Most diners would be upset when restaurants implement surcharges without their knowledge. But a restaurant group with multiple area locations has been adding $1 per check to customer bills for a month – for a good cause.
for relief efforts in Ukraine and Poland. Chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen has built the largest food relief operation in Ukraine; the organization serves chef-prepared meals to communities affected by natural disasters and humanitarian crises.
“People in Ukraine are dying and hungry and World Central Kitchen needs the money quickly. Time for talk is later. It’s time to act,” stated Shannon S. Wynne, co-founder of the Dallas-based Eight-O Management, operating Flying Fish, Rodeo Goat and Flying Saucer restaurants in Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee.
LVIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 22: Chefs and volunteers at World Central Kitchen prepare and package warm meals to be distributed to those in need across the city on April 22, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. Beyond refugees arriving in the city, the meals are also provided to workers and volunteers who are helping to keep the city moving.
“Is it a perfect method? No, but I didn’t want to have to ask each party for a donation either,” Wynne said. “It takes time and puts people on the spot. I made the decision to take the initiative and I think it’s the right move.”The company has already donated $100,000 and will continue the initiative until it reaches $250,000. According to Wynne the company is “seeing an overwhelmingly positive reaction.
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