{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry Revolution","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\n Consultants specifically for bar services\n Coping though Covid19\n All projects were shutdown when crisis hit\n Still figuring out the next steps for Va’La\n Focus on the charity work\n Being “unemployed” feels very odd since hospitality professionals are usually working constantly\n The beginnings of No Us Without You\n Predicted the lockdown and shutdown of bars would happen\n Lots of GoFundMes were being made for FOH staff but not the most vulnerable\n Started the initiative to feed 1 undocumented, unemployed family for 1 day.\n Bought food from restaurant outlets and packaged it\n The initiative grew to feed the family for 1 week\n Candidates for the program\n Families are of undocumented back of house staff who are now unemployed\n Hard-working people struggling without work\n Operations of No Us Without You\n Food packages have a mix of produce, dried...","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}