{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FULL COMP: Restaurant Tactics, Tools, & Strategies","title":"Food Fight Series: No Us Without You","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1365,"description":"On today's show we chat with Othon Nolasco, co-founder of No Us Without You, a non-profit serving the most vulnerable amongst us within the hospitality community.\nThere are some revelations in life that hit you like a ton of bricks. It was Othon that brought to light that there are thousands of undocumented hospitality workers that are unable to receive government assistance and thus are unable to feed their families. Most of us can empathize but few of us have the courage to act. Within days of the quarantine, Othon and team were feeding families throughout Los Angeles county. Here, Othon provides a window into the work they're doing and the people they're supporting.\nClick to sign up for our weekly newsletter.\nClick here to book time on my personal calendar.\nClick here to download our Restaurant Recovery Guide.\nWant to streamline your front-of-house operations and increase sales? Head over to http://restaurants.yelp.com/fullcomppodcast to claim your free page and learn more about these powerful tools for your business.\nSHOW NOTES\n\n Met partners Damien and Erin in 2012 and created Va’La Hospitality in 2018\nConsultants specifically for bar services\nCoping though Covid19\nAll projects were shutdown when crisis hit\nStill figuring out the next steps for Va’La\nFocus on the charity work\nBeing “unemployed” feels very odd since hospitality professionals are usually working constantly\nThe beginnings of No Us Without You\nPredicted the lockdown and shutdown of bars would happen\nLots of GoFundMes were being made for FOH staff but not the most vulnerable\nStarted the initiative to feed 1 undocumented, unemployed family for 1 day.\nBought food from restaurant outlets and packaged it\nThe initiative grew to feed the family for 1 week\nCandidates for the program\nFamilies are of undocumented back of house staff who are now unemployed\nHard-working people struggling without work\nOperations of No Us Without You\nFood packages have a mix of produce, dried staples, and home-cooked meals...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6OAanP6N7rKCCEP4OYgZT_i74QmCwgk2rH1cSWqhfvs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYzkz/MGQ5M2Y5MWZmM2E0/NGM3MzFmNzQ0OGZl/NDhhYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}