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You know, the business particularly is focused around providing opportunities to men and women that have been affected by criminal records. The vast majority of our team members encountered some really significant adversity in their life tied to being affected by a criminal record, homelessness, issues of addiction, domestic violence. Yeah, Hot Chicken Takeover is what we call a fair chance employer, which just means that we're intentionally providing fair chance opportunities to men and women that they probably haven't had a fair shot in the past. Why don't we go into detail on your hiring practices and the whole philosophy of Hot Chicken Takeover? It's just something that a lot of people connect with and have nostalgic memories about. And so we'd gather groups of strangers and friends, and everybody would sit elbow to elbow breaking bread and eating fried chicken, which I think is probably one of the greatest social equalizers we have left. And, you know, up until COVID, our restaurant featured only communal seating.
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And so it's, you know, we're serving a chicken recipe I came up with in my living room alongside my grandmother's recipe for mac and cheese and cole slaw. And so we tried to build a beloved, trusted brand that gets people in and out of there in five minutes with really delicious kind of comfort-oriented fare. From a guest experience base, we're kind of squarely in that fast casual segment.
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We're a spread here between central Ohio and based in Columbus, Ohio and up in Northeast Ohio, in the Cleveland Metro area. So Hot Chicken Takeover is a restaurant chain based out of Ohio, right in the Midwest. So what's up, Joe? Why don't we talk a little bit about Hot Chicken Takeover and talk about the concept, what you do, and get into it? What first drew me to Joe and Hot Chicken Takeover is really his emphasis on community and giving people second chances and ability to start over as well as not just giving them that, but also matching funds and/or finding ways to even do more than just give them the chance, but help them down their path. I'm Daymond John and today I'll be speaking to Joe DeLoss of Hot Chicken Takeover. Retrieved October 20, 2016.BRG – JPMC – Daymond John Hot Chicken Takeover – Transcript "Hot Chicken Takeover's Joe DeLoss on getting investors, scouting expansion sites, and the F-word (franchising)". "Hot Chicken Takeover Named Best Food Truck of 2016". "How the Food Industry is Providing Second Chances to the Formerly Incarcerated".
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The company also provides various free professional development initiatives for its employees such as financial literacy training and private personal counseling, as well as emergency 0% payday loans or cash support so that employees are not at risk of predatory lenders. Founder Joe DeLoss has stated that workers with former criminal histories are better and more reliable employees than others, and that the company employs anyone with "an orientation towards personal growth and a willingness to respond to coaching". In 2016, over 70% of Hot Chicken Takeover employees were formerly incarcerated or formerly affected by homelessness. The company received significant media coverage for its stated mission of being a "fair chance employer" that provides job opportunities to formerly incarcerated people who are reentering the workforce and other individuals who are not otherwise able to find work. The company was initially founded as a pop-up restaurant in April 2014, before launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter later that year to fund the purchase of a food truck. Founder Joe DeLoss started the company after visiting Nashville, Tennessee and being introduced to the local specialty hot chicken in 2013.