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In honor of Lou Malnati’s 50th Anniversary on Wednesday, March 17th, Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, named March 17th Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria Day in Chicago!

Thank you to Mayor Lightfoot and the city of Chicago for making Lou’s deep dish so legendary. Cheers to 50 years!

Lou Malnati’s is proud to support the communities we are a part of through a generous donations program, multiple fundraising opportunities, and sponsorships.

As kids are able to safely get back on the ballfield, basketball court, or wherever they play, we are happy to support!

This weekend, Lou Malnati’s is sponsoring some of Illinois’ top high school teams who will be facing off at the Chipotle Clash of Champions basketball tournament. With so many events cancelled with year, we are grateful for the chance to help support what is shaping up to be a fun, competitive weekend tournament!

View the complete list of teams and watch the live stream here: https://www.chipotleclashofchampions.com/.

In 2020, we sponsored 38 youth based organizations. We were also able to host over 700 groups for our Giveback Night fundraisers, helping these organizations raise funds for future projects and goals!

Want a piece of the pie? Learn more about our donations, fundraising, and sponsorship programs here: https://www.loumalnatis.com/fundraising

The Kelly Clarkson Show featured a segment about By The Hand Kids Club and how Chicago students transformed a former liquor store into a produce market. Students Azaria and Keith shared how they accomplished this goal, and Kelly surprised them with a $5,000 donation from Lou Malnati’s.

Lou’s has supported By The Hand Kids Club for many years and Donnita Travis, Executive Director said, “At a time with so much turmoil in the world, our youth are leading the way to not only build a healthier community, but to bring hope and positive change through fresh food. Our kids are the solution and our friends at Malnati’s make it possible. Thank you!” Check out the show!

Lou Malnati’s Glendale opened to the public on June 29th, 2020, but we celebrated the opening with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on November 1st!

District Manager Mike Sterner, Manager Paul Lelli, and Manager Andrea Castillo were joined by the Mayor of Glendale, Jerry Weiers for the event.

After the ribbon was cut, the crew enjoyed a celebratory slice (or two!) of our legendary deep dish pizza!

We are proud to serve the Glendale community from our new location at 7507 W Rose Garden Lane, open Monday-Thursday at 4pm and Friday-Sunday at 11am, offering carryout, delivery, and catering services.

STOP BY AND SATISFY YOUR CRAVINGS FOR CHICAGO’S BEST DEEP DISH PIZZA!

It’s no fun to be ding dong ditched, but when there’s deep dish involved? That’s a different story!

Friday, March 20, 2020

Dear Team,

We so appreciate the incredible individual efforts and sacrifices that so many of you have made since the
beginning of the spread of the Coronavirus. With each new day, it becomes harder and harder to imagine
business as usual, yet we have come together in a spirit of pressing on to provide employment while we can.
Today, Governor Pritzker implemented a “Stay-at-Home” order, but serving food safely for curbside and
delivery will remain viable, giving us the chance to be part of creating comfort during this time of
unprecedented fear and uncertainty.

Over the past 49 years, our pizza has become the primary comfort food for most of Chicago, and for much of
America. We clearly believe that providing it to our faithful customers makes the dreary days a little brighter.
If we can keep our team healthy, we will do all we can to remain open.

We are in this together, and as a company we are doing what we can to keep our people working:

• Offering food every day to each of our staff members to feed their family at a 75% discount. (Please know
that we are also feeding the hospital workers on the front lines of nearly every major hospital in our
community as well.)
• Created a way for people whose hours have been affected to get on a list for us to use in order to place
them in jobs throughout the company where hours are available. This might be at a different store or
doing a different job, but we are committed to keeping you working if you want to work. Lynn Young is
heading up this effort, so please be ready for a call from her if you have signed up for this list.
• Opened nine carry out stores for additional daytime hours, which will provide hours for people willing to
answer phones, deliver pizzas, and help with curbside pickup. We have drivers willing to take city people
to the suburbs, for those without transportation.
• Initiated curbside pickup only to keep our team from having close contact with customers. Adding
greeters and runners has increased the number of positions available in our carryout stores.
• Tastes of Chicago is selling lots of frozen pizzas right now. We have spots to fill in our Northbrook
warehouse and in our production facility on 31st St in the city.
• All restaurants are doing a deep clean in their dining rooms, etc. There are hours available for that, as well
as some administrative help for managers.
• We will pay your regular wage for all these positions. For those staff members that depend on tips, we will
pay a higher hourly rate than the usual tipped rate.
• And we are asking you to do your part. In order to keep working, we may ask you to work outside your
normal days, time, or locations. Be flexible and roll with the changes that are being presented to us every
day.

For those of you who aren’t able to shift your work locations, there are some options available:

• Look into your options for unemployment. If you are unable to take on shifts at other stores, this might
be a good option for you. It doesn’t cover your full pay, but it will support you for a portion of it. You will
need to initiate this by contacting your state department of Employment Security.
• If you are on Lou Malnati’s benefits, consider going on Furlough. Although you won’t be able to pick up
any hours, you can continue to receive benefits while also getting unemployment pay and come back to
work when things return to normal. During the next 30 days, we will keep you on our benefits and pay
your portion of the benefits contribution.

For those of you that are experiencing symptoms, or have sick family members at home:

• Stay at home if you are experiencing any fever, cough or shortness of breath
• Emergency Paid Sick leave policy has been created so you don’t have to choose between your health and
your job

Please ask your manager for additional details on any of the above information.

Until this pandemic has run its course, Malnati’s will do everything possible to stand behind our people. Taking
care of our work family is a core value that we hold dearly. To that end, the Malnati family (Rick and Tina,
Jeanne and Marc) are seeding an emergency fund with $200,000 to supply essentials for cash-strapped
families and individuals in our extended Lou Malnati’s family. This fund will operate as part of Kindness Rocks,
and details on how to request support will be coming very soon. In the meantime, we know that many of you,
and many of our loyal customers, have big hearts that will likely want to join in the giving as well.

Finally, for as much pizza as we sell via curbside and delivery, please know that this has put significant financial
pressure our company. But we are blessed that we have not been forced to close, and we will fight to stay
open as long as we can keep our teams safe and healthy.

Thanks for being in it together!

Your Malnati Leadership Team