AGREEMENT In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of the Schedule 13D (and any further amendment filed by them) with respect to...

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                                   AGREEMENT

            In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf
of each of them of the Schedule 13D (and any further amendment filed by them)
with respect to the shares of the Common Stock, $.16-2/3 par value, of Ground
Round Restaurants, Inc.

Dated as of:  July 9, 1997



                                    By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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                                    By: /s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxxxx
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