Cheesecake Factory
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The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAKE) is the ninth largest restaurant company in the United States measured by market capitalization. The company operates 87 upscale, full-service, casual dining restaurants under The Cheesecake Factory name in major metropolitan areas in the United States. It also operates four upscale full-service casual dining restaurants under the Grand Lux Café name in Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Dallas; and one self-service, limited-menu express foodservice operation under The Cheesecake Factory Express mark inside the DisneyQuest family entertainment center in Orlando, Florida. In addition, it operates a bakery production facility in Calabasas Hills, California, which produces baked desserts and other products for its restaurants and for other foodservice operators, retailers, and distributors.
With only a bachelor's degree in Economics earned at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, David M. Overton, the company's founder, opened the first Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Beverly Hills, California in 1978. Overton's goal was to showcase a model dessert specialty restaurant for prospective foodservice customers of the wholesale bakery. The restaurant established the future chain's pattern of offering an eclectic menu, big portions, and signature cheesecakes, and the chain became a multi-million dollar sales performer. The company went public in 1992.
External link
- The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. corporate website (http://www.cheesecakefactory.com)
