Food & Beverage

Great American Takeout hosting pizza parties at the polls

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October 27, 2020

With long lines already reported at polling sites nationwide, The Great American Takeout is teaming up with Pizza to the Polls — a non-profit, non-partisan organization that's working with local pizza shops around the country to deliver free food to polling stations — Samuel Adams and Slice — an online food ordering platform for independent pizzerias — to host a national pizza party, a news release said.

For each pizza ordered and shared on social media with the hashtag #DemocracyIsDelicious on Tuesday — one week before Election Day — Samuel Adams will donate one pizza to Pizza to the Polls, up to a $5,000.

"Samuel Adams is proud to continue our support of The Great American Takeout through this timely initiative, harnessing the revolutionary spirit of our namesake to fuel not only the restaurant industry but people at the polls during this crucial moment in our country," Matt Withington, Samuel Adams director of Marketing, said in the release. "Pizza is as non-partisan as it gets and something we can all rally behind, especially the small businesses committed to keeping us going this year."

Hungry people at the polls can request a pizza delivery by reporting their poll line at https://polls.pizza/report.

The Great American Takeout: Democracy Is Delicious is the latest in a series of virtual events under The Great American Takeout umbrella. The Great American Takeout, a program developed and executed by Los Angeles advertising agency, High Wide & Handsome, has generated widespread buzz, reaching more than 117 million people nationwide, and raised $350,000 to date for charitable organizations.