California Pizza Kitchen Set to Open in Seattle; Pizza Sales Day to Benefit Children's Hospital and Medical Center.Business Editors SEATTLE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2002 California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen (NASDAQ: CPKI, known within the food industry as CPK) is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, (Nasdaq:CPKI CPKI California Pizza Kitchen, Inc ), a leading casual dining restaurant chain and home of the Original BBQ BBQ barbecue Chicken pizza and many other innovative hearth-baked pizzas, creative pastas, salads, soups and sandwiches, will open its second Puget Sound Puget Sound (py  `jĕt), arm of the Pacific Ocean, NW Wash., connected with the Pacific by Juan de Fuca Strait, entered through the Admiralty Inlet and extending in two arms c. restaurant at Northgate Mall on May 29, 2002. To celebrate the opening, California Pizza Kitchen will donate 100% of all pizza sales on June 4, 2002 to benefit Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center. "We are excited about the opportunity to work with California Pizza Kitchen on the opening of their new restaurant at Northgate Mall," explained Eve Kopp, Associate Director, Foundation & Guilds Association, Children's Hospital. "This is a definite win-win for Children's and CPK CPK creatine kinase. CPK creatine phosphokinase. . We encourage people to participate in this event which will help us help our kids." Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center has provided quality healthcare for kids for over 90 years. As the premier pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. referral center for the Pacific Northwest, it is recognized as one of the top three children's hospitals in the country by Child Magazine. "California Pizza Kitchen is delighted that our fundraising effort will help Children's Hospital help every child in need of care, regardless of a family's ability to pay," said Fred Hipp, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. The popular restaurant chain will be located at the north entrance of Northgate Mall, at 401 Northgate Way at Northgate Mall. The new CPK will have 5,032 square feet with 156 seats and will feature an exhibition kitchen, light wood interior, and colorful pizza box art on the walls, all signatures of the California Pizza Kitchen contemporary decor. California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., founded in 1985, is a leading casual dining chain in the premium pizza segment. The restaurant features hearth-baked pizzas, salads, soups and sandwiches. The chain operates, licenses or franchises 133 restaurants of which 104 are company owned, and 29 operate under franchise or license agreements. The California Pizza Kitchen website is www.cpk.com. |
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