FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact
Lawrence E. Dennedy
MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
212-929-5500


                       QDI ACQUISITION LLC COMMENCES OFFER
               TO ACQUIRE QUALITY DINING, INC. FOR $5.00 PER SHARE
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Soutfield, MI, May 9, 2000 - QDI Acquisition LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
NBO, LLC, today announced that it has commenced a tender offer for all of the
outstanding shares, including the associated preferred stock purchase rights
(the "Rights"), of Quality Dining, Inc. (Nasdaq: QDIN) at a price of $5.00 per
share, in cash. This price represents a premium of approximately 142% over
QDIN's closing price of $2.063 on Monday, April 17, 2000, the last trading day
before QDI Acquisition announced its acquisition proposal. NBO presently owns
approximately 9.8% of the outstanding shares of Quality Dining. Following the
completion of the tender offer, QDI Acquisition intends to consummate a
second-step merger in which all remaining Quality Dining shareholders will also
receive the same cash price paid in the tender offer. The tender offer is not
subject to a financing condition and QDI Acquisition has received a bank
commitment in the amount of $55 million to fund purchases pursuant to the tender
offer. The Commitment will remain outstanding until May 1, 2001.

The tender offer is scheduled to expire at midnight, New York City time, on June
5, 2000, unless the offer is extended.

The tender offer is conditioned upon, among other things: (a) there being
validly tendered and not withdrawn before the expiration of the Offer shares of
common stock of Quality Dining that, when added to the shares owned by QDI
Acquisition and NBO, would represent at least a majority of the outstanding
shares of Quality Dining on a fully diluted basis on the date of the purchase;
(b) that Quality Dining's Board of Directors redeem the Rights or make them
inapplicable to QDI Acquisition's offer; (c) that the Quality Dining Board
approve the acquisition of shares by QDI Acquisition in the offer, or that QDI
Acquisition is otherwise satisfied that the proposed merger can occur under
Chapter 43 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law, as soon as practicable
following consummation of the offer; (d) that the Quality Dining Board approve
an amendment to Quality Dining's By-laws or otherwise ensure that QDI
Acquisition will be able to vote its shares acquired in the offer without
restriction or limitation under Chapter 42 of the Indiana BCL; (e) that QDI
Acquisition, in its sole discretion, is satisfied that the proposed merger can
be consummated without a supermajority vote of Quality Dining's shareholders
pursuant to Article VIII of Quality Dining's Restated Articles of Incorporation;
(f) that the Quality Dining Board agree to cause a majority of the Board of
Directors to be comprised of representatives of QDI Acquisition and/or NBO
immediately following consummation of the offer; and (g) that QDI Acquisition,
in its sole discretion, is satisfied that Quality






Dining will not be in default under any of its outstanding indebtedness upon
consummation of the Offer and the proposed merger.

Mackenzie Partners, Inc. is the Information Agent for the offer.

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This release may contain some forward-looking statements. QDI Acquisition LLC
undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.