CHEESECAKE FACTORY vs Noodles & Company
On overall TruNorth grade, CHEESECAKE FACTORY scores higher (CHEESECAKE FACTORY: D, Noodles & Company: F). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.
Political donations
FEC: $682K in executive political donations; partisan lean Republican +75 across 11 executive donors.
FEC: $298K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 14 executive donors.
Environment
environmental violation: $49K in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).
No public record found.
Labor
17 federal penalties totaling $10.3M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).
No public record found.
DEI
No public record found.
No public record found.
Charity
No public record found.
No public record found.
Animal testing
No public record found.
No public record found.
Firearms
No public record found.
No public record found.
Privacy
No public record found.
No public record found.
Executive pay
CEO total compensation $8.2M (2024; other named executives averaged $2.1M) — SEC pay-versus-performance disclosure (Item 402(v) XBRL).
CEO total compensation $0K — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2025). No CEO-to-worker pay ratio disclosed in a parseable form.
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