Here’s some of what’s happening in Austin’s culinary scene, as the threat of COVID-19 begins to diminish (among the vaccinated, at least) and the city tries to regains its social, economic, and ideological footing. Yes, citizen, it s your
Food News Buffet for the third week of May …
Squeeze time, comrades: There’s an
employees’ strike at several local JuiceLand stores as of this writing, with production workers and shop workers withholding their labor to spotlight a series of demands –
better wages, better working conditions, greater accountability on matters of racism and sexism. These are workers in solidarity without an official union, fighting as best they can under the circumstances; how this struggle might ultimately improve their situation – how the rapidly expanding company’s management will choose to respond and operate in the midst of (and in the wake of) these actions – remains to be seen …
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Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: How has the exodus of women from the workforce during the pandemic impacted food & beverage? By Elizabeth Crawford While the pandemic has helped fuel a business boom for much of packaged food and beverage industry, not everyone in the sector has benefited – with women and female-run small businesses in particular taking a hard hit that could have devastating long-term consequences for the industry unless stakeholders act now to recruit, maintain and support a diverse workplace and category.
According to Pew Research, US employment during the first three months of the pandemic fell a staggering 13% costing 20.5 million Americans their jobs, which is more than double the toll taken by the Great Recession between 2007 and the end of 2009. The vast majority of these losses have fallen on women, 11.5 million of whom lost their jobs in the first three months of the pandemic co
/PRNewswire/ Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, a philanthropic program that provides mentorship and capital to food and beverage entrepreneurs, is.
| Credit: Courtesy of The Foundation for Black Women s Wellness
The founder of The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness recounts the very personal journey that inspired her to change the discourse around Black women’s health.
“I grew up in a tight-knit, rural community in Virginia. My mother owned a hair salon called The Beauty Hut, where I was her shampoo girl from age 11 until I left for college. The salon was a haven. You walked in and felt engulfed in love. It was women telling their deepest secrets, their joys, their tragedies. Pedigree didn’t matter; these were maids, teachers, professors, factory workers. But when they came in, they were just women healing women.