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CHEESECAKE FACTORY vs First Watch Restaurant Group

On overall TruNorth grade, First Watch Restaurant Group scores higher (CHEESECAKE FACTORY: F, First Watch Restaurant Group: C). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.

F
CHEESECAKE FACTORY
32.1/100
C
First Watch Restaurant Group
55.6/100

Political donations

CHEESECAKE FACTORY

FEC: $682K in executive political donations; partisan lean Republican +75 across 11 executive donors.

First Watch Restaurant Group

FEC: $153K in executive political donations; partisan lean Republican +23 across 7 executive donors.

Environment

CHEESECAKE FACTORY

environmental violation: $49K in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).

First Watch Restaurant Group

No public record found.

Labor

CHEESECAKE FACTORY

17 federal penalties totaling $10.3M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

First Watch Restaurant Group

No public record found.

DEI

CHEESECAKE FACTORY

No public record found.

First Watch Restaurant Group

No public record found.

Charity

CHEESECAKE FACTORY

No public record found.

First Watch Restaurant Group

No public record found.

Animal testing

CHEESECAKE FACTORY

No public record found.

First Watch Restaurant Group

No public record found.

Firearms

CHEESECAKE FACTORY

No public record found.

First Watch Restaurant Group

No public record found.

Privacy

CHEESECAKE FACTORY

No public record found.

First Watch Restaurant Group

No public record found.

Executive pay

CHEESECAKE FACTORY

CEO total compensation $8.2M (2024; other named executives averaged $2.1M) — SEC pay-versus-performance disclosure (Item 402(v) XBRL).

First Watch Restaurant Group

CEO total compensation $4.9M (2024; other named executives averaged $1.5M) — SEC pay-versus-performance disclosure (Item 402(v) XBRL).

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