The Cheesecake Factory Gives Back to the Community at 14th Annual Thanksgiving Day Feast
November 23 2015 - 08:11AM
Business Wire
Thousands of The Cheesecake Factory's Staff
Members Volunteer to Prepare and Serve Sit-Down Thanksgiving Meals
at 13 Locations Across the U.S.
In the spirit of the holiday season, The Cheesecake Factory® and
its charitable foundation are grateful to be able to assist those
who may not have the means to celebrate. More than 3,000 staff
members from The Cheesecake Factory will gather in 13 locations
around the United States to prepare and serve sit-down holiday
meals at its 14th annual Thanksgiving Day Feast.
The Cheesecake Factory’s Thanksgiving Day Feast will take place
at 13 Salvation Army locations coast to coast including Anaheim,
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Long
Island, Los Angeles, Miami, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Washington,
D.C. on Thanksgiving Day. The Cheesecake Factory will prepare and
serve holiday meals to more than 6,000 low-income individuals and
families who will be treated to a full-service, sit-down meal that
includes freshly roasted turkey with all the trimmings, and The
Cheesecake Factory’s famous seasonal Pumpkin Cheesecake.
“The Cheesecake Factory is proud to be serving our 14th annual
Thanksgiving Day Feast,” said David Overton, Founder and CEO of The
Cheesecake Factory. “We’re so pleased that we are able to provide a
special meal for the less fortunate and are very appreciative of
our staff members who volunteer their time on Thanksgiving to serve
others.”
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 to aid those in need.
Since the program’s inception in 2007, The Cheesecake Factory has
donated more than 3.4 million pounds of food. Additionally, The
Cheesecake Factory has donated nearly $4 million to Feeding
America®, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief organization,
through their partnership over the past seven and a half years.
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 more than
180,000 pounds of peanut butter to benefit local Feeding America
food banks. Peanut butter is a crucial supply for food banks,
supplying a protein-filled option for school lunches and meals for
families.
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
198 full-service, casual dining restaurants throughout the U.S.A.
and Puerto Rico, including 185 restaurants under The Cheesecake
Factory® mark; 12 restaurants under the Grand Lux Cafe® mark; and
one restaurant under the RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen® mark.
Internationally, 10 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 2015, the Company was named to the
FORTUNE Magazine “100 Best Companies to Work For®” list for the
second consecutive year. To learn more about the Company, visit
www.thecheesecakefactory.com
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Magazine, March 15, 2015 ©2015 Time Inc. FORTUNE and Time Inc. are
not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of,
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated.
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