Chairman of the Board of Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd (GCFB) Joel Curtis Longtin buys 1,940 shares of GCFB on 08/31/2010 at an average price of $2 a share.
Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd has a market cap of $13.4 million; its shares were traded at around $1.83 with and P/S ratio of 0.2.
Buy: Director Milton D. Avery bought 10,000 shares of GCFB stock on 08/31/2010 at the average price of 1.94. Milton D. Avery owns at least 10,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 5.67% since.
Buy: Director Brian K. Gramm bought 5,000 shares of GCFB stock on 08/30/2010 at the average price of 1.75. Brian K. Gramm owns at least 5,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.57% since.
Buy: Director David A Timpe bought 5,000 shares of GCFB stock on 08/27/2010 at the average price of 1.72. David A Timpe owns at least 5,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 6.4% since.
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