CHICAGO and BOSTON,
Nov. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Today, Grubhub, a leading food-ordering and delivery
marketplace, and The Greg Hill Foundation's Restaurant Strong Fund
announced the Restaurant Winterization Grant program, a new
initiative to provide $10,000 grants
to eligible independent restaurants. With indoor dining limited in
many cities to combat a resurgence of COVID-19, this financial
support will help restaurants prepare for winter, including by
helping restaurants address needs for additional infrastructure and
equipment to extend outdoor dining, increased personal protective
equipment (PPE) to protect their employees, and other necessities
to get them through the cold-weather months.
The program will be supported with a $2
million grant recommended from Grubhub Community Relief Fund
(GCRF), a donor-advised fund created in March by Grubhub to support
charitable organizations helping restaurants, drivers and those in
need impacted by COVID-19. Restaurant Strong Fund will also be
accepting donations for the Restaurant Winterization Grant program,
helping extend the program beyond the initial launch.
"What Grubhub has done already to support thousands of
restaurant owners and their employees has been instrumental in
helping them make it through work interruptions during the
pandemic," said Greg Hill, Founder
of The Greg Hill Foundation." With this next phase, they will
ensure that countless restaurants have a fighting chance to make it
through winter. We can't thank them enough for their initiative and
drive to help."
"This winter will be different than any one before, with the
restaurants we know and love needing more support to get through
the season," said Seth Priebatsch,
chief revenue officer at Grubhub. "Our partnership with the
Restaurant Strong Fund – already instrumental in providing grants
for restaurant employee relief earlier in the pandemic – is now
responding to the needs of restaurants and providing valuable
support to help them survive the challenging months ahead."
Starting November 9 through November
21, the Restaurant Strong Fund will accept grant
applications from all restaurants located in Chicago, New York
City, Boston or
Philadelphia with five or fewer
locations. The application period will close on November 21 and grants will be fully distributed
to restaurants before the end of November. Interested restaurants
can learn more about the Restaurant Winterization Grant program and
the full application process at
https://www.restaurantstrong.org/winterize/.
Throughout the pandemic, Grubhub has raised more than
$13 million through Grubhub's Donate
the Change program, where diners are able to round up their total
at checkout and donate the difference to fund the Grubhub Community
Relief Fund. Grubhub matches eligible donations of Grubhub+ members
that are opted in to Donate the Change. A snapshot of organizations
supported include:
- Boys & Girls Club of America: Grubhub's
on-going support has helped Clubs reopen their doors across the
country, providing a safe environment for parents to bring their
children while they are working on the frontlines, whether as
healthcare workers, restaurant workers, and delivery personnel.
Reopening Club doors supports an array of needs within the
community, including helping kids with academics, virtual learning
opportunities and providing access to meals for families in
need.
- MEANS Database: Through MEANS Database, Grubhub's
support is used to purchase leftover food from independent
restaurants in cities across the country to provide to local
nonprofits, including Open Door Missionary Church, World Harvest
Food Bank, Common Pantry and Providence Rescue Mission.
- Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC): With support from the
GCRF, RLC purchases meals from Black-owned restaurants that are then donated
to food insecure students and their families who need it most. With
our restaurant partners also facing hardships due to COVID-19 and
reduced in-person dining capacity, this program also provides local
restaurants an opportunity to remain active and receive revenue
from the meals purchased by RLC.
- The Greg Hill Foundation's Restaurant Strong Fund: In
addition to the current Restaurant Winterization Grant program,
Grubhub also supported the Restaurant Strong Fund's grant program
earlier this year, providing micro-grants to independent
restaurants and their employees across the country.
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 $10,000,000 in grants to families and individuals
in need. With more than 1 million restaurants in the U.S. employing
over 15 million people nationwide the foundation created the
Restaurant Strong Fund to be able to assist restaurant owners and
employees who have been impacted by Covid-19.
About Grubhub
Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB) is a leading online
and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace with the largest
and most comprehensive network of restaurant partners, as well as
nearly 30 million active diners. Dedicated to connecting 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 over 300,000 restaurants and is proud
to partner with approximately 245,000 of these restaurants in over
4,000 U.S. cities. The Grubhub portfolio of brands includes
Grubhub, Seamless, LevelUp, AllMenus and MenuPages.
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