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title: "QSR: MFHA Hosting Roundtables to Address Racial Bias"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/59e69943-73a3-49cd-a716-4c4c51375b85
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/qsr-mfha-hosting-roundtables-to-address-racial-bias-2706949
category: "QSR"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "QSR"
published: 2018-06-25T16:11:26.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:44:19.199Z
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# QSR: MFHA Hosting Roundtables to Address Racial Bias

**TL;DR:** The Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance is hosting roundtables to address unconscious racial bias and cultural awareness in the hospitality industry. Participants will include companies such as Kellogg, Darden Restaurants, Sysco, and Chick-fil-A.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-06-25. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/qsr-mfha-hosting-roundtables-to-address-racial-bias-2706949).*

## Story

The Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance, or MFHA, will host a series of roundtables, open to leaders in the hospitality industry, on the topic of unconscious racial bias and cultural awareness.

According to a press release published on qsr.com , the organization hosted its first roundtable in Saint Paul, Minnesota on June 14 with Ecolab, a water and energy technologies company and prominent hospitality-industry vendor.

The MFHA has five more roundtables scheduled before the end of the year. Participants will include Kellogg, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, Darden Restaurants, Sysco and Chick-fil-A.

The hospitality industry has recently faced increasing internal and external scrutiny into its policies and practices regarding race and cultural awareness. Last month, Starbucks closed all of its stores for racial bias training following the widely reported arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia location.

“The Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance has long been the cultural intelligence solutions provider for the industry,” said MFHA President Gerry Fernandez. “With recent racial bias events in the news, now more than ever is a time to be involved with the MFHA.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Starbucks (company)
- Chick-fil-A (company)
- hospitality industry (topic)
- Darden (company)
- Ecolab (company)
- Kellogg's (company)
- Sysco (company)
- racial bias (topic)
- cultural awareness (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/qsr-mfha-hosting-roundtables-to-address-racial-bias-2706949). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/59e69943-73a3-49cd-a716-4c4c51375b85).