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episode 30: Crisis Management: Hen Quarter's Ron Jordan on a #BLM sales bump and how he built his business
Sales are up at Ron Jordan’s Hen Quarter restaurant.
But will that gain sustain?
The owner of the Bridge Park dining spot said the combination of a new menu and a surge in support related to the Black Lives Matter movement are driving that increase.
“I do think that some of it, unfortunately, is going to become a blip,” he said.
Attention moves fast and customers compelled to spend money at Black-owned businesses last month may not feel that urge next month.
But he has faith in the power of the African-American dollar.
“If they truly understood all of us together what that means and we banded together and made this a mainstay, it could be a definitely a long lasting impact sort of thing,” he said.
Jordan sat down for Columbus Business First’s Crisis Mangement podcast where he talked about his restaurant roots, growing up in a family that owned successful Popeye’s franchises, how he’s helped to shape the Hen Quarter brand and the difficulties of starting a business as a Black entrepreneur, even when you have a track record.