INDUSTRY: Surviving as a Small Business, Working Together | Matt McNally and Laurel Timms

COVID-19: Commonsense Conversations on the Coronavirus Pandemic

Recorded April 18, 2020.In this episode, Dr. O’Connell is joined by Matt McNally and Laurel Timms from Laurel’s Catering to discuss how the pandemic has impacted their business and the catering industry.Questions from this episode include:Can you tell us how the covid pandemic has affected the catering industry as a whole?We see stories about products like milk and eggs going bad because the supply chains are being disrupted. Are you seeing this on the front lines of your industry?Are there ways you see people working together in the industry to make it through these unusual times?Your host is Dr. Ted O’Connell, family physician, educator, and author of numerous textbooks and peer-reviewed articles. He holds academic appointments at UCSF, UC Davis, and Drexel University's medical schools and also founded the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Community Medicine and Global Health Fellowship, the first program in the U.S. to formally combine both community medicine and global health. Follow Ted on Instagram (@tedoconnellmd) and Twitter (@tedoconnell)! Matt got his first job in a kosher deli catering restaurant in his hometown near Boston. He also worked for his uncle’s catering company. After graduating from college his step-father got him interested in the advertising field and he would go on to work in the industry for 22 years in Boston and then San Francisco. He got back into catering when he began working with Laurel and he would work with her on weekends and in the evenings after his advertising job. Laurel’s Catering began in 2006 while Matt was still working full time at the agency. Eventually he left the agency to become patterns with Laurel and run the company full time. They began doing corporate lunches with startups in San Francisco and they grew as the companies grew as well as through word of mouth. If you would like to get involved, Matt and Laurel can be reached at: https://www.laurelscatering.com/ Shoutout Links for This Episode:https://www.stonebrewing.com/https://complinewine.com/https://buibistro.com/ Submit Your Questions for the PodcastSend an email to [e-mail] or check out covidpodcast.comWhat Can You Do? You can help spread commonsense about COVID-19 by supporting this podcast. Hit subscribe, leave a positive review, and share it with your friends especially on social media. We can each do our part to ensure that scientifically accurate information about the pandemic spreads faster than rumors or fears. Remember to be vigilant, but remain calm. For the most trusted and real time information on COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic, both the CDC and WHO have dedicated web pages to keep the public informed. The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice. Producers: Madison Linden and Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD Special thank you to Autolinx and Iminotech for supporting credible information about Covid-19.

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