![]() Montes' family also said she had issues with her thyroid and was pre-diabetic. Her sibling said she died because of complications with COPD. Montes spent several weeks in the hospital before succumbing to her illness. "That's when they rushed her to have an emergency dialysis because her blood was intoxicated." "They had her in the emergency room for a couple of hours," said Monica Montes, Bertha's sister. In a complaint filed to CalOSHA on May 31, 11 of Montes' coworkers claimed that the 45-year-old woman was visibly sick with "bulging red, glossy eyes." Her family said Montes asked to leave, but her manager said she could not leave until someone could replace her. The coworker, Bertha Montes, 45, was rushed to the hospital shortly after returning home from her shift on April 13. So, we continue to educate everyone about a healthy way of living so we'll be able to live longer.Dozens of McDonald's employees in East Los Angeles decided to strike after a manager allegedly forced a coworker to work despite being gravely ill. One of the customers, Adrienne Diggs, a Compton resident and social worker, said, "We have to feed our bodies nutritious food because in the community there's a lot of high blood pressure, and diabetes, and it's all related to what we eat. He also said, "We have a business model that helps us make healthy food for everybody." Polk, over a healthy salad bowl, talked about how he can keep the prices low by using one central kitchen in South Los Angeles for all six locations. where life expectancy is lower than more well-to-do areas. You put the note on the wall and when somebody comes in who is hungry and has no money, he or she can take the note and use it to get a free meal.Īlthough Everytable is a for- profit business, it grew out of the non-profit, Groceryships, that Polk created to address food-related health problems in South L.A. The way this works is that you can pay for a meal and get a note instead of the meal. For example, you can pay 5 dollars for a kale salad in Compton and pay 8 dollars for the same salad in Santa Monica.Īnother unique feature of Everytable is that it has a feature called Pay It Forward. ()Įverytable uses a variable pricing model. A little more than one fourth of the people in Compton live below the poverty line. According to USDA, food deserts are identified as place where at least one fifth of the residents live in poverty and there is limited access to healthful food. ![]() where people could pay less money for the same meal than in more affluent neighborhoods.Ĭompton has been identified as one of the food deserts in Los Angeles. Polk's idea was to create a model for a healthy food company in "food deserts," such as South L.A. The food is made fresh daily from scratch. Some of the popular choices were the Salmon Super Food meal, the kale salad, and the Jamaican Jerk Chicken.Īccording to Polk, Everytable seeks to redefine the food landscape the way McDonald's did fifty years ago. Customers lined up out the door to cash in their free coupon for their grab and go meal. The chicken meal that Ward ate had smoked chicken, coconut, rice, beans, carrots and plantains, with spicy barbeque sauce and was just 5 dollars.Ībout 500 people attended Everytable's opening within the first two hours. "I'm not saying I don't like Taco Bell or McDonalds. Ward added that she's also a fan of the other fast food chains too. said, "We can go to fast food like Taco Bell and McDonalds and spend 5 dollars or spend 5 dollars here for healthier food." Latifa Ward, a resident of Compton, between bites of her Jamaican Jerk Chicken meal. The others are in Santa Monica, Century City, and Baldwin Hills, Downtown L.A. There are five others including the first, which opened in South L.A. Sam Polk, former Wall Street hedge fund trader, and the CEO of this new fast food model, started Everytable to "make healthy food affordable for everybody."Ĭompton marks Everytable's sixth location. Sounds of high-volume music punctuated the festive atmosphere as the eatery, Everytable, made its grand opening last Wednesday at the Compton Towne Center.
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