07/05/2026
Let’s talk about money 💵
You may have noticed as our business has been growing, our team has been growing alongside it! If you’ve visited us at events the last few months (THANK YOU), it’s not always co-owners Chelsea & Adam serving you. We now have two full-time employees, as well as a small handful of casual event staff.
And at every event, without fail, we have customers asking, “Why is there no tip button??”
Tipping culture is a complex conversation, & there are many answers to this question. But the main one is this: we don’t need you to tip in order for our employees to be fairly compensated for their work.
While you’re always welcome to leave a small cash tip to be divided among employees (not the owners), you should never feel pressure to tip because our employees are paid a fair living wage, as set by the Ontario Living Wage Network.
Before our business was even conceptualized, we knew paying a fair living wage for every hour worked was non-negotiable for us. The same values that motivated us to found a vegan food business are what drive us to pay our employees a living wage; namely, that all forms of exploitation negatively impact us all. We’re endeavouring to create a business that leaves things better than we found them.
And from a business perspective, paying every employee a living wage just makes sense; people perform best when they’re invested in their organization, and investment naturally follows feeling supported and valued. Especially in food service and creative industries, where AFAB people and minorities are overrepresented, overworked, and underpaid, paying a fair living wage is one way businesses can start to raise that bar.
The cost of a fair living wage is built in to all our products. So while your cash tips make Jon, Myk, & our casual event staff feel extra appreciated, we work hard to ensure the burden of appropriately compensating our team for their hard work is never on you, the customer 💕
