BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Donates $250,000 to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
January 16 2007 - 12:48PM
Business Wire
BJ�s Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq:BJRI), a long time supporter of the
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation, today donated $250,000 to that
foundation from the Company�s 2006 Cookies for Kids program. This
program calls for the Company to donate a portion of the sale of
every signature Pizookie� dessert to the CF Foundation. Throughout
2006, the Company also donated an additional $150,000 to the CF
Foundation from grand opening events for new BJ�s Restaurants and
from other fundraising campaigns. �BJ�s Restaurants is proud to
continue its long-standing commitment to support charitable and
humanistic programs that benefit the communities and constituencies
that support our restaurants,� said Jerry Deitchle, President and
CEO. �For many years, BJ�s has joined in the struggle to fight and
eliminate cystic fibrosis through our Cookies for Kids program. On
behalf of the 6,500 team members at our Company, BJ�s is very proud
to present our 2006 Cookies for Kids donation today.� �I�m
overwhelmed by the generosity of BJ's Restaurants, and amazed by
the powerful display of support from their patrons and team
members. The $400,000 raised in 2006 makes a significant
contribution to our mission of finding a cure for cystic fibrosis,�
said Gary Green, Director of Corporate Development for the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation. BJ�s Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and
operates 55 casual dining restaurants under the BJ�s Restaurant and
Brewery, BJ�s Restaurant and Brewhouse or BJ�s Pizza & Grill
brand names. BJ�s restaurants offer an innovative and broad menu
featuring award-winning, signature deep-dish pizza complemented
with generously portioned salads, sandwiches, soups, pastas,
entr�es and desserts. Quality, flavor, value, moderate prices and
sincere service remain distinct attributes of the BJ�s experience.
The Company operates 11 microbreweries which produce and distribute
BJ�s critically acclaimed handcrafted beers throughout the chain.
The Company�s restaurants are located in California (35), Texas
(8), Arizona (4), Colorado (3), Oregon (3) and Nevada (2). The
Company also has a licensing interest in a BJ�s restaurant in
Lahaina, Maui.�Visit BJ�s Restaurants, Inc. on the web at
http://www.bjsrestaurants.com. Certain statements in the preceding
paragraphs and all other statements that are not purely historical
constitute �forward-looking statements� for purposes of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and are intended to be covered by the safe harbors
created thereby. These forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause
actual results to be materially different from those projected or
anticipated. Factors that might cause such differences include, but
are not limited to: (i) our ability to manage an increasing number
of new restaurant openings, (ii) construction delays, (iii) labor
shortages, (iv) minimum wage increases (v) food quality and health
concerns, (vi) factors that impact California, where 35 of our
current 55 restaurants are located, (vii) restaurant and brewery
industry competition, (viii) impact of certain brewery business
considerations, including without limitation, dependence upon
suppliers and related hazards, (ix) consumer trends, (x) potential
uninsured losses and liabilities, (xi) fluctuating commodity costs
including food and energy, (xii) trademark and servicemark risks,
(xiii) government regulations, (xiv) licensing costs (xv) beer and
liquor regulations, (xvi) loss of key personnel, (xvii) inability
to secure acceptable sites, (xviii) limitations on insurance
coverage, (xix) legal proceedings, (xx) other general economic and
regulatory conditions and requirements, (xxi) and numerous other
matters discussed in the Company�s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. BJ�s Restaurants, Inc. undertakes no
obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For further information, please contact Rob DeLiema, President of
the BJ�s Restaurants Foundation, Phone: (714) 848-3747, ext. 224,
E-mail: rdeliema@bjsrestaurants.com.
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