Article: Californian buys 52% of Ground Floor Cafes' owner

Joseph Cala of San Jose, Calif., has purchased 52 percent of Creative Restaurant Concepts, which owns the two Ground Floor Cafes.

Cala has become chairman of the board, a director, president and treasurer of the Oklahoma City-based company. The remainder of the company is owned by other shareholders in the publicly traded firm.

Creative, formerly Magnolia Foods, purchased Ground Floor Cafe Corp., previously owned by Bill Mee as majority shareholder, in July 1998 for $800,000.

Ground Floor has restaurants in Leadership Square and at Nichols Hills Plaza.

Joe Johnston, who was president of Creative Restaurant Concepts, will remain as vice president through a transitional period.

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