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Grenville Kitchen to open in November
Helping fight hunger at Maxwell House plant
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Factory workers, members of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp front office pack 50,000 meals for those in need.
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The menu for the Downtown vegan cafe and bakery includes dishes from Trinidad and Tobago along with Voxtail and vegan “Mac n Chz”. BY KATIE GARWOOD STAFF WRITER
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Initially planning to open in August, Downtown vegan cafe and bakery Grenville Kitchen is slated to open by the first week of November. A week before the restaurant’s final inspection in August, owner Jenielle Frith suffered serious injuries in a car accident and was hospitalized for more than a month, she said. Her phone was lost in the accident, and so were her vendor contacts, further complicating the anticipated Aug. 5 opening. After a city inspection, Frith said the cafe and bakery at 311 W. Ashley St. will be ready to open. “Of course you can’t foresee an accident, an accident can happen at anytime,” she said. Frith said she was disappointed she was SEE GRENVILLE, PAGE 2
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Jenielle Frith plans to open Grenville Kitchen Downtown at 311 W. Ashley St. in November. The restaurant will feature vegan cuisine.
Wednesday was an unusual day at the Maxwell House coffee plant in Jacksonville. The facility along East Bay Street Downtown roasts, grinds and packages all of the brand’s coffee products that are sold worldwide and customarily operates three shifts around the clock every day. On Wednesday, the production line was shut down for about three hours so that about 100 employees could gather in the cafeteria to assemble packaged meals for Rise Against Hunger, an international hunger relief organization that supports the United Nations sustainable development goals. The Maxwell House employees were joined for the project by members of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp minor league baseball team front-office staff. Each package will be given to children and families in need and provides six meals comprising rice, soy powder, dried vegetables and micronutrient powder developed by Kraft Heinz, Maxwell House’s parent company. Employees at the Jacksonville plant assembled about 15,000 meals annually for the past five years, but this year, the Jacksonville team decided to recognize World Food Day by packaging 50,000 meals. Their effort was part of a global initiative that packaged 1 million meals on World Food Day at 15 Kraft Heinz facilities in 10 countries.
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Dishes planned at Grenville Kitchen include roasted veggie salad, spiced dough balls and gluten-free bakery items from IRie Couture Cakery.
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The Back 40 Urban Cafe to expand The Back 40 Urban Cafe, a St. Augustine Tex-Mex, vegetarian and Caribbean restaurant will open another location, Back 40 Urban Fresh, at 105 Nature Walk Parkway along County Road 210 in St. Johns County. The county issued the interior build-out permit Wednesday. Back 40 announced plans in July on its Facebook page to expand to northern St. Johns County. Owner Paul Moody said by email the restaurant would open early next year. Buildout is expected to cost $200,000 for the 2,332-square-foot space. The restaurant will replace the former Bellini Cucina Italiana restaurant.
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