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Detroit s food distributors survived pandemic by delivering food to those in need
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CRAIN S MICHIGAN BUSINESS: THE FOOD ECONOMY
The business of getting food on our plates, and the paths it takes to get there, have been disrupted by COVID-19 in ways that require flexibility and adaptation at all levels of the industry. This month’s Crain’s Michigan Business examines how that is playing out in food transportation, restaurant business models and even in food waste.
In this special report:
Atlas Wholesale Food Company CEO John Kohl never expected to be operating a food assistance program. But that s precisely what he found himself doing almost exclusively by July 2020.
Michigan restaurants and bars can apply for COVID-19 Relief grants starting Tuesday
Michigan small businesses such as independent restaurants that are hurting due to the novel coronavirus crisis can apply starting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, December 15, for up to $15,000 of a total of $10 million in relief from the Pure Michigan Small Business Relief Initiative. Grants will be awarded on a first-come basis, so make sure to apply early. The relief is part of CARES Act money secured by the state at the beginning of the pandemic. The CARES Act is scheduled to expire on Saturday, December 26, and thus far Congress has approved nothing to replace it. Among many stipulations, applicants must be in compliance with the state’s COVID-19 safety guidelines meaning defiant restaurants need not apply.