Article: Cheesecake Factory sales sweet; Colonie Center site pulled in average of $280,000 a week since opening, company says.(Business)

Byline: KEVIN HARLIN - Business writer

COLONIE - Long lines of hungry patrons at Colonie Center helped boost third-quarter returns for The Cheesecake Factory Inc. restaurant chain.

The mall restaurant pulled in an average of $280,000 per week since its late-August opening, the company reported Monday. That spot, and the other two Cheesecake Factories it opened in the third quarter, together averaged $262,000 in sales per week.

The company didn't release average sales for the rest of its restaurants this quarter, but one year ago said they each pulled in about $212,700 a week.

Revenues at the Calabasas Hills, Calif.-based company climbed 11 percent, to $325 ...

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