Dine out for Food Service Workers

Dining with Gratitude

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Join Us for Dining With Gratitude

Giving Kitchen’s Dining With Gratitude campaign unites operators, suppliers, and vendors nationwide to support food service workers in crisis and help fund the need.

Through a fundraising promotion, operators educate their teams about Giving Kitchen’s resources while increasing awareness among guests in their communities.

By supporting Giving Kitchen, you show that your organization values its people, setting you apart from the competition. Suppliers, vendors and service companies have the flexibility to make a direct donation or conduct a cause marketing promotion to raise funds.

Join us to support food service workers and show your commitment to building a community of care!

Need fundraising ideas?

A fundraising promotion can be engineered to drive sales, engage employees and invite guests to donate to receive something in return. We offer guides to help.

For Operators:

Guest generosity driven donations:

Bounce Back or Thank You Offer – can drive repeat business, introduce new products, or increase guest checks.
Pin up promotion, can be added to a bounce back offer
Round Up Promotion

Product Promotions: Limited Time Offers (LTO’’s) Embed the donation amount into the menu price. Partner with your supplier for a discount, or donated product.

Special events: Host a special event, dinner, tasting, brunch, golf tournament… get creative, have fun, sell tickets, and a set dollar amount or percentage for each ticket, meal or mulligan sold. Invite a local celebrity, or newscaster, for a remote broadcast and/or photo opportunity to attract guests.

For Suppliers, Vendors, and Service Companies

Support Giving Kitchen’s mission by sponsoring Dining With Gratitude. We offer campaign or corporate sponsorship packages to help further Giving Kitchen’s mission. Content and assets are provided to market your support.

Ways to sponsor Dining With Gratitude:

Budget a tax-deductible donation to become a campaign sponsor
Product promotion: Donate $X per case/item of product sold during a set time for product introductions, clean out inventory or activate a year-round giving promotion.
Service promotion: Service providers can donate on behalf of new clients
Employee donations with a match

We can share additional ideas on ways to raise funds and market your donation!

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How to help food service workers in crisis

Operators: Sign Up to Participate

We offer a guide for every step of your Dining With Gratitude partnership:

Sign up today and your locations will be placed on the map!
Once you sign up, access the Dining With Gratitude Resource Center and download materials.
Determine how you will participate and plan your promotion.
Educate your team and roll out your promotion.
Activate your promotion and have fun!
Thank your customers and team members for a successful promotion.
Announce and celebrate your campaign results.

Diners & Supporters

Plan to dine out and make your meal count at participating food and beverage service operations and support their promotion. If your favorite restaurant is missing from the map, print this document and share it to invite them to learn about Giving Kitchen as a resource for the food service workers and to sign up to participate in the Dining With Gratitude campaign.

Invite your family, friends and associates to dine with you and post your meal on social media. #GivingKitchen #DiningWithGratitude

Write a note on the guest check thanking them for supporting Giving Kitchen.