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title: "How CORE provides financial lifeline for food, beverage workers in crisis"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/67bfa0b6-0c90-4644-9a23-f012a801e9ec
source: "QSR Web"
original_url: https://www.qsrweb.com/podcasts/how-core-provides-financial-lifeline-for-food-beverage-workers-in-crisis/
author: "Mandy Wolf Detwiler"
category: "Operations"
topics: ["Operations"]
published: 2026-05-26T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T13:16:47.212Z
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# How CORE provides financial lifeline for food, beverage workers in crisis

**TL;DR:** CORE, a national non-profit, provides emergency financial assistance to food and beverage employees facing personal crises. CORE was founded 22 years ago and has grown to several employees, filling a critical gap in industry benefits.

*By Mandy Wolf Detwiler, originally published in QSR Web on 2026-05-26. [Read the original](https://www.qsrweb.com/podcasts/how-core-provides-financial-lifeline-for-food-beverage-workers-in-crisis/).*

## Story

This episode of the Restaurant Operator Podcast features CORE’s Jill Chapman, who explains how the growing non-profit provides critical financial assistance to foodservice families navigating emergencies without the safety net of paid time off.

In this episode of the Restaurant Operator Podcast, host Mandy Detwiler, editor of QSRweb.com and Pizza Marketplace, chats with Jill Chapman, senior director of corporate partnerships for CORE. CORE is a national non-profit that financially supports food and beverage service families in times of crisis.

CORE was founded 22 years and was run by volunteers up into 2015 when it hired its first employee. Eleven years later, the non-profit has several employees and is growing as much as the need is growing.

CORE is needed because in the food and beverage industry, there is no PTO — if you're not working you're not getting paid.

"If anything happens, whether it be health, injury, death or natural disaster or domestic abuse, that's where CORE comes in. That's what our mission is about. We come in and help financially during those times," Chapman said.

## Entities

- Operations (sector)
- QSR Web (publication)
- employee benefits (topic)
- nonprofit organization (topic)
- Mandy Wolf Detwiler (person)
- financial assistance (topic)
- food and beverage industry (topic)
- Mandy Detwiler (person)

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Originally reported by Mandy Wolf Detwiler, QSR Web (https://www.qsrweb.com/podcasts/how-core-provides-financial-lifeline-for-food-beverage-workers-in-crisis/). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/67bfa0b6-0c90-4644-9a23-f012a801e9ec).