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"...A dating service is trying to revolutionize the blind date. It's Just Lunch! offers clients a chance to get acquainted over lunch. The firm does all the work, making reservations, clearing the matches with customers. All couples have to do is show up."

"When Andrea McGinty was dumped by her fiancé just five weeks before her wedding, she came up with a unique idea: a dating service called It's Just Lunch! 'Suddenly you're single again, you're busy, you're working a lot of hours and it's hard to meet people,' Andrea says. 'And I found that when I was getting fixed up, I would either do lunch or a drink after work. But I learned really fast that lunch has a beginning; lunch has an end. It's kind of easy to say goodbye, there's no good-night kiss—it's just really easy!''

"Newspapers lately are rife with stories of agencies set up tom connect people, all claiming vast success at helping people hook up meaningfully. [The dating service] It's Just Lunch is a growing operation with annual revenue of more than $30 million (U.S.). It has 70-odd franchises already and plans to expand all over the world."

"Just in time to give that New Year's resolution a push, [the dating service, It's Just Lunch] published a book giving specific dating information and advice for single Torontonians. The It's Just Lunch Guide To Dating In Toronto is the latest in a series of guide books on dating covering a number of North American cities. Authors Andrea McGuinty and Nancy Kirsch are the founder and director of the company and they've compiled lists of places to go and things to do in the city as well as solid advice on dating behaviour and basics."

"According to worldwide survey of 1,016 singles by It's Just Lunch, a dating service for busy professionals... 32 percent of single men say a woman who serves up a sexy French maid costume would certainly grab their attention at a Halloween party, while 28 per cent said they would like to come face-to-face with Cat Woman."

"[The dating service] It's Just Lunch…began as a timny one-woman shop in Chicago 14 years ago after Entrepreneur Andrea McGinty was dumped by her finacee five weeks before their wedding. It has since blossomed into a 70-office operation with annual revenue of more than $30-million (U.S.). Now, with millions of first dates under its belt, the company is expanding into Canada, Europe and Asia. The first Canadian franchise opened in Toronto last summer to a flurry of interest, and locations in Vancouver and Montreal are set to open later this year."

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