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The Cheesecake Factory plans to reopen its business after temporary closures because of the coronavirus pandemic.
What’s going on:
- So far, only about 34 locations are open for dine-in services with limited capacity in accordance with local law. Some have remained open for takeout and carryout services.
- Cheesecake Factory expects the number of open restaurants to jump to 124 by the middle of June.
- Cheesecake Factory has 294 restaurants in the United States.
- The company said in a press release that the reopenings would be “subject to any closures due to further demonstrations and other factors related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.”
- “For The Cheesecake Factory restaurants that are continuing to operate an off-premise only model at present, current weekly off-premise sales would equate to nearly $4 million per unit on an annualized basis, on average,” the company said.
Cheesecake Factory went viral
- Cheesecake Factory — despite closures and temporary shutdowns — went viral last week after a woman was caught on camera carrying a cheesecake during nationwide protests, according to Fox News.
- Video footage caught a woman carrying a strawberry-topped cheesecake down the street. The woman reportedly was near the Cheesecake Factory on Pike Street in Seattle.