The Cheesecake Factory named to ‘PEOPLE Companies That Care’ list for fourth consecutive year

The Cheesecake Factory has been recognized as one of the 2024 PEOPLE Companies that Care, according to PEOPLE magazine and Great Place to Work. The Cheesecake Factory ranked #47 on the list, which is primarily based on an anonymous employee survey that measures the organization’s culture and impact on its community.

“The Cheesecake Factory is honored to be named to the PEOPLE Companies that Care list for the fourth year in a row,” says David Overton, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated. “Since opening our first restaurant in Beverly Hills in 1978, we have strived to create a very special company culture of doing the right thing and giving back to our communities, and this award is such a wonderful acknowledgment of what we have worked to create.”

In recognizing The Cheesecake Factory, PEOPLE highlighted its Nourish Program whereby the company regularly donates excess food from its restaurants to local non-profits. Through this program the company donated more than 646,000 pounds of food to more than 450 local non-profits in 2023.

Through the sale of its specially designated cheesecakes, since 2008 The Cheesecake Factory has donated more than $6.6 million to Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief organization dedicated to ending hunger through a network of partner food banks and meal programs. Additionally, through the Give Back program, sponsored by The Cheesecake Factory Oscar and Evelyn Overton Charitable Foundation, the company’s staff members can volunteer their time for fundraising and community service projects for the charities of their choice, contributing to hundreds of charities across the country in 2023.

In 2024, The Cheesecake Factory was named one of the Fortune "100 Best Companies to Work For" for the eleventh consecutive year.