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             ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
                                          
                                          
                                          
The Board of Directors
Schlotzsky's, Inc.


We have issued our report dated February 29, 1999, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of Schlotzsky's, Inc. as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1998, included in
the Franchise Offering Circular.  We agree to the inclusion of the
aforementioned report in the Franchise Offering Circular.  This acknowledgment
should not be regarded as in any way updating the aforementioned report or
representing that we have performed any procedures subsequent to the date of
such report.  

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP
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GRANT THORNTON LLP

Dallas, Texas
March 29, 1999