How CORE provides financial lifeline for food, beverage workers in crisis

About this episode

This episode discusses how CORE provides financial support to food and beverage workers in crisis.

In this episode of the Restaurant Operator Podcast, host Mandy Detwiler, editor of QSRweb.com and Pizza Marketplace, chats with Jill Chapman, senior director of corporate partnerships for CORE. CORE is a national non-profit that financially supports food and beverage service families in times of crisis. CORE was founded 22 years and was run by volunteers up into 2015 when it hired its first employee. Eleven years later, the non-profit has several employees and is growing as much as the need i...

People in this episode

Host: Mandy Detwiler

Guest: Jill Chapman

Topics covered

• financial support
• food and beverage industry
• non-profit organizations
• crisis assistance
• employee support

Keywords

• CORE
• financial support
• food service
• beverage workers
• non-profit
• crisis assistance
• employee support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CORE, QSRweb.com, Pizza Marketplace

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