Over the past few weeks, nonstop protests fueled by the murder of George Floyd of a police officer envelope the nation and world..  Slews of social media posts, company statements and organization apologies pepper our TVs and phones.  However, a big and relevant question that hang over heads of minority consumers is this: so what?

 

Today’s episode of Stacks and the City features Dan Simons, CEO of VSAG and co-owner of Farmers Restaurant Group. Farmers Restaurant Group has restaurants such as Farmers Fishers Bakers and Founding Farmers and has been consistently ranked as the top booked restaurant on OpenTable.  Not only have I had the pleasure of working under Dan but I had a wonderful conversation on his perspective on if the ethos of a company matters when doing business.  Can we still ethically support a business if their views, politics, and messaging doesn’t align with ours?  My conversation with Dan honed on these three major points:

 

• Hold Businesses Accountable With Your Dollar
• • If a company has something to say in regards to the Black Lives Matter movement, how should we respond?
• Conscientious Capitalism
• • Is this term a paradox? Find out what Dan thinks
• Invest in the People
• • Instead of using money to be at the mercy of investors and shareholders, Dan believes that the more you invest in the people and employees, the more profit your business will turn in the long run. 

 

What do you think about the episode? Do you agree? Can I go to Chick-Fil-A knowing that they’ve donated to Donald Trump’s campaign and explicitly express anti LQBTQIA+ views but they hire liberal and queer employees who consistently remain pleasant and give me as much BBQ sauce as possible? Can we now go to NASCAR events? Is racism finally over???!!!!!  Share with me in the comments!

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