Tri-Cities, TN/VA. (January 31, 2020) — On Monday, February 17th, McAlister's Delis in the Tri-Cities will be participating in Niswonger Children's Hospital's annual Radiothon fundraiser, donating 10% of sales to the regional children's hospital. 

As a result of last year's event, McAlister's was able to donate $1,700 to the Niswonger Children's Hospital Radiothon. 

Adding to the holiday cheer, the restaurants also hosted Christmas parties with prizes and awards on-location for team members. Below are some photos from our Bristol, Johnson City, and Alcoa locations. We hope your holidays were merry and bright!

Atlanta, GA. (November 4, 2019) — In May of 2019, Peak Restaurants, a franchisee of McAlister's Delis in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, was awarded Franchisee of the Year at the McAlister's Deli National Convention in Atlanta.

To win Franchisee of the Year, Peak Restaurants witnessed extraordinary achievements in new restaurant development, food safety, community involvement, overall guest satisfaction and was a leader in same store sales growth. (In addition to FOY, Peak was awarded Highest Comp Sales for a large Franchisee and the Operations Award at the convention.)

​The franchisee, which operates 13 McAlister’s Delis, was also named McAlister’s Deli’s Franchisee of the Year for 2015.​ 

“I cannot tell you how proud we all were to accept this recognition on behalf of everyone at Peak,” said Chris Smith, Co-Owner at Peak Restaurants. Jeff Shawl, Co-Owner, added, “It’s a testimony to our teams’ hard work and their commitment to serving our guests, day in and day out.”

To celebrate with guests, Peak Restaurants hosted a Guest Appreciation event November 4-8, 2019! 

October 8, 2019 — To support National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, McAlister's Delis in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia raised over $1,500 for local Susan G. Komen affiliates in October.

Peak Restaurants' 10 East Tennessee-area McAlister's and 3 Blue Ridge Virginia-area locations participated in Susan G. Komen's annual Dine Out for the Cure event on October 7th, donating 10% of sales from 5 p.m. to close to the organization.

The result of the fundraiser was a donation of $1,174.00 to Susan G. Komen East Tennessee and $356.20 to Susan G. Komen Virginia Blue Ridge.

We thank guests for partnering with us in this event, and we appreciate the work that Susan G. Komen has done and continues to do raising breast cancer awareness and research.

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