BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. Receives the National Restaurant Association’s 2009 Restaurant Neighbor Award
September 14 2009 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
The National Restaurant Association (NRA) today announced that
BJ’s Restaurants (NASDAQ:BJRI) has been named this year’s
“Restaurant Neighbor Award” national winner in the large business
category. Each year, the NRA honors restaurants for outstanding
community service. Three winners are chosen in each state based on
business size. In turn, the national winners are chosen from the
state winners, for which the Company represented the state of
California.
"BJ’s is deeply honored to receive this very special recognition
from the NRA," said Jerry Deitchle, Chairman and CEO. "Giving back
to the communities that support our restaurants is something that
every team member at our Company feels very strongly about. Thanks
in large part to the work of our BJ’s Restaurants Foundation, we
have the opportunity to continue to do more good things for more
people.”
BJ’s was recognized for its TASC Force (Team Action to Support
Communities) program that supports its team members who volunteer
their time in support of community causes. “I am so pleased to
accept this recognition by the NRA on behalf of our hundreds of
team members who have participated in community service activities
across the country,” said Rob DeLiema, president of BJ’s
Restaurants Foundation. “Pulling weeds at a local park, painting
over graffiti, helping to build and paint a house, supporting a
Special Olympics team, assembling playground equipment, working at
a local food bank, taking special needs kids to the fair and
hosting blood drives are just some examples of these activities.
Supporting community causes with our TASC Force teams has clearly
become an essential part of the BJ’s culture.”
“We are proud to honor these exceptional restaurants and
community leaders for their dedicated commitment to enhancing the
quality of life for everyone in their communities,” said National
Restaurant Association President and CEO Dawn Sweeney. “Our
industry has a strong foundation and long history of philanthropy,
and works to make a difference in local communities across the
nation. This year’s Restaurant Neighbor Award winners were selected
for their innovative approaches and enormous efforts.”
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. currently owns and operates 87 casual
dining restaurants under the BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, BJ's
Restaurant & 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, appetizers, sandwiches, soups, pastas,
entrées and desserts. Quality, flavor, value, moderate prices and
sincere service remain distinct attributes of the BJ's experience.
The Company operates several microbreweries which produce and
distribute BJ's critically acclaimed handcrafted beers throughout
the chain. The Company's restaurants are located in California
(45), Texas (15), Arizona (5), Colorado (3), Oregon (2), Nevada
(3), Florida (5), Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Kentucky (1), Indiana
(1), Louisiana (1) and Washington (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.
Such statements include, but are not limited to, those regarding
expected comparable restaurant sales growth in future periods,
those regarding the effect of new sales-building initiatives, as
well as those regarding the number of restaurants expected to be
opened in future periods and the timing and location of such
openings. 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) the effect of recent credit and equity
market disruptions on our ability to finance our continued
expansion on acceptable terms, (ii) our ability to manage an
increasing number of new restaurant openings, (iii) construction
delays, (iv) labor shortages, (v) minimum wage increases, (vi) food
quality and health concerns, (vii) factors that impact California,
where 45 of our current 87 restaurants are located, (viii)
restaurant and brewery industry competition, (ix) impact of certain
brewery business considerations, including without limitation,
dependence upon suppliers and related hazards, (x) consumer
spending trends in general for casual dining occasions, (xi)
potential uninsured losses and liabilities, (xii) fluctuating
commodity costs and availability of food in general and certain raw
materials related to the brewing of our handcrafted beers and
energy, (xiii) trademark and servicemark risks, (xiv) government
regulations, (xv) licensing costs, (xvi) beer and liquor
regulations, (xvii) loss of key personnel, (xviii) inability to
secure acceptable sites, (xix) limitations on insurance coverage,
(xx) legal proceedings, (xxi) other general economic and regulatory
conditions and requirements, (xxii) the success of our key
sales-building and related operational initiatives and (xxiii)
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.
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