With fewer than 20 stores in four U.S. states, the 5-year-old Tacos4Life brand is still at the beginning of its restaurant journey. That does not mean, however, that it's not doing some pretty impressive things as both a QSR and as a source for ongoing donations to feed the world's hungry children.
July 26, 2019
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Podcast Summary
Twenty-two cents. It's the kind of pocket change many of us have in our pockets or purses. But at Arkansas-based mission-based brand, Tacos4Life, that 22 cents donated by the brand for
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every customer meal to feed hungry youngsters is making a huge difference. Already the small Mexican chain has helped provided more than 10 million meals to starving kids worldwide through its customers' donations to the nonprofit, Feed My Starving Children organization, which buys and supplies meals to the world's children in need.
On today's podcast, half of the husband-wife team behind the 5-year-old chain, Austin Samuelson, takes the mic to tell us about operating a brand that ignites passion for doing good in its diners and creating tacos that put a Southern spin on a Mexican favorite.