Labor Ready Named to BusinessWeek's Top 100 Hot Growth Companies for Second Year

  
    
  
  
    
      Labor Ready Inc. (NYSE:LRW) has been selected by BusinessWeek as one of 
      the Top 100 Hot Growth Companies for the second year in a row.
    
    
      BusinessWeek compiled its list – which appears 
      in the June 4, 2007 issue – from all publicly 
      traded companies with annual revenues of $50 million to $1.5 billion. 
      Companies are ranked according to their results over the last three 
      years in sales and earnings growth as well as return on invested capital.
    
    
      "We are pleased to be recognized by BusinessWeek as a Top 100 Hot Growth 
      Company," said Labor Ready CEO Steve Cooper. “Providing 
      a three-year average return on capital of more than 18 percent speaks to 
      the strength of Labor Ready’s long-term 
      strategy of being the leading provider of blue-collar staffing. 
      Lower-skilled jobs are projected to be the fastest-growing opportunities 
      over the next ten years. Our customers are primarily small businesses, 
      and small businesses account for half the private domestic product and 
      create more than 60 percent of the net new jobs each year. We believe we 
      are well positioned to sustain our growth and continue to provide great 
      returns for our shareholders."
    
    
      Labor Ready was also named in December to Forbes Magazine’s 
      Platinum 400 list of America’s Best Big 
      Companies. The company was also ranked 22nd by 
      Forbes overall on its Best Managed Companies in America list and second 
      among all business services companies.
    
    
      About Labor Ready
    
    
      Labor Ready is an international provider of temporary employees for 
      manual labor, light industrial and skilled construction trades, 
      operating under the brand names of Labor Ready, Labour Ready, Workforce, 
      Spartan Staffing, and CLP Resources. Labor Ready’s 
      customers are primarily small to mid-sized businesses in the 
      construction, warehousing, hospitality, landscaping, transportation, 
      light manufacturing, retail, wholesale, facilities and sanitation 
      industries. Annually, Labor Ready serves more than 300,000 customers and 
      puts approximately 600,000 people to work through its more than 900 
      branch offices in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For 
      additional information, visit Labor Ready’s 
      website at www.laborready.com.