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'How the Food Industry is Providing Second Chances to the Formerly Incarcerated'. 'Hot Chicken Takeover Is Restoring Promise'. Clintonville and Easton Hot Chicken Takeover via Hot Chicken Takeover Facebook The whole city is in love with Hot Chicken Takeover, and for good reason, their crispy, spicy chicken has been wowing city residents and poultry aficionados since they opened in the North Market.

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'Ex-offenders work hard, reward restaurants that hire them'. Located at 435 Polaris Parkway, Hot Chicken Takeover will join a new development, just east of Polaris Fashion Place, between. This will be the company’s fourth Columbus location and fifth overall (they recently opened a store in Cleveland).

'How one chicken restaurant is disrupting fast casual'. The community-minded fried chicken joint will be opening up a new location in Westerville this summer. The company also provides various free professional development initiatives for its employees such as financial literacy training and private personal counseling, as well as emergency 0% payday loans or cash support so that employees are not at risk of predatory lenders. Founder Joe DeLoss has stated that workers with former criminal histories are better and more reliable employees than others, and that the company employs anyone with 'an orientation towards personal growth and a willingness to respond to coaching'. In 2016, over 70% of Hot Chicken Takeover employees were formerly incarcerated or formerly affected by homelessness. The company received significant media coverage for its stated mission of being a 'fair chance employer' that provides job opportunities to formerly incarcerated people who are reentering the workforce and other individuals who are not otherwise able to find work. The company was initially founded as a pop-up restaurant in April 2014, before launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter later that year to fund the purchase of a food truck. Founder Joe DeLoss started the company after visiting Nashville, Tennessee and being introduced to the local specialty hot chicken in 2013.

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