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Mother’s Day. Two weeks from today!

Over the next two weeks, we’ll be showing YOU how to show the love for all the moms in your lives by highlighting some of the delicious offerings available from all of our Breaking Bread partners.

First up, this tastes-as-good-as-it-looks Orange Raspberry Passionfruit Tart from our friends at Vancouver’s @beaucoupbakery. Almond frangipane, raspberries, orange zest, passionfruit ganache, fresh orange segments, raspberries, candied orange peel, decorated with chocolate pearls and shells.

It’s part of Beaucoup’s new ‘Mother of Pearl’ collection now available for preorder on their website.

Got something special you’re featuring for mom? Let us know! Shoot us an email at hello@breakingbreadnow.com or fire us a DM so we can help get out the good word!

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Some sobering statistics that highlight how lockdowns have affected the Canadian restaurant and foodservices industry and those who count on it for their livelihoods in a recent post from Restaurants Canada President & CEO Todd Barclay that appeared in Menu Magazine:

“Unfortunately, contrary to what many government officials have indicated, ‘We are not all in this together’, writes Barclay. “In a year when so many others have continued to receive their full pay, and some industries have thrived during the pandemic, those in the restaurant sector have never worked harder and lost so much through no fault of their own.

Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, the foodservice sector was Canada’s fourth-largest employer, directly employing 1.2 million people. However, in the first six weeks of the pandemic, the restaurant industry lost more jobs than the entire Canadian economy lost during the 2008-2009 recession. One out of every five jobs lost during the initial lockdown from March to April 2020 was in Canada’s restaurant sector.

It is imperative to note that women make up 58 per cent of the restaurant workforce but accounted for six out of every 10 lost jobs and 31 per cent of restaurant owners, operators and staff belong to a visible minority.

Fifty per cent of Canadian restaurants are run by new Canadians, both groups who may have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. No other sector is still experiencing such a shortfall. All other industries have recovered at least 85% or more of their pandemic job losses.”

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Today is Earth Day — a fitting time for @oceanwise to announce their innovative new Plastic Reduction Partner Program which invites restaurants and foodservice businesses across Canada to join them in a quest to reduce the more than 11 million tons of plastic waste that enter the world’s oceans annually.

Offered free of charge for the first year thanks to funding from @canenvironment, @vancitycu and @drink_vivreau, restaurants will work with the Ocean Wise Plastic Reduction Program team to devise a plan together.

“The Ocean Wise Plastic Reduction Program isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. We recognize that each business will be at a different point on their plastic-reduction journey, and we will work with restaurant partners to understand their plastic use, identify science-based solutions and set realistic targets,” says Laura Hardman, Plastic Free Oceans Leader at Ocean Wise.

Join the national movement by registering at plasticreduction.ocean.org and read more via the link in our bio 👆above or at aquablog.ca.

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