California Pizza Kitchen to Open Second Ohio Location At Polaris Fashion Place.Business Editors COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2001 Donates Proceeds of October 29 Pizza Sales to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Columbus 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 ), home of hearth-baked pizzas, pastas, salads, soups and sandwiches, will open the doors of its second Ohio location in Greater Columbus at Polaris Fashion Place on Thursday, October 25, 2001. The popular restaurant chain will be located just inside the Mall's main entrance, between Saks Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue is a chain of upscale American department stores that is owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE), a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. It competes in the elite luxury department store market with Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys New and Lazarus Department Store. The newest CPK CPK creatine kinase. CPK creatine phosphokinase. will have over 5,905 square feet of space, seating indoor 160, outdoor 36 people. Lunch and dinner will be available daily from 11:30 AM - 10:00 PM. To celebrate the opening at Polaris Fashion Place, California Pizza Kitchen will raise awareness and funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Columbus on October 29, 2001, by donating proceeds from all pizza sales to this local nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. focused on children. "We are most grateful to California Pizza Kitchen for supporting our kids and their families. We are excited to welcome them to the new Polaris Fashion Place and are thankful for their willingness to help children in our community that are in need of mentoring," said Dwight Smith For the Major League Baseball player, see . Dwight Smith (born August 13, 1978 in Detroit, Michigan) is a professional American football player currently with the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL. , President of the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters. "We have built our reputation on being a good business and a good neighbor, and hope that the community will support our day of fundraising for Big Brothers Big Sisters," 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. "Columbus is such a dynamic and growing city; we're pleased to open our second location here and based on the response to our first location at Easton, we feel confident that we'll be making lots of pizzas." 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 129 restaurants of which 97 are company owned, and 32 operate under franchise or license agreements. The restaurants feature an imaginative line of innovative premium pizzas including the Original BBQ BBQ barbecue Chicken pizza. The California Pizza Kitchen website is www.cpk.com. Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Greater Columbus, Inc. is a non-profit, prevention-based organization specializing in mentoring children and youth primarily from single-parent homes. The Greater Columbus Chapter is the largest Big Brothers Big Sisters Association in the country providing adult friendship and guidance to children and youth through its Traditional One-To-One program, School- Based/Site-Based/Group Mentoring programs and its summer camping program at Camp Oty'Okwa. At more than 1.5 million square feet, Polaris Fashion Place will be the region's largest mall and the first mall in the country to open with seven department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. and approximately 150 specialty shops and restaurants. Glimcher Realty Trust, a real estate investment trust based in Columbus, Ohio, is a recognized leader in the ownership, management, acquisition and development of enclosed regional and super-regional malls, value megamalls, and community shopping centers. For additional information, call Sarah Goldsmith at 310/342-4656, sgoldsmith@cpk.com. |
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