Toast’s Commitment to Fighting Hunger for the Season of Giving
Invites customers, employees, and others to join us in helping to feed families this November
The restaurant industry is fundamentally built to feed and nourish local communities—so it’s no surprise that they’re often the first to step up in times of need. At Toast, we’re committed to supporting them in combating hunger and food insecurity—which is a big part of why we committed $5 million over the next five years to this cause.
As millions of families in the U.S. face a potential gap in SNAP benefits, food banks and pantries are expecting a surge in demand. The restaurant industry has always been defined by generosity, creativity, and care. Restaurants around the country are stepping up in the face of this urgent need, and so are we.
Every November, Toast holds its “Season of Giving,” a month-long Toast.org tradition that unites our Toaster community to help fight food insecurity, a global issue impacting millions of people. Now in its fifth year, there has never been a more crucial time to reaffirm our support for this issue. This Season of Giving, we are doubling down through community and restaurant grants, matching guest donations, and employee giving and volunteering. Toast is also committed to enabling restaurants as changemakers while helping to bridge the gap for families in need.
“Over the past week alone, we’ve seen countless restaurants and retailers across the country step up in extraordinary ways to support their communities,” said Kelly Esten, Chief Marketing Officer of Toast. “From setting up fundraisers for local food banks and pantries to offering free meals to SNAP-eligible families, their compassion and leadership remind us what this industry is all about. At Toast, we’re proud to stand alongside them as they continue to inspire us all to take action against hunger.”
Here’s how we’re expanding our commitment to fight food insecurity and making a difference this Season of Giving:
- Matching donations at participating Toast restaurants and retailers
We’re matching every dollar guests donate to eligible hunger relief organizations through customer-enabled Toast Fundraising1 campaigns, up to $50,000. Restaurants and retailers can enable Toast Fundraising in Toast Web to ask guests if they’d like to round up or make a flat donation in support of eligible hunger relief organizations. - Toast Changemakers Program
In mid-November, we’ll announce 15 restaurants that will each receive $10,000 to expand their local hunger-relief efforts and deepen their impact as part of our inaugural Toast Changemakers Program. - $500,000 in community Hometown Grants
We’re directing funding through Toast employee-led Hometown Grants to local hunger-relief organizations around the world, supporting the nonprofits our teams know and trust in their own communities. - Increased employee giving and volunteering
We’re double-matching all Toast employee donations to hunger-relief nonprofits and organizing 60 hunger relief-related volunteer events.
Join Us
Visit this page for more information on how Toast customers can get involved, from setting up Toast Fundraising to implementing a pay-it-forward campaign.
This is what our community does. Together, our team, Toast.org, and our 156,000 customer locations are stepping up to keep local families fed.
About Toast
Toast [NYSE: TOST] is a cloud-based, all-in-one digital technology platform purpose-built for the entire restaurant community. Toast provides a comprehensive platform of software as a service (SaaS) products and financial technology solutions that give restaurants everything they need to run their business across point of sale, payments, operations, digital ordering and delivery, marketing and loyalty, and team management. We serve as the restaurant operating system, connecting front of house and back of house operations across service models including dine-in, takeout, delivery, catering, and retail. Toast helps restaurants streamline operations, increase revenue, and deliver amazing guest experiences. For more information, visit www.toasttab.com.
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