Thousands of The Cheesecake Factory's Staff Members Volunteer to
Prepare and Serve a Full-Service Thanksgiving Feast in 13 Cities Across
the U.S.
CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2017--
On Thanksgiving Day more than 3,000 The
Cheesecake Factory® (NASDAQ: CAKE) staff members will come together
in 13 cities around the country to prepare and serve sit-down meals to
those in need at The Cheesecake Factory’s 16th annual
Thanksgiving Day Feast.
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The Cheesecake Factory’s Thanksgiving Day Feast is sponsored by its
charitable foundation and will take place at select Salvation Army
locations in Anaheim, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale,
Houston, Long Island, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, San Francisco, and
Washington, D.C. More than 6,000 low-income individuals and families
will be treated to a full-service dining experience that includes
freshly roasted turkey with all the trimmings and The Cheesecake
Factory’s famous seasonal Pumpkin
Cheesecake.
“The Cheesecake Factory is committed to giving back to our communities
around the country and we are so pleased to be serving our 16th
annual Thanksgiving Day Feast,” said David Overton, Founder and CEO of
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated. “We’re thankful to our staff
members who volunteer time out of their busy holiday schedules every
year to provide a hot meal to thousands of families and individuals in
need.”
The annual Thanksgiving Day Feast is one of several programs that The
Cheesecake Factory has initiated to help support hunger-relief in
America. The company also participates in a nationwide Harvest Food
Donation Program by regularly donating fresh food from its restaurants
to local food rescue operations for distribution to soup kitchens and
shelters. Since the program’s inception in 2007, The Cheesecake Factory
has donated more than 4.3 million pounds of food. Additionally, since
2008 The Cheesecake Factory has donated more than $4 million to Feeding
America®, the nation’s largest organization dedicated to fighting
domestic hunger through a network of food banks.
As additional support for Feeding America, The Cheesecake Factory staff
members nationwide participated in a Peanut Butter Drive during
September’s Hunger Action Month, collecting jars of peanut butter to
benefit local Feeding America food banks. Since 2008, The Cheesecake
Factory’s staff members have donated more than 1.3 million pounds of
peanut butter to the Feeding America network of food banks.
To follow the Thanksgiving Day Feast on social media, please search
using the hashtag “#CAKEGiveBack.”
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About The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
The Cheesecake
Factory Incorporated created the upscale casual dining segment in 1978
with the introduction of its namesake concept. The Company, through its
subsidiaries, owns and operates 210 full-service, casual dining
restaurants throughout the U.S.A., including Puerto Rico, comprised of
196 restaurants under The Cheesecake Factory® mark; 13 restaurants under
the Grand Lux Cafe® mark; and one restaurant under the RockSugar Pan
Asian Kitchen® mark (rebranding to RockSugar Southeast Asian Kitchen®).
Internationally, 18 The Cheesecake Factory® restaurants operate under
licensing agreements. The Company’s bakery division operates two bakery
production facilities, in Calabasas Hills, CA and Rocky Mount, NC, that
produce quality cheesecakes and other baked products for its
restaurants, international licensees and third-party bakery customers.
In 2017, the Company was named to the FORTUNE Magazine “100 Best
Companies to Work For®” list for the fourth consecutive year. To learn
more about the Company, visit www.thecheesecakefactory.com.
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services of, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated.
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