ATLANTA -- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, a division of AFC Enterprises Inc. has announced it is a participating restaurant in Share Our Strength's Great American Dine Out presented by American Express. This new event, from Sept. 21-28, is designed to rally the nation's entire restaurant industry and encourage millions of consumers to dine out to end childhood hunger in America.
Restaurants can participate in the Great American Dine Out in a variety of ways including donating a percentage of sales during the week, promoting a new menu item, collecting donations from guests and/or employees and more.
As part of the program, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen will contribute 1 percent of its sales in participating restaurants in New Orleans, Atlanta, Memphis and Nashville, Tenn., for the week of the DineOut, up to $25,000.
Thousands of restaurants are already participating in the Great American Dine Out, and more are joining daily. The Great American Dine Out is endorsed by many of the country's top chefs including chefs Thomas Keller, Mary Sue Milliken and Tom Collichio and industry executives Danny Meyer, Phil Friedman, Sally Smith and Wally Doolin. Food Network star and host of the hit TV series Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri, is the national spokesperson.
The Great American Dine Out is presented by American Express. Founding national sponsors are SYSCO Corporation, San Pellegrino, Acqua Panna, and Ecolab. Founding national partners are Food Network, etools, National Restaurant Association, Nation's Restaurant News and OpenTable. Founding promotional partners are Fishbowl Marketing, The People Report and the Elliot Group.
