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Edible partners with Atlanta college for training, jobs

Logo: Morris Brown College via Twitter.

July 21, 2021

Atlanta-based, Edible has teamed up with the city's Morris Brown College, to provide direct training and job opportunities for its hospitality and global business management students, a news release said.

The school — founded by formerly enslaved religious leaders at Big Bethel AME Church in 1881 — is Georgia's first college owned and operated by African Americans and claims notable alumni such as Alberta Williams King, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr., and James Alan McPherson, the first Black writer to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

"We are thrilled to continue to grow our hospitality program partners by working with companies that will provide direct experiential learning opportunities to our students," Morris Brown College President Kevin James said in the release. "I look forward to Morris Brown being a direct pipeline of diverse leadership within the career fields of hospitality and organizational leadership for Edible Arrangements and other prominent hospitality organizations in Atlanta. Edible's headquarters is located in Atlanta, so this partnership strengthens my goal for Morris Brown to become one of the top institutions in the country for Black and Brown people to learn how to own, operate, lead, and manage franchises, restaurants, and hotels."

Edible Arrangements President and COO Cheikh Mboup said, "Through internship opportunities, hands-on training, and Edible leadership seminars, we look forward to playing a part in setting these individuals up for success as the next generation of business leaders in the local Atlanta community and beyond. Moreover, we hope to foster their entrepreneurial spirits by helping students learn more about franchise ownership opportunities post-graduation."

Edible Brands is the parent company of Edible, which now has more than 1,000 locations worldwide.