To celebrate Black Women-owned businesses, the non-profit Foodwise hosted a pop-up event Saturday in San Francisco.
Tina Stevens, the owner of a baked goods business called A Girl Named Pinky, said events like this are important.
“It means we get more exposure from people who don’t normally know we exist,” she said. “Now they know, so this is a good thing.”, told NBC Bay Area they started started planning the pop up because there was demand to highlight more Black-owned businesses. And they said many of their vendors came from their partner programs.
“A lot of our vendors came from our Building Equity Program,” said Deven Okry, “These organizations work with BIPOC entrepreneurs. So we partnered with them. And we got the vendors situated and settled in to be here today for the event.”“I think this is awesome. They need to keep this up every year,” said Stephanie Peterson, from San Leandro. “I’ve only been to two places where I have purchased items and loving everything I’ve seen so far.
celebrating Black-owned food businesses planned for 2023. The next one will be held on Juneteenth, June 10.
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