Tuskie's Partners With Sysco On Free Sunday Grocery Distribution

LEESBURG, VA — Tuskie's Restaurant Group and Sysco Food Services of Virginia have teamed up to form the Tuskie's Food Hub to give free groceries to staff of Leesburg and surrounding Loudoun County restaurants who are in need of personal food supplies during the coronavirus crisis.

Distribution of food to local area restaurant staff will be conducted through the Tuskie's Food Hub by curbside pickup beginning at 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon in front of Tuscarora Mill Restaurant, located at 203 Harrison Street, Leesburg, VA 20175. Tuskie's, with Sysco's help, will give out the groceries on Sunday until the food is all gone. If there are leftover groceries, Tuskie's will keep giving them out through the week.

The Tuskie's Restaurant Group is made up of Tuscarora Mill, Magnolias at the Mill, South Street Under, Fire Works Leesburg, Fire Works Arlington, Fire Works Cascades and the Birkby House. Sysco is a Houston-based company with a global reach that distributes food to restaurants, healthcare, and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers.

Sysco, a food supplier to Tuskie's restaurants for nearly 30 years, reached out to Tuskie's about doing a free grocery program for restaurant workers in the Loudoun area. Sysco donated 130 cases of food for the program.

Meanwhile, the Tuskie's Restaurant Group last week started a fundraising drive for its employees who are out of work due to the coronavirus. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has ordered all restaurants in the state to close their dining rooms and offer only carryout and delivery service.

Through a GoFundMe campaign, Tuskie's is raising money for what it is calling the Tuskie's Restaurant Group Workers Fund. The money will be distributed among staff members at all of its restaurants. None of the money raised will be used by the company, Tuskie's said.

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As of Sunday morning, the campaign had raised almost $21,000 for the Tuskie's Restaurant Group's workers.

The Tuskie's Restaurant Group employs more than 300 people, some of whom have been with us for nearly 30 years. Many of the workers are now out of work or have had their hours reduced in an effort to keep them safe and contain the spread of the coronavirus.

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