CHICAGO and BOSTON,
May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Today, Grubhub, a leading food-ordering and delivery
marketplace, and The Greg Hill Foundation's Restaurant Strong Fund
announced the latest phase in their commitment to supporting
restaurants: the Restaurant Stronger program, a new initiative to
provide $5,000 grants to eligible
independent restaurants. As the industry faces new challenges
post-pandemic, the Restaurant Stronger grants will help restaurants
fully reopen their doors, including staff hiring and training,
COVID-related requirements, and inventory purchasing.
"Over the last 14 months, the support that Grubhub has given to
the restaurant community has been extraordinary," said Greg Hill, Founder of The Greg Hill Foundation.
"They have ensured that the Restaurant Strong Fund was able to
provide millions of dollars in grants to restaurants and their
employees to help them survive. This next step will help the
industry with what is hopefully a final step toward getting back to
their normal."
The Restaurant Stronger Grant program will be supported with a
$2 million donation recommended from
the Grubhub Community Relief Fund (GCRF), a donor-advised fund
created by Grubhub to support charitable organizations helping
restaurants, drivers and those in need impacted by COVID-19. This
second phase of the program follows the Winterization Grants
launched late last year from a $2
million donation that funded grants to nearly 200
independent restaurants. Upon being awarded one of the
Winterization Grants, the team at S&G Restaurant in
Chicago said, "This allowed us to
keep the current employees we brought back on this summer and to
give them an opportunity to earn a little during the holidays. I
cannot tell you how opportune this grant was."
"As we start to see the country open up after more than a year
of uncertainty, we're focused on supporting our restaurant partners
as they are welcomed back into their communities in full," said
Kevin Kearns, senior vice president
of restaurants at Grubhub. "However, we know that reopening comes
with its own expenses, so it's important for us to come together
with the Restaurant Strong Fund again to help lift up the industry
in this next, and hopefully final, phase of returning to our new
normal post-pandemic."
Starting May 25 through June 5,
the Restaurant Strong Fund will accept grant applications from all
restaurants with five or fewer locations in Atlanta, the San
Francisco Bay Area (San
Francisco, Oakland,
Berkeley), Boston, Chicago, Las
Vegas, the Los Angeles area
(Los Angeles, Anaheim, Long
Beach), New York City,
Philadelphia, Portland, Sacramento, San
Diego, Seattle, and
Washington, D.C. The application
period will close on June 5 and
grants will be fully distributed to restaurants by June 11. Interested restaurants can learn more
about the Restaurant Stronger Grant program and the full
application process at
https://www.restaurantstrong.org/restaurantstronger.
About The Greg Hill Foundation's Restaurant Strong
Fund
The Greg Hill Foundation responds to the immediate
needs of families that have been touched by tragedy. Since its
inception in 2010, the foundation has provided over $11,000,000 in grants to families and individuals
in need. With more than 1 million restaurants in the U.S. employing
over 15 million people nationwide, the foundation created the
Restaurant Strong Fund to be able to assist restaurant owners and
employees who have been impacted by Covid-19.
About Grubhub
Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB) is a leading online
and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace with the largest
and most comprehensive network of restaurant partners, as well as
33 million active diners. Dedicated to connecting diners with the
food they love from their favorite local restaurants, Grubhub
elevates food ordering through innovative restaurant technology,
easy-to-use platforms and an improved delivery experience. Grubhub
features over 300,000 restaurants and is proud to partner with over
280,000 of these restaurants in over 4,000 U.S. cities. The Grubhub
portfolio of brands includes Grubhub, Seamless, LevelUp, AllMenus
and MenuPages.
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