A purchase at Everytable can help feed a person in need in Long Beach

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Beginning Monday, Jan. 31 until Feb. 4 locals who patronize the new Everytable restaurant in Downtown will also have the option of buying a meal for a person in need.

Whether you plan to dine or not, patrons can visit the store to purchase a meal (or more) that will be donated directly to people experiencing food insecurity in Long Beach.

The five-day promotion, dubbed “Pay It Forward,” is a collaboration between Everytable, which sells healthy and affordable grab-and-go meals, and local non-profit, Local Hearts Foundation. The promotion coincides with Everytable’s grand opening on Jan. 31, marking the food business’ second storefront in Long Beach.

“It was a no-brainer for us to collaborate,” Local Hearts co-founder HJ Chong said. “Number one, it’s a healthy meal going to the community….people that shop there will know that their money is well spent because they’re feeding another family.”

Local Hearts Foundation will take charge of distributing the donated meals to the community. Whether that will be by delivery, a distribution event, or through a voucher system, which Local Hearts Foundation is pushing for, is still being discussed.

“I feel within the next couple of days we will be able to come up with a solution,” Chong said. “Our biggest concern at the moment is to bring as much foot traffic to the store [as possible].”

Among their many forms of outreach, Local Hearts Foundation has been helping feed Long Beach’s low-income areas for the last decade. From large-scale food distributions, such as their annual Thanksgiving turkey giveaway, to impromptu donations of groceries and other pantry staples at local businesses.

Everytable shares a similar goal. Since launching the company in 2015, Everytable says its mission is to make healthy food cheaper and more accessible to underserved communities.

Affordability is a priority; price points for their grab-and-go meals are set by the neighborhood’s income levels. So, a turkey taco bowl at the Downtown Long Beach location, for example, costs $7.35 while the same meal at the Compton store costs $5.70.

Chong and fellow Local Hearts co-founder Tito Rodriguez—affectionately known in the community as “Hood Santa”—said they appreciate that through the “Pay It Forward” campaign they can now offer the community healthier options in their efforts to feed.

Story by: Cheantay Jensen
Video by: Jackie Rae

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