectations about our business plans, results of operations, products or markets, or otherwise makes statements about future events, such statements are forward-looking. Such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as should, may, intends, anticipates, believes, estimates, projects, forecasts, expects, plans, and proposes. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. You are urged to carefully review and consider any cautionary statements and other disclosures, including the statements made under the heading Risk Factors and elsewhere in documents that we file from time to time with the SEC. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the document in which they are contained, and Muscle Maker, Inc does not undertake any duty to update any forward-looking statements except as may be required by law.Contact:Muscle Maker Grill Marketing Investor Relations 