Thousands of
The Cheesecake Factory
Staff Members Come Together to Prepare
Sit-Down Meals
for Low-Income Individuals and Families Across the Country
CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.
--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In the spirit of giving, more than 3,000 staff members from
The Cheesecake Factory
(NASDAQ:CAKE) will volunteer to prepare and serve its 17
th
annual
Thanksgiving Day
Feast at 13
Salvation Army
locations around
the United States
on
Thanksgiving Day
.
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The full-service, sit down feast will be provided to more than 6,000 low-income individuals and children, who will get to enjoy freshly roasted turkey with all the trimmings and The Cheesecake Factory’s legendary seasonal
Pumpkin Cheesecake
. The festivities will also feature a
Thanksgiving
arts & crafts table where children and their families will create fall-inspired headbands and gratitude pie spinners with their own personal messages of thankfulness, and color
Thanksgiving
themed pages.
“We are honored to be serving our 17
th
annual
Thanksgiving Day
Feast providing a hot
Thanksgiving
meal to those in need,” said
David Overton
, Founder and CEO of
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
. “We are thankful for our staff members who so generously donate their time every year to create this very special event.”
The
Thanksgiving Day
Feast is sponsored by
The Cheesecake Factory Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation
and will be held 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.
The annual event is one of many hunger-relief initiatives
The Cheesecake Factory
supports in its local communities. The company also participates in a nationwide Harvest Food Donation Program in which surplus fresh food from its restaurants is regularly donated 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 4.8 million pounds of food.
Additionally,
The Cheesecake Factory
has donated more than
$4.3 million
since 2008 to Feeding America®, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. The company’s staff members also have donated more than 1.5 million pounds of peanut butter to
Feeding America
member food banks in the company’s annual
Peanut Butter Drive
during September’s Hunger Action Month.
To follow the
Thanksgiving Day
Feast on social media, please search using the hashtag “#CAKEGiveBack.”
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The Cheesecake Factory
, please visit
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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 215 full-service, casual dining restaurants throughout the
U.S.A.
, including
Puerto Rico
, and
Canada
, comprised of 199 restaurants under The Cheesecake Factory® mark; 14 restaurants under the Grand Lux Cafe® mark; and two restaurants under the RockSugar Southeast Asian Kitchen® mark. Internationally, 21 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 2018 the Company was named to the
FORTUNE Magazine
"100 Best Companies to Work For®" list for the fifth consecutive year. To learn more about the Company, visit
www.thecheesecakefactory.com
.
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and are used under license. From
FORTUNE Magazine
,
March 1, 2018
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Time Inc.
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are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of,
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
.
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