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Having had some experience with fundraising at Chipotle (we are very active in my children's school PTO), you need to make sure that you are on them for actually sending the check. The last couple of events that we've had, it has taken 4-6 months for the check to get cut. I don't know if it is a local issue or not, but just laying it out there as it has happened with 2 different locations.

That being said, they do have one of the best fundraising percentages...Culver's is also very good at I believe 50% also as an FYI if there is one out there by 1492.

Teams shouldn't neglect to go after some of these fundraising opportunities. Many fast food, and some no-so-fast food restaurants have easy programs in place. Some do the percentage based on a sliding scale of volume (more sales means a higher percentage...Chick-Fil-A was like this last I knew and is pretty lucrative if you can get the participation), while others are a simple hard percentage.

Most restaurants have something like a 2-times per year for your organization rule. You would have to negotiate with them in regards to whether "your organization" means the school as a whole or not for purposes of the rule.

One other thing....make sure the participants bring the flyer or whatever is needed as some restaurants use them to get credit. We tend to station someone near the entrance to hand them out just in case as well as to get normal walk-in traffic that isn't there for the fundraiser but are there normally. Some places just do a "within this timeframe, everything is counted" deal.