Dallas, Aug. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dickey’s Barbecue Pit has always taken pride in giving back to communities across the country.
On August 17th, National Non-Profit Day, the world’s largest barbecue brand continues its tradition of donating a portion of every Big Yellow Cup sale directly to The Dickey Foundation. The Dickey Foundation proudly serves as the charitable arm of the popular barbecue brand. Their primary purpose is to provide support to first responders in local communities across the United States, as well as providing financial opportunities, safety equipment such as protective armor, firefighting gear, rescue equipment and overall support for local first responders.
“Dickey’s Barbecue Pit and The Dickey Foundation are very proud to support our local community heroes,” said Roland Dickey Jr., CEO Dickey’s Capital Group. “We are so thrilled to continue to offer grants for safety assistance to these extremely brave men and women through our Big Yellow Cup donations on this charitable national day.”
Join us as we proudly support those who protect and serve every day in our communities like law enforcement, firefighters, and even their families. Any generous donation you make to The Dickey Foundation will help continue to support our first responders. Donate today to help save a life!
To learn more, follow Dickey’s Barbecue Pit on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Download the Dickey’s Barbecue Pit App from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
To learn more about Dickey’s Virtual Concepts follow: Wing Boss on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, Trailer Birds on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok and Big Deal Burger on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
About Dickey’s Barbecue Restaurants, Inc.
Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants, Inc., the world’s largest barbecue concept, was founded in 1941 by the Dickey family. For the past 80 years, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit has served millions of guests in 44 states Legit. Texas. Barbecue.™ At Dickey’s, all our barbecued meats are smoked onsite in a hickory wood burning pit. Dickey’s proudly believes there’s no shortcut to true barbecue and it’s why our name isn’t BBQ. The Dallas-based, family-run barbecue franchise offers eight slow-smoked meats and 12 wholesome sides with 'No B.S. (Bad Stuff)' included. Dickey’s Barbecue has 550 locations across the United States and eight other countries.
Dickey’s was named to Newsweek’s 2022 America’s Favorite Restaurant Chains list and USA Today 2021 readers’ choice awards. Dickey’s won first place on Fast Casual’s “Top 100 Movers and Shakers” list, been named a Top 500 Franchise by Entrepreneur and named to Hospitality Technology’s Industry Heroes list. Led by CEO Laura Rea Dickey, who was named among the country’s 50 most influential women in foodservice in Nation’s Restaurant News, was recognized by Fast Casual’s Top 100 Movers and Shakers list and honored by Dallas Business Journal. Dickey's Barbecue Pit has also been recognized by Fox News, Forbes Magazine, Franchise Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine and QSR Magazine. Dickey’s Barbecue is part of Dickey’s Restaurant Brands which has more than 700 restaurants nationwide including brands Wing Boss, Trailer Birds, Big Deal Burger and bbqathome.com. DRB is led by CEO Roland Dickey Jr. For more information, visit www.dickeys.com.
# # #
Attachment
