“Makes Yo’ Tastebuds Sang”: Potato-Based Food Business Aims to Fight Food Insecurity
After losing her executive job during the pandemic, Cynthia Hayes embarked on a long journey of soul searching and prayer to figure out her next step. After a few job offers didn’t pan out, she took a leap of faith and launched an idea that had lingered in the back of her mind for more than a decade: a food business centered on baked potatoes.
Restaurants with loaded baked potatoes as a main course are common in Detroit where she grew up, but Hayes’ target audience is anything but ordinary. Rather than running a restaurant, her vision is a delivery-only enterprise getting this fresh, nutrient-rich...
