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Popular fast-casual brands Shake Shack and Tender Greens recently announced initiatives to promote gender diversity and gender parity within their respective organizations, according to an article on <a href="https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/shake-shack-tender-greens-launch-female-diversity-initiatives/554145/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=shake-shack-and-tender-greens-aim-to-bolster-diversity-move-women-into-more-leadership-roles-2709876" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Restaurant Dive</a>. &ldquo;Tender Greens, a health-focused fast casual chain, announced last week that it aims to fill half of its leadership positions with women by 2020, <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tender-greens-leads-the-charge-in-gender-diversity-by-committing-to-have-50-of-their-restaurant-leadership-positions-held-by-women-300840665.html?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=shake-shack-and-tender-greens-aim-to-bolster-diversity-move-women-into-more-leadership-roles-2709876" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">according to a company release.</a> Leadership includes executive chef, sous chef and restaurant management positions,&rdquo; the article said. Similarly, Shake-Shack is spearheading an &lsquo;All-In Initiative,&rsquo; a company-wide diversity and inclusion program, according to <a href="https://www.nrn.com/fast-casual/shake-shack-focuses-fundamentals?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=shake-shack-and-tender-greens-aim-to-bolster-diversity-move-women-into-more-leadership-roles-2709876" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Nation&rsquo;s Restaurant News</a>. Per Restaurant Dive: &ldquo;Last year, 60% of promotions within the company were awarded to women. The Human Rights Campaign awarded the burger chain a 100% score for its 2019 Corporate Equality Index assessment.&rdquo;

&quot;As a collective industry, no one is doing a good job identifying and cultivating female talent. The industry is in a labor crisis and most of the jobs are dominated by men, especially in the kitchen. I want Tender Greens to do better,&quot; Tender Greens CEO Denyelle Bruno said in a statement, according to the article. The article also said: &ldquo;Diverse leadership teams can do more than simply brighten a restaurant&#39;s brand halo, too. They can lead to improved workplace innovation and a 19% increase in revenue, <a href="http://www.bcg.com/en-us/publications/2018/how-diverse-leadership-teams-boost-innovation.aspx?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=shake-shack-and-tender-greens-aim-to-bolster-diversity-move-women-into-more-leadership-roles-2709876" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">according to a recent </a><a href="https://www.bcg.com/en-us/publications/2018/how-diverse-leadership-teams-boost-innovation.aspx?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=shake-shack-and-tender-greens-aim-to-bolster-diversity-move-women-into-more-leadership-roles-2709876" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">study</a><a href="http://www.bcg.com/en-us/publications/2018/how-diverse-leadership-teams-boost-innovation.aspx?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=shake-shack-and-tender-greens-aim-to-bolster-diversity-move-women-into-more-leadership-roles-2709876" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"> from Boston Consulting Group</a>.&rdquo;

Such changes are taking place at a time of increasing corporate support for diversity in the workplace, especially among dominant-player franchisors like <a href="https://1851franchise.com/gender-equality-on-the-menu-how-more-women-are-stepping-into-executive-leadership-roles-within-the-foodservice-industry-2709594" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Starbucks</a> and <a href="https://1851franchise.com/mcdonald-s-to-use-ai-technology-to-reach-a-more-diverse-pool-of-applicants-2709416" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">McDonald&rsquo;s</a>. Buoyed by the initiatives of such major brands, it seems likely that brands will continue to publicly declare their support for diversity initiatives. 

Read the full story <a href="https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/shake-shack-tender-greens-launch-female-diversity-initiatives/554145/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=shake-shack-and-tender-greens-aim-to-bolster-diversity-move-women-into-more-leadership-roles-2709876" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">here</a>.

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