Shoney's, Inc. Makes Announcement Regarding Tender Offer and Consent
Solicitation for Liquid Yield Option Notes Due 2004 and 8-1/4% Convertible
Subordinated Debentures Due 2002


NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Shoney's, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:
SHOY) (the "Company") today made an announcement concerning its offer to
purchase and solicitation of consents (the "Offer") with respect to its
outstanding $177.36 million principal amount at maturity of its Liquid Yield
Option Notes due 2004 (the "LYONs") and $51.56 million principal amount of
its 8-1/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2002 (the "Debentures").

As of 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 1, 2000, the previously scheduled
expiration date of the Offer, the Company had received tenders and consents
with respect to $158.14 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of the
LYONs and $45.88 million aggregate principal amount of the Debentures.

As previously announced, the Offer is subject to satisfaction of a number of
significant conditions, including the receipt of necessary financing. As
previously disclosed, the Company has received certain commitments for the
necessary financing, including a best-efforts commitment to arrange up to
$135 million of senior secured credit facilities for its Captain D's
operations. As of 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 1, 2000, the previously
scheduled expiration date of the Offer, the syndication of the proposed
Captain D's financing was completed.

In order to allow the completion of the financing and the closing to occur,
the Offer is being extended for one business day. As extended, the Offer will
now expire at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 5, 2000. The Company expects
the transaction to close on or about Tuesday, September 5, although there can
be no assurance to that effect.

The complete terms and conditions of the Offer, all the other terms of which
remain unchanged, are contained in the Company's Purchase Offer and Consent
Solicitation Statement dated July 18, 2000. Copies of the Purchase Offer and
Consent Solicitation Statement may be obtained from D.F. King & Co., Inc.,
the information agent, at 888-242-8157.

Banc of America Securities LLC is the exclusive dealer manager for the tender
offer and consent solicitation. The depositary for the tender offer and
consent solicitation is The Bank of New York. Additional information
concerning the terms of the tender offer may be obtained by contacting Banc
of America Securities LLC at 888-292-0070 (toll free) or 704-388-4813
(collect).

Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Shoney's, Inc. owns, operates and
franchises 1,084 restaurants in 28 states, including 617 Company-owned and
467 franchised restaurants, under the names: Shoney's Restaurants and Captain
D's Seafood Restaurants.

Certain statements in this release are forward-looking statements. All
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which, in many
cases, are beyond the control of the Company and could cause actual results
to differ materially. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Further
information on factors which could affect the Company's financial results is
contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the ability of management to implement successfully its
strategy for improving Shoney's Restaurants performance, the ability to
effect proposed financings upon terms that are satisfactory to the Company,
the ability to effect asset sales consistent with the projected proceeds and
timing expectations, the results of pending litigation, adequacy of
management personnel resources, shortages of restaurant labor, commodity
price increases, product shortages, adverse general economic conditions,
turnover and a variety of other factors.

CONTACT: James M. Beltrame, Chief Financial Officer of Shoney's, Inc., 615-
231-2214, or Andrew Karp, Managing Director of Banc of America Securities
LLC, 704-388-4813, or 888-292-0070