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Supporting the Frontline – the $5 Burrito is back

Boloco exists to help others – we are one of 12 Certified B Corp restaurants in the country. Our focus has always been, first and foremost, on the welfare of our own team. Hard workers who haven’t struck gold. Kind people who aspire to grow and live good lives. Some have claimed we go too

Fighting for $15!

Click here for link to the story (no paywall) at the Boston Business Journal website. How Boloco came back from the brink of collapse By Jessica Bartlett – Reporter, Boston Business Journal October 15, 2021 In October 2020, the co-founder and “chief worker advocate” of Boston-based Boloco, John Pepper, had written to shareholders that the company Read more about BBJ Article: How Boloco came back from the brink of collapse

BBJ Article: How Boloco came back from the brink of collapse

Click here for link to the story (no paywall) at the Boston Business Journal website. How Boloco came back from the brink of collapse By Jessica Bartlett –  Reporter, Boston Business Journal October 15, 2021 In October 2020, the co-founder and “chief worker advocate” of Boston-based Boloco, John Pepper, had written to shareholders that the company

“Narrative and feelings”

To our wonderful team at Boloco,  Below this note I’ve included this morning’s blog post from our friend Seth Godin who says: “If our goal is to help people make better choices, it helps to first create better feelings.” Read the whole passage… I think you’ll like it. Many of our people at Boloco are

Fighting for $15 is No Joke, even on April Fool’s 👊

Oh, it was going to be so hilarious! April Fool’s Boloco-style never used to disappoint. I stressed about this all day, and honestly for many days leading up to it. And here we are at a few minutes before midnight (damn, it’s actually past midnight now), and nothing. I couldn’t do it. Argh! Here it

FOMO re Closing to Vote

A lot of companies are “closed” today to allow their employees to vote. We asked our teams in the 3 open restaurants if they, too, would like to close in order to give everyone a chance to vote. They told us that everyone had already either voted or had a plan to vote if they

Boloco Re-Opening Update – October 9, 2020

BOLOCO UPDATE October 9, 2020 Dear Boloco Shareholders, September was relatively uneventful. We remain open in 2 of the 7 locations (unchanged from last report) and have been working on securing agreements with all landlords to either re-open at reduced rents or to close permanently. We have now received forgiveness of some or all of

Boloco Re-Opening Update – August 25, 2020

BOLOCO UPDATE: August 25, 2020Dear Boloco Stakeholders,While I realize I’m supposed to be able to steer this ship after so many years at the helm (whether as CEO or Chair), I continue to feel very little control over the direction we go from one day to the next.  A few weeks ago I could not see past

The 3 Gs Necessary for Boloco’s Survival

A few weeks ago, I realized that Boloco’s survival was no longer in my hands. Control of our fate rests in what I have shared with a few are the 3 remaining Gs – God, Government, or Gatsby. We used to have other Gs, like Grit, Generosity, Goals, even Gutsy – those still matter, but