{"id":537,"date":"2014-11-27T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/premierfoodsafety_OLD\/?p=537"},"modified":"2014-11-27T13:00:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T13:00:50","slug":"taco-chain-donates-big-bucks-feed-hungry-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/taco-chain-donates-big-bucks-feed-hungry-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Taco chain donates big bucks to feed hungry kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the restaurant field, food is everything. You&#8217;re literally surrounded by it. It&#8217;s easy to take the bounty for granted, and combined with the distractions of technology and the progression of society, it&#8217;s easy to forget there are still some serious problems with the system.<\/p>\n<p>One of those is child hunger, which is still a very real problem in the modern world.<\/p>\n<p>A small taco chain located in California has been doing their part to raise money and awareness for this issue. Through a donation drive, Chronic Tacos raised $10,000 for No Kid Hungry, a charity with a mission to feed hungry families. Chronic Tacos held an event that featured celebrities and entertainment to bring in the cash, as well as other fundraising events throughout September.<\/p>\n<p>MTV star Wee Man played a major part in the campaign as he owns one of the restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>The pay-it-forward mentality can really stick with consumers because they feel like they&#8217;re contributing to a larger cause (and they are). Hungry kids get to eat, and those fuzzy feelings mean happy, repeat customers. Win win!<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here: <a title=\"Chronic Tacos donates $10,000 to No Kid Hungry\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcasual.com\/news\/chronic-tacos-donates-10000-to-no-kid-hungry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chronic Tacos donates $10,000 to No Kid Hungry<\/a><br \/>\n[sc:mbtc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Child hunger is still an issue today in our modern world, but it doesn&#8217;t have to be. One small restaurant chain, Chronic Tacos, raised $10,000 through fundraising and donated it to No Kid Hungry. Part of the campaign was an event hosted by MTV&#8217;s Wee Man, as he owns one of the restaurants. Donation to worthy charities can be a great way to put your business in the spotlight and make the world a better place, one taco at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/premierfoodsafety.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}