Increasing representation of racially underrepresented groups, every way we can, is core to the culture recipe that guides our employees and to our community standards for restaurant partners, catering customers, and delivery providers. The US Chamber of Commerce defines underrepresented groups as “less represented in one subset than in the general population. This can refer to gender, race/ethnicity, physical or mental ability, LGBTQ+ status, and many more.”

At ezCater, our goal is to hire and create an ezCater community that mirrors the diversity of the population outside ezCater. But diversity, equity, and inclusion don’t begin and end with employees. We have an equally important obligation to support underrepresented restaurant owners within the ezCater network.

In recent years, many customers have asked how they can find and support restaurants owned by underrepresented groups. To satisfy these requests, we offered restaurant owners the opportunity to self-identify as underrepresented, and we are highlighting their restaurants in our search results.

In honor of Black History Month, we’re featuring Black-owned restaurants on ezcater.com in cities including Newark, Tampa, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, New York City, and more. We’re adding all the time.

Much more to come. We’re committed to being better than yesterday, every day.