CHICAGO and BOSTON, Oct. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
Today, Grubhub, a leading global online food delivery marketplace,
and The Greg Hill Foundation's Restaurant Strong Fund,
announced they will be giving $4
million in grants to support restaurants across the country
that have been working hard to survive the pandemic. Ranging from
$5,000 to $50,000, the grants are part of the Restaurant
Strong Fund's All Day campaign and will help restaurant owners fund
indoor and outdoor dining improvements, equipment and technology
maintenance and upgrades, marketing and promotion efforts, staff
hiring and training, Covid-19 compliance, and infrastructure
improvements. This is the third restaurant support program Grubhub
and The Greg Hill Foundation have partnered together for in the
last year.
Restaurants in New York,
Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Denver, Baltimore and Portland are encouraged to apply for the
grants, which will be funded by donations from Grubhub's Donate the
Change program earlier this year. Through the program, Grubhub and
Seamless diners who are opted-in can round up their order total and
donate the difference, with the company matching eligible donations
from Grubhub+ members. Beginning on October
16, donations from the program will again support the
Restaurant Strong Fund through the remainder of 2021.
"We spend a lot of time listening to and talking with our
restaurant partners to better understand their needs so that we can
be even better partners to them," said Kevin Kearns, senior vice president of
restaurants at Grubhub. "We've been hearing that they need support
across multiple areas, including hiring and staffing efforts and
getting the proper safety equipment for indoor and outdoor dining,
and we're proud to continue working with the Restaurant Strong Fund
to provide a much-needed lifeline to restaurants across the
country."
"While the restaurant industry continues to face challenges from
the pandemic, we are so fortunate that partners like Grubhub have
continued their ongoing support of helping restaurants recover,"
said Greg Hill, founder of The Greg
Hill Foundation. "We're excited to be doubling the amount of
funding this time around so that together, we can help more local
restaurants continue serving their communities."
Starting October 13 through October
20, the Restaurant Strong Fund will accept grant
applications from the first 500 restaurants (with five or fewer
locations) located in each of the seven cities. The application
period will close on October 20 and
grants will be fully distributed to restaurants in mid-November.
Interested restaurants can learn more about the grants and how to
apply at www.restaurantstrong.org/allday/.
More information and details about the previous grant programs
Grubhub and Restaurant Strong Fund have partnered on can be found
here and here.
About Grubhub
Grubhub is part of Just Eat Takeaway.com
(LSE: JET, AMS: TKWY, NASDAQ: GRUB), a leading global online food
delivery marketplace. Dedicated to connecting more than 33 million
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 more than 300,000 restaurant
partners in over 4,000 U.S. cities.
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 $15,000,000 in grants to families and individuals
in need. The Greg Hill Foundation's Restaurant Strong Fund was
established in March of 2020. The fund was created to help aid the
Hospitality Industry as restaurants closed and employees were left
out of work due to Covid-19. The Restaurant Strong Fund provides
various grant opportunities available to Restaurant Employees and
Restaurant Owners.
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