Cris Bennett — Serving up 40 years of Good Stuff in South Bay
Cris Bennett is celebrating 40 years in the South Bay for his Good Stuff restaurants. He’s seen here at his Redondo Beach location. Photo Last month, while the coronavirus had forced Chris Bennett to close his four Good Stuff restaurant dining rooms and shift to take-out only, he reached out to the 45,000 subscribers on the Good Stuff email. Donate $20 and Good Stuff would prepare two meals for health workers at the Providence Little Company and Torrance Memorial medical centers, he wrote. His servers would deliver the meals. Bennett’s daughter Cassidy, a teacher at Tulita School in Redondo Beach, suggested the idea after reading about a similar first responder meals program at a Los Angeles area restaurant. Over 200 people contributed the first day. Another 500 contributed the second day. Since sending that email, Good Stuff has delivered over 2,500 meals to the two hospitals and other first responders. “The power of our regular customers is just phenomenal,” Bennett said. “And the people are so willing. Some were buying 100 meals at a time, just to help. It was so amazing.” https://youtu.be/ul4pS348gYA The response is a reflection of the customer loyalty Bennett has built over…
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