Black-owned school-lunch business moving to Philly area to create ‘culturally relevant’ meals for kids

[Disir]

Promising to cook “culturally relevant” meals with Black and brown kids in mind, a Black-owned school-food management company based in Harlem will be creating a hub in the Philadelphia region to serve local schools.

Red Rabbit has announced it has found a South Jersey location and will likely set up shop by summer, with the hopes of providing school meals by the fall. Company officials declined to name the spot.

Company CEO and founder Rhys Powell said he expects to employ “a few hundred regional people” at Red Rabbit, given its name by the child of a company employee.

In business for 16 years, Red Rabbit is the largest Black-owned K-12 school-food management company in the country. It has served more than 5.5 million meals per year to urban schools throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, according to company figures.

.... Dishes include Puerto Rican pollo guisado, West African suya chicken, Nigerian jollof rice, and Indian chana masala.
Black-owned school-meals business expanding here, stressing cultural relevance of food (inquirer.com)

That is awesome!
I've never attended school in Philadelphia so I have no clue what is on any of their menus but I'm skeptical of Euro-centric label. I mean schools have been known to kick out some horrendous food so, potato famine European? Soviet breadline?

 

[gtopa1]

Huh??? This "Wed wabbit"?????

Greg

 

[Sunni Man]

Hope the kids like fried chicken and watermelon 5 days a week. ...

 

[Grumblenuts]

Not much bunny innit?

 

[Disir]

Huh??? This "Wed wabbit"?????

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Greg

I don't know. Is it?

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Promising to cook “culturally relevant” meals with Black and brown kids in mind, a Black-owned school-food management company based in Harlem will be creating a hub in the Philadelphia region to serve local schools.

Red Rabbit has announced it has found a South Jersey location and will likely set up shop by summer, with the hopes of providing school meals by the fall. Company officials declined to name the spot.

Company CEO and founder Rhys Powell said he expects to employ “a few hundred regional people” at Red Rabbit, given its name by the child of a company employee.

In business for 16 years, Red Rabbit is the largest Black-owned K-12 school-food management company in the country. It has served more than 5.5 million meals per year to urban schools throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, according to company figures.

.... Dishes include Puerto Rican pollo guisado, West African suya chicken, Nigerian jollof rice, and Indian chana masala.
Black-owned school-meals business expanding here, stressing cultural relevance of food (inquirer.com)

That is awesome!
I've never attended school in Philadelphia so I have no clue what is on any of their menus but I'm skeptical of Euro-centric label. I mean schools have been known to kick out some horrendous food so, potato famine European? Soviet breadline?

Without racist affirmative action/government preferential grants - this business couldn't be a business.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

The CEO ,Rhys Powell, is obviously a Welshman. I would expect to see lamb on the menu.

 

[harmonica]

..you're excited about THAT????

 

[TheParser]

That's great news.

Food is so important to all of us.

If one enjoys one's food, then one is liable to be a happier person.

And if students are happier, then maybe they will exhibit better behavior at school and outside school. (Maybe some of those sucker punchers are angry because their diet is so lousy.)

 

[OldLady]

It's great to hear a few school kids are getting fresh cooked, from scratch meals like we got served when I was in school. Red Rabbit is even hiring real lunch ladies to cook their food in the schools with functioning kitchens. This guy is a genius teaming with food banks and Share programs where he makes more connections to surplus foods he can use while increasing his profile with his target audience.

Cooking the food fresh and serving it hot makes it so much better, no matter what it is, than the standard frozen reheated burgers and burritos kids are getting these days. It's a crying shame what they're paying for.

I wish Red Rabbit all the luck in the world!!

Another write up from Forbes a couple years ago. Glad they made it through the pandemic.

At Red Rabbit, A Former Wall Street Trader Tries To Make A Profit Selling Healthy School Lunches

Rhys Powell runs Red Rabbit, which produces nutritious kids’ food made from scratch. Based in Harlem, it serves 100,000 meals a week in 165 pre-schools, Head Start programs, private schools and charter schools in New York City and Westchester County.

www.forbes.com

 

[OldLady]

The CEO ,Rhys Powell, is obviously a Welshman. I would expect to see lamb on the menu.

Bahamas

 

[harmonica]

..it's the parents' responsibility to feed THEIR kids
black and brown??? = RACIST

 

[OldLady]

Promising to cook “culturally relevant” meals with Black and brown kids in mind, a Black-owned school-food management company based in Harlem will be creating a hub in the Philadelphia region to serve local schools.

Red Rabbit has announced it has found a South Jersey location and will likely set up shop by summer, with the hopes of providing school meals by the fall. Company officials declined to name the spot.

Company CEO and founder Rhys Powell said he expects to employ “a few hundred regional people” at Red Rabbit, given its name by the child of a company employee.

In business for 16 years, Red Rabbit is the largest Black-owned K-12 school-food management company in the country. It has served more than 5.5 million meals per year to urban schools throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region, according to company figures.

.... Dishes include Puerto Rican pollo guisado, West African suya chicken, Nigerian jollof rice, and Indian chana masala.
Black-owned school-meals business expanding here, stressing cultural relevance of food (inquirer.com)

That is awesome!
I've never attended school in Philadelphia so I have no clue what is on any of their menus but I'm skeptical of Euro-centric label. I mean schools have been known to kick out some horrendous food so, potato famine European? Soviet breadline?

Without racist affirmative action/government preferential grants - this business couldn't be a business.

Read the articles. I don't hear that.

 

[OldLady]

..it's the parents' responsibility to feed THEIR kids
black and brown??? = RACIST

You probably think Tiny Tim should have just died, too, don't you??? LOL

 

[Disir]

..you're excited about THAT????

I'd say "excited" is a pretty big stretch here. Not even close to what I personally think is exciting.

 

[harmonica]

..you're excited about THAT????

I'd say "excited" is a pretty big stretch here.

you did say
''''That is awesome!'''
with an exclamation point---------------!!!!!!!!!

 

[Disir]

..you're excited about THAT????

I'd say "excited" is a pretty big stretch here.

you did say
''''That is awesome!'''
with an exclamation point---------------!!!!!!!!!

It is awesome! But, not "exciting".

 

[harmonica]

..you're excited about THAT????

I'd say "excited" is a pretty big stretch here.

you did say
''''That is awesome!'''
with an exclamation point---------------!!!!!!!!!

It is awesome! But, not "exciting".

Definition of exclamation point

1: a mark ! used especially after an interjection or exclamation to indicate forceful utterance or strong feeling
2

 

[Disir]

..you're excited about THAT????

I'd say "excited" is a pretty big stretch here.

you did say
''''That is awesome!'''
with an exclamation point---------------!!!!!!!!!

It is awesome! But, not "exciting".

Definition of exclamation point

1: a mark ! used especially after an interjection or exclamation to indicate forceful utterance or strong feeling
2

But, not "excitement".

 

[harmonica]

..you're excited about THAT????

I'd say "excited" is a pretty big stretch here.

you did say
''''That is awesome!'''
with an exclamation point---------------!!!!!!!!!

It is awesome! But, not "exciting".

Definition of exclamation point

1: a mark ! used especially after an interjection or exclamation to indicate forceful utterance or strong feeling
2

But, not "excitement".

''I'm Leaving!!!!!!!!