This Hot Chicken-Fueled Social Enterprise Is Changing Lives
Joe DeLoss isn’t even all that into hot chicken. Sure, he prides himself on the mouth-watering grub he’s peddling. But the 32-year-old founder of Columbus hot spot Hot Chicken Takeover frequently admits that the chicken itself is a bit of a means to an end.
How a Purpose-Focused Restaurant is Changing People’s Lives
Restaurant work is physically demanding, fast-paced, and often stressful. With wages, food and beverage costs, utilities and equipment maintenance as well as fixed costs, many restaurants make less than 4% profit, and approximately 60% fail in the first three years.
Open hiring helps people get jobs based on their ability to work, not their past
After years of exclusion, people with non-traditional work histories are finding new job opportunities thanks to businesses that are embracing more inclusive hiring practices. That approach means that applicants who have experienced homelessness, incarceration, addiction, as well as refugees and those with a pending immigration status, can have a much better shot at meaningful employment.
Fried chicken restaurant is dishing out second chances
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Shannon Wilson has worked for Hot Chicken Takeover for two years. Before that, she was in prison. Wilson, now an Executive Coordinator for the popular Ohio restaurant, was addicted to drugs for 15 years. At 31, she was incarcerated for nearly four years. When she was released, she had no money, no clothes, and no food.
Rach Surprises Columbus Restaurateur Who Hires Hard-to-Employ Workers
Rach is getting a visit from a very special restaurateur who staffs his restaurant with individuals who have been formerly incarcerated or affected by homelessness.
Joe DeLoss runs the chicken restaurant Hot Chicken Takeover, and has given a second chance at employment to a current team of 40! To honor him for his very special mission, Rach has a surprise for him and his pregnant wife!
Why an Ohio restaurant owner employs job seekers with criminal records
Joe Deloss, owner of a Columbus, Ohio, restaurant called Hot Chicken Takeover, has found success by employing job seekers with criminal records who would otherwise not qualify for other types employment. Seventy percent of his 200 employees have had a run in with the law, but now they are changing their lives.
An Ohio Startup Rebuilds Lives One Piece of Fried Chicken at a Time
COLUMBUS, Ohio—William Camper searched for jobs for six years after being released from an Ohio prison in 2011. He had spent more than a decade behind bars for selling cocaine while battling his own addiction. Even after he got out, he still felt trapped.
Live Inspired Podcast: Ep. 102 How to outperform the competition (Hot Chicken Takeover)
Joe DeLoss is the founder of Hot Chicken Takeover, a Nashville-style, hot chicken restaurant chain based out of Ohio. What’s more inspiring than delicious fried chicken? The mission behind the chicken and the resulting success and growth the company is enjoying.
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