On Wednesday, August 25, the Brandon Sweet Tomatoes, located at 10017 Adamo Dr. will celebrate its fifteen-year anniversary with a special party complete with an all-day banana split bar for guests.   The event will also serve as a fundraiser for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), a non-profit organization with a mission to stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime and prevent underage drinking. The Brandon Sweet Tomatoes restaurant will donate 10 percent of lunch and dinner sales for the entire day on August 25 to MADD.

Anniversary party guests will enjoy a banana split bar at Sweet Tomatoes featuring soft- serve yogurt, bananas, strawberry and pineapple toppings, various syrups, sprinkles, granola and peanuts to top their banana split creations.  Sweet Tomatoes provides a healthy salad bar full of fresh, seasonal vegetables and tossed salads, made-from-scratch soups, hand-crafted muffins, focaccia and breads and tasty desserts.

For information about Sweet Tomatoes call (813) 661-0803 or visit www.sweettomatoes.com or for information about MADD visit www.madd.org/fl.

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About Sweet Tomatoes

Sweet Tomatoes was founded in 1978 in San Diego and currently operates 115 salad buffet-style restaurants across the western, southern and eastern portions of the United States. Sweet Tomatoes cares about what comes out of guests’ wallets and into their bodies by creating an exceptional, all-you-care-to-eat dining experience with a daily selection of made-from-scratch soups and salads and hand-crafted muffins, focaccia, breads and tasty desserts. By combining high-quality, farm-fresh and scratch-made foods for a fixed price, the restaurants provide guests with the freedom to create their own wholesome meals. The restaurant concept is built around fresh prepared, great-tasting recipes with a salad bar full of seasonal vegetables and tossed salads prepared exhibition-style every 20 minutes. Sweet Tomatoes restaurants are open daily for lunch and dinner. For more information, visit www.sweettomatoes.com.

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On Saturday, July 10, the Cary Sweet Tomatoes, located at 2310 Walnut Street will celebrate its ten-year anniversary with a special party complete with an all-day banana split bar for guests.   The event will also serve as a fundraiser for the V Foundation, benefiting Kay Yow and the WBCA Cancer Fund, an organization committed to being a part of finding an answer in the fight against women’s cancers through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved and unifying people for a common cause.

The Cary Sweet Tomatoes restaurant will donate 10 percent of lunch and dinner sales for the entire day on July 10. Sweet Tomatoes has been an on-going partner with the foundation and Kay Yow for many years. Sweet Tomatoes has been involved with sponsoring events benefiting WBCA and hosting fundraisers for the past few years.

Anniversary party guests will enjoy a banana split bar at Sweet Tomatoes featuring soft- serve yogurt, bananas, strawberry and pineapple toppings, various syrups, sprinkles, granola and peanuts to top their banana split creations.  Sweet Tomatoes provides a healthy salad bar full of fresh, seasonal vegetables and tossed salads, made-from-scratch soups, hand-crafted muffins, focaccia and breads and tasty desserts. For information about Sweet Tomatoes call (919) 851-4333 or visit www.sweettomatoes.com or for information about the WBCA Cancer Fund visit www.wbca.org/kayyowwbcacancerfund.asp.

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Chicago lives up to its name “The Windy City”. I’ve been trying to keep my feet on the ground all weekend. I’ve been keeping my eye out for a certain famous talk show host to get an autograph, but no such luck. Instead, I made a trip up to the Sears Tower where I took in breath-taking scenery and almost lost my breath when I took a rest on the see-through floor that hangs out from the top of the building. Only a bowl of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes Deep Kettle Chili would make this experience a 10!

After Sears Tower I took to the streets where I tried to take a self portrait in front of the Chicago Theatre. Obviously my arms are too short, but at least you get to see the sign and a little of me!!

Tonight I’m going to pass on the ‘famous’ Chicago Deep Dish pizza and enjoy myself some focaccia bread at my favorite restaurant, Sweet Tomatoes of course!! The deep dish doesn’t even compare!!  I have to get out of the city and get to the restaurants. Try to meet me at Sweet Tomatoes anytime today to help out Boys & Girls Clubs.

Print the flyer and enjoy some of the delicious American Road Trip food. This cold weather makes me want  warm soup. I’m glad we have eight to choose from.

If you are in Chicago, I’ll be at Sweet Tomatoes in:

Glenview                              4:00 – 5:15 p.m.
Schamburg                         4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Waukegan                           6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Lombard                              7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Print the flyer for the Chicago area fundraiser at http://www.souplantation.com/images/roadtrip/flyers/chicago.pdf

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On March 22, our Encinitas, CA Souplantation and our Naples, FL Sweet Tomatoes will open their doors to their local communities.  For each grand opening we partner with a non-profit organization and host a two or three day preview event before opening. Prior to opening, each restaurant hosted a pre-opening fundraiser. on March 18, 19 and 20 for only $5.00 (five dollars), guests can create their own salad from our 55-foot salad bar full of fresh, seasonal vegetables as well as enjoying signature tossed salads, made-from-scratch soups and hand-crafted muffins, pizza focaccia, breads and desserts. Sweet Tomatoes and Souplantation will donate 100 percent of the proceeds to the non-profits we chose to work with. The highest record to date was $11,000 to Give Kids the World, a non-profit resort in Central Florida that creates magical memories for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families at our Lake Buena Vista location in May 2009.

Our restaurants are committed to being a vital and contributing part of each community in which we operate. To reach this goal, restaurants offer a “Fun-Raiser” program through which local charities, churches, schools, athletic teams, scout troops and other non-profit organizations may raise funds by hosting in-restaurant events. Our managers assist in marketing the non-profit’s event by creating master flyers for distribution and promotion by the non-profit organization.

The pre-opening fundraisers are a great way to raise money for the non-profit but also a way for our new employees at the restaurant to train before we officially open to the public.

If you were opening a restaurant, what would your grand opening event be? Share your ideas and maybe we will us them in an upcoming grand opening… (and of course give you the credit!!)

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