Get Your Restaurant Involved in the Community
A lot of business owners have the understandable mentality that they need to fly solo to best succeed. They take "competition" a little too literally when really local businesses need to work together. Getting involved in the community, both with consumers on a personal level as well as with other businesses in... read more »
Is Volunteering Good for Business?
Contributing to worthwhile causes goes hand in hand with running a genuinely good business, meaning one that actively benefits the local and global community and every person involved in their organization, client and employee alike. Every company, big and small, can benefit from encouraging their staff to give... read more »
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California Teams Up with FEMA to Feed the Elderly
Everyone's struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic, but no one perhaps feels the burden more than our immunocompromised and elderly populations. Many dedicated good Samaritans have already worked hard to help those that need it most: for example, offering to go to the grocery store for their older neighbors (and in some cases, even paying for their supplies themselves), local stores offering... read more »
Community Highlight: My Green Lunch
When Todd Evjenth started My Green Lunch in 2012, he aimed to feed delicious, organic food to local schoolchildren in Silicon Valley. However, once the COVID-19 pandemic touched down in the area and necessitated shelter-in-place protocols, there were suddenly no schools in the area to helpbut still plenty of children in need. For that reason,... read more »
Community Highlight: CommonSpirit Health Turns Cafes to Grocery Stores
Since CommonSpirit Health opened in February 2019. they've grown into the largest Catholic health system and second-largest nonprofit hospital chain in the United States. With more than 150K employees and 25K physicians working for them, CommonSpirit Health extends to 137 hospitals, over 1000 care sites and 21 states.... read more »
These Dallas Cafeteria Workers Made the Cover of Time
On April 9th, Time magazine released a special edition article with five different covers showcasing five incredible frontline workers going above around the world. These covers feature people putting themselves at risk of catching COVID-19 so they can go to work and keep the world running.... read more »
Restaurant Highlight: Dig Food Group
Since Adam Eskin first opened Dig (formerly known as Dig Inn) in 2011, it's grown into a multifaceted business endeavor that now spans multiple states and involves more than just restaurants. Dig began as a way to provide healthy, locally-sourced meals to guests and simultaneously support family farms in the community. Now, however, Dig has locations in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Rye Brook... read more »
Community Highlight: St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance
Nonprofit organizations that distribute food, collect money and deploy volunteers are extremely important to getting families the supplies they need. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, more people than ever need assistance and support. Those nonprofit groups have had to adapt their organizational strategies and their volume of output in order to... read more »
Community Highlight: SF New Deal
Before the COVID-19 pandemic swept the U.S., Lenore Estrada baked for Three Babes Bakeshop in San Francisco, CA. The business's twenty-six employees mainly catered offices, and their specialty made them understand the unpredictable nature of seasonal work. When the virus hit the city, local government instituted a shelter-in-place order aimed at... read more »
Community Highlight: White Pony Express
Many outreach organizations have been appropriately recognized for their contributions to people and communities in need during this COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, Time magazine created a special edition article complete with five different covers and twelve stories showcasing the incredible work people have done, appropriately titled "Heroes of the Front Lines."... read more »
New York’s Statewide COVID-19 Relief Efforts
From the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York state has taken swift and extension action to flatten the curve in their community. Because of these strict stay-at-home orders, the state developed programs to feed their citizens even if they can't return to work, don't have the money or ability to shop for themselves, and don't have access to... read more »
6 D.C. Restaurants Helping BLM Protestors
All across the United Sates, peaceful demonstrators have gathered every day weeks in support of Black Lives Matter. Protests were sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25th, but in the weeks following this event, the movement has snowballed to address much larger issues of systemic racism and white supremacy.... read more »
Community Highlight: The Okra Project
In a 2015 study, the National Center for Transgender Equality reported a disproportionately high rate of poverty, homelessness, unemployment and assault among black transgender Americans comparative to any other demographic. The U.S. Transgender Survey found:... read more »
Brewery Highlight: Alnwick Brewery Co.
Like many other nonessential businesses, breweries around the world closed down earlier this year as COVID-19 restrictions limited nonessential travel and activities for everyone. For the Alnwick Brewery Company, they shut down in March when the U.K. steadily imposed more safety regulations throughout the month.... read more »
L.A. Restaurant Supports BLM Protests, Despite Damage
Since May 25th, 2020 people have flooded streets around the country to protest the death of George Floyd in custody of the Minneapolis police. On Saturday, May 30th Los Angeles residents gathered to peacefully protest his death as well as other injustices they perceive as rooted in the most fundamental systems of our country.... read more »
Community Highlight: ROC United
Like many fundraisers that started after the widespread damage COVID-19 inflicted on the restaurant community, the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United was previously dedicated to improving the working conditions for restaurant employees. ROC United, a nonprofit seeking improved wages and safer, more supportive work environments for all, has... read more »
Can Gift Cards Save Your Restaurant?
With restaurants shutting down most of their operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have found creative ways to keep business moving. Since dine-in services came to a halt, many restaurants worry about staying open through the end of this pandemic. In fact, some speculate that by the time these quarantine measures get lifted, 30% of... read more »