• by Teresa Buyikian , August 1, 2023

GiftAMeal, a nationwide cause marketing program that works with restaurants to provide meals for local families in need, has announced its latest partnership with the Pizza Factory chain.

For each customer restaurant food photograph shared to the GiftAMeal app, GiftAMeal donates to a local food bank near that restaurant’s location to cover the cost of distributing one meal’s worth of healthy groceries to a neighborhood pantry. If customers also share their pics to social media, they can increase the contribution.

Other chains working with GiftAMeal include Chick-fil-A, TGI Fridays and Red Robin, as well as over 700 individual restaurants nationwide.

“GiftAMeal … fosters a sense of social responsibility to all who participate,” said Pizza Factory Chief Executive Officer MJ Riva. “We look forward to having a tangible impact within our communities and to those in need.”

GiftAMeal has provided 1,500,000 meals since its launch in 2015, which accounts for 1.8 million pounds of food across 75 food banks nationwide. The company recently received the Industry Hero Award by Hospitality Technology for 2023.

Pizza Factory was founded in California in 1979 and now has over 100 locations in California, Texas, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona and Georgia. The chain specializes in family-friendly dining and providing diners a ‘hometown pizzeria’ in every neighborhood. The menu includes specialty pizzas, calzones, sandwiches, salads, pastas, wings, and desserts. The chain has previously partnered with nonprofits such as No Kid Hungry, Vet Fran, One Tree Planted and No Bully Zone.