Campari Group Canada tips Canadian hospitality professionals in honour of National Takeout Day
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Campari donates $50,000 to Canada s Bartenders Benevolent Fund
TORONTO, April 14, 2021 /CNW/ - Campari Group Canada ( Campari Canada ) is honouring Canada Takeout s second annual National Takeout Day by announcing additional support for hard-hit professionals in Canada s food, beverage, and hospitality industries.
On Thursday, April 15, Canada Takeout is calling on all Canadians to support local bars and restaurants by ordering in. Campari Canada is adding to the call by ensuring that bartenders, servers, and other hospitality staff experiencing financial hardship benefit from Canadians generosity and community spirit. Campari Canada will be topping up tips with a $50,000 donation to the Bartenders Benevolent Fund ( BBF ) and will use its marketing channels to amplify Canada Takeout s call for Canadians to celebrate National Takeout Day.
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic and things are still looking bleak for Canada’s restaurant industry. The financial relief provided to restaurant owners, especially by provincial governments, has been largely ineffective. Guidelines for opening and closing are ad hoc and sudden. Proactive solutions like loosening liquor laws to create even a sliver of extra income for businesses still remains to be seen in some places. For the workers of this industry, who were already precarious pre-pandemic, this has been a time of unparalleled instability.
In numbers alone, Canada’s 1.2 million restaurant workers, who represent 7 percent of the country’s workforce, are significant. They are a large enough demographic that they have the potential to affect virus contagion nationally, and yet, support for them and their industry has been waning at best. Of those who have remained employed throughout the pandemic, most are still without paid sick leave, even amid this global health crisis. A
To honour manufacturers’ efforts, Canadian Manufacturing, PLANT and EP&T hosted the Responding to COVID-19: Industry Leadership Honours. Photo: Stephen Uhraney
When the COVID-19 pandemic swept across Canada and by March the country was shutdown, it was evident the healthcare system was short of personal protective equipment, ventilators and other safety supplies.
Manufacturers and other suppliers responded to a federal government call to action by shifting their operations to produce COVID-related supplies, which meant buying equipment, securing suppliers and quickly ramping up production.
Their innovations and agility resulted in a steady flow of safety supplies and the development of hospital equipment for frontline healthcare workers and consumers. To honour their efforts, Canadian Manufacturing, PLANT and EP&T magazines (Annex Business Media) hosted the Responding to COVID-19: Industry Leadership Honours, covering 10 categories. This virtual event was sponsored by Machin