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title: "CEC Entertainment taps Brandgenuity to Expand Chuck E. Cheese Food Licensing Program"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/30b25542-bd8e-45a6-a601-1d39b9386547
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20220127_cec_entertainment_taps_brandgenuity_to_expand_chuck_e_cheese_food_licensing.html
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2022-01-27T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:33:07.979Z
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# CEC Entertainment taps Brandgenuity to Expand Chuck E. Cheese Food Licensing Program

**TL;DR:** CEC Entertainment, the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese, has selected Brandgenuity as its exclusive brand licensing agency for food categories. The brand has already launched a frozen pizza with licensing partner Flatlander Foods, available at over 2,000 Kroger supermarkets.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-01-27. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20220127_cec_entertainment_taps_brandgenuity_to_expand_chuck_e_cheese_food_licensing.html).*

## Story

Irving, TX - CEC Entertainment, LLC., the parent company of Chuck E. Cheese, announced today that it has selected Brandgenuity to serve as its exclusive brand licensing agency of record for food categories. The brand has already successfully launched the first-ever Chuck E. Cheese frozen pizza with licensing partner, Flatlander Foods. The Chuck E. Cheese pizza is available at more than 2,000 Kroger supermarkets across the country.

"We are thrilled to start working with the team at Brandgenuity and excited to continue extending our brand into new categories for families to enjoy outside of our family entertainment centers,” said Melissa McLeanas, VP of Global Licensing, Media and Branded Entertainment Development of CEC Entertainment, LLC. "The agency has the passion we were looking for as well as the right experience in food, kids’ properties and entertainment to drive this innovation forward.”

Chuck E. Cheese is the ‘treat down the street,’ an American icon committed to providing fun, safe experiences Where Every Kid Can Be A Kid and winning tickets and prizes is just part of the experience. The new leadership team is taking the Chuck E. Cheese brand to new heights. The company operates nearly 600 locations around the world, each year entertains 30+ million guests, and is the place where a million happy birthdays happen every year.

“The brand’s DNA combines immersive family fun, delicious food and all you can play games. This brand wins by just letting kids be kids, and we love that,” said Jay Asher, Founding Partner of Brandgenuity. Added Asher, “We are committed to finding great partners passionate about Chuck E. Cheese, who can deliver delicious, high-quality products and fun activations that kids will enjoy.”

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- brand expansion (topic)
- Kroger (company)
- Chuck E. Cheese (company)
- CEC Entertainment (company)
- food licensing (topic)
- licensing agency (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20220127_cec_entertainment_taps_brandgenuity_to_expand_chuck_e_cheese_food_licensing.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/30b25542-bd8e-45a6-a601-1d39b9386547).