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                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                    PIZZA INN APPOINTS TWO NEW BOARD MEMBERS

DALLAS, TEXAS - DECEMBER 19, 2002 - PIZZA INN, INC. (NASDAQ:PZZI) announced that
two  representatives  of  Newcastle  Partners  were  appointed  to  its Board of
Directors  effective  today.  Joining the Board from Newcastle Partners are Mark
E.  Schwarz  and  Steven  J.  Pully.  Mr. Schwarz has served as the sole general
partner  of  Newcastle  Partners since 1993 and currently serves on the Board of
Directors  of  six  other public companies.  Mr. Pully has over sixteen years of
experience  in  investment  banking,  private equity and law, and is licensed as
both  an  attorney and a CPA.  Recently, Newcastle Partners filed a Schedule 13D
statement  reporting  an  aggregate  amount of beneficial ownership in Pizza Inn
stock  of  3,270,000  or  approximately  32.5%  of  the  outstanding  shares.

Ronnie  Parker,  President and Chief Executive Officer of Pizza Inn, stated, "We
welcome  Newcastle  Partners led by Mark Schwarz as new members of our Pizza Inn
family.  He  and  his  group  are experienced and successful investors who bring
additional  strength  and  expertise to our Company and Board of Directors.  Our
meetings  and  discussions  have validated our common goal of continuing to grow
and  improve  Pizza  Inn  for  the  benefit of everyone involved, especially our
franchisees  and  shareholders."

Mark  Schwarz  stated, "We are extremely happy to now be a part of Pizza Inn and
look  forward to working with the Company's strong management team to help bring
added  value  and  continued  success to Pizza Inn.  We are committed to quality
growth  focused  on  the  strength  and  success  of  Pizza  Inn's franchisees."

Messrs.  Schwarz  and Pully will fill positions opened by the resignations today
of  two  existing  Board  members,  Ramon  D.  Phillips and B. Keith Clark.  Mr.
Phillips,  a  franchisee  of the Company, will become an advisor to the Board of
Directors  and will continue to assist the Company.  Mr. Clark will continue his
existing  responsibilities with the Company as Senior Vice President - Corporate
Development,  General  Counsel  and  Corporate  Secretary.

Mr. Parker stated, "All of us at Pizza Inn sincerely thank Ray Phillips for more
than  25 years of leadership.  His loyalty and contributions during this time as
an  executive,  franchisee  and,  most  recently, as a board member for the last
twelve  years  have  been  very important to our success.  We thank him and look
forward  to  working  with  him  in  his  new  responsibilities."

Mr.  Parker  added,  "We also appreciate the contributions of Keith Clark to our
Board  of  Directors  during  a  difficult  period.  In  his  six years with the
Company,  Keith has consistently shown his ability to handle the difficult tasks
while  always keeping the best interests of the Company at heart.  We will count
on  more  of  the  same  from  him  going  forward."

Pizza  Inn  also  announced  that  it held its annual meeting of shareholders on
December  18.  At  that  meeting, all four directors nominated by the Board were
elected  with  each  receiving  at  least  97%  of  the  shares  voted.