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title: "A Cheesecake Factory DoorDash Promotion Went Very, Very Wrong"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/48d184f6-61ac-4e0c-818b-2e83b248b47b
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/a-cheesecake-factory-doordash-promotion-went-very-very-wrong-2708627
category: "Casual dining"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Casual dining"
topics: ["Marketing"]
published: 2018-12-06T18:13:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:33:08.485Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/bb163ebc2ffb796f5c427364bace22d66375.jpg
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# A Cheesecake Factory DoorDash Promotion Went Very, Very Wrong

**TL;DR:** A Cheesecake Factory DoorDash promotion resulted in chaos and one arrest at an Arlington, Virginia restaurant. The promotion gave away 40,000 free slices of cheesecake from December 5-11 across the country.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-12-06. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/a-cheesecake-factory-doordash-promotion-went-very-very-wrong-2708627).*

## Story

The Cheesecake Factory started offering a promotion through DoorDash on Wednesday, and some ensuing chaos resulted in one arrest at an Arlington, Virginia restaurant, according to an Arlington Now report.

The dining chain is celebrating its 40th anniversary by giving away 40,000 free slices of cheesecake from December 5-11 across the country. Customers must order the cheesecake through DoorDash using a promo code, which resulted in an influx of DoorDash drivers in the area around the Arlington restaurant, plus additional crowd-related chaos inside of it, according to the article.

At one point, a man was asked by police to leave the restaurant and refused and was arrested, according to the article.

An Arlington County Police spokeswoman described the scene as “a little hectic,” according to the article.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- DoorDash (company)
- The Cheesecake Factory (company)
- arlington (location)
- Arlington County Police (regulator)
- doordash promotion (topic)
- chaos at restaurant (topic)
- free cheesecake giveaway (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/a-cheesecake-factory-doordash-promotion-went-very-very-wrong-2708627). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/48d184f6-61ac-4e0c-818b-2e83b248b47b).