ARDEN HILLS, Minn., June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Â U.S. restaurant operators are facing a shortage of labor and shrinking margins as they start to welcome back diners. It's a little-understood problem that Land O'Lakes Foodservice, a business unit of Land O'Lakes, Inc., is helping the restaurant industry confront head-on. Last winter, the company donated $50,000 to the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) to help train the next generation of restaurant employees and enable them to further their careers. But now they want to do more through a new program called "Tip Jar."
Here's how Tip Jar works: During the month of June, consumers can dine in or take out at their favorite restaurants, leave a tip, then go online to log their tip and be entered for a chance to win a $100 gift card.* At the end of the campaign, Land O'Lakes Foodservice will match the tips logged up to $25,000 with a donation to NRAEF â the non-profit arm of the National Restaurant Association dedicated to attracting, empowering and advancing today's and tomorrow's restaurant employees.