As a restaurant owner or operator in today’s Canada, you know first-hand the financial challenges you are likely facing. At Restaurant Search and Rescue you may say that we are becoming a solutions hub, and one of our most important areas of focus is that of financial assistance.

 

We invite you to make a difference, big or small, by visiting our GoFundMe page and donating to join the rescue.

 

Our GoFundMe campaign for 2024 is now closed. We will open a new 2025 campaign towards end of this year with a new goal to help restaurants in need of urgent assistance to survive and succeed.

 

The way our program is set up is first we assess the business situation of restaurants calling for rescue missions. We then determine the urgency and type of help they need based on a critical scoring system that includes a comprehensive criteria such as:

 

1. Years in service

2. Number of jobs at risk

3. + or - cash flow

4. Risk of closure or bankruptcy  

5. Other critical factors

 

We then classify the needs for assistance under one of our Rising Partners or Industry Titans supplier categories. Our primary aim is to help save the business, the jobs and the community contribution local restaurants represent and provide a fighting chance to those struggling the most.

 

Throughout the year as we collect donations, we select restaurants from across the country according to their critical score, and distribute grants of $1,000 to $10,000, in order of urgency via our listed  suppliers, to help equip the recipients with the resources they need to survive and succeed!

 

For example, if our assessment determines a restaurant asking for rescue is in most urgent need for equipment that will help improve the menu and attract more customers to the otherwise not very busy tables, we will provide a grant, if selected, directly to one of our equipment supplier that can deliver such equipment. Many of our suppliers offer preferential pricing for rescue missions, so no matter what grant a restaurant may get, it is sure the funds will go even further than if you bought direct!