Letting go, learning, leading: Pizza execs look back at a harrowing year
It was a year of excruciating decisions, uncontrollable conditions and lots and lots of leaps if not catapult-rides of faith in the pizza business. Here, some of the pizza restaurant business s leaders go on-the-record about the toughest moments of 2020.
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The restaurant tragedies of the last year are written all over the nation s landscape in the darkened and boarded-up storefronts of what at last count was approximately 120,000 restaurants. Aside from the unestimated and still accruing toll these losses have incurred on business owners and employees, are the ripple effects of all the collateral damage to surrounding communities and the many patrons who depended on these places for a source of connection.
Knoxville Biz Ticker: BlueCross Foundation providing $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee
The Knoxville News-Sentinel 12/30/2020 Knoxville News Sentinel
BlueCross Foundation providing $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation is giving $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee to help meet the needs of community members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This gift provides additional support following the $500,000 the foundation awarded to Second Harvest in March.
Food banks across the state have been facing increased demand since the onset of the
pandemic, as many Tennesseans turn to them for support. While many organizations have been able to sustain operations throughout 2020, donations are leveling off and the beginning of 2021 remains uncertain.