Architecture
We work on projects in the United States and Internationally for people to dine, live, shop, vacation, work, exhibit, and create in. Our extensive experience and depth of knowledge allows us to provide comprehensive or separate architecture and interior design services on any scale of building from ground-up to renovations to interior buildouts. We have successfully worked for individuals, businesses, and non-profits to deliver creative solutions through a process that is guided by leadership, listening, innovation, and collaboration.
Autonomous Ride Share
Compost, Recycling, & Landfill Collection
While other companies try to sell you things with the promise of a better life, The Junkluggers makes life easier by decluttering your home with eco-friendly junk removal.
After we sort through your unwanted items, we repurpose and donate as much as we can. We even haul unsalvageable items to the appropriate recycling facilities for you.
Who knew junk removal could help save the planet?
IT FEELS GOOD TO DO GOOD
The Junkluggers appreciates and values your willingness to give back. That is why we try our absolute best to ensure the items that were once dear to you may still be enjoyed by others. With The Junkluggers on your side, you won't even have to lift a finger!
This begins by creating a resource ecosystem – one that both protects the environment and sustains the local community. It’s a ‘closed loop’ ecosystem that makes it possible for the communities Recology serves to achieve high landfill diversion and meet sustainability goals.
- Collection – Identify the needs of the community and propose and implement programs to collect and process materials.
- Recovery – Design sorting strategies, deploy a three-bin system, and establish outreach and education programs.
- Processing – Build infrastructure that includes machinery and technologies to extract and sort raw materials.
- Marketing & Commodities – Ensure that recycled commodities are sold to manufacturers that will create further recyclable consumer goods.
Consulting
The Culinary Edge
We have the privilege of engaging clients across all corners of the F&B industry. We’ve supported early startup concepts and partnered with established brands from quick-service chains to full-service restaurants. We’ve taken our culinary expertise and applied it to hospitality and entertainment brands as well as non-commercial foodservice operators. And we’ve helped CPG businesses achieve new successes in the retail sector.
KitchenSync
This is not consulting. It is doing.
Acting as a unified corporate office, KitchenSync fills the void between on-site management teams and company leadership, ensuring that objectives are being met and growth is achieved. From data processing and daily reporting to staff education and goal setting, we do the work that keeps organizations pulling in the same direction. Up.
We are not another tool. We are a team.
KitchenSync recognizes that restaurant operators don't have time to manage disparate software systems, no matter how "automated" they claim to be. That is why all of our service lines are designed as a combination of leading cloud-based technologies and real people trained to get the most out of them.
Energy
Commercial Energy
Commercial Energy provides energy management solutions.
Manage Price and Usage Volatility:
Whether it's natural gas, electricity or fleet fuels, we're able to mitigate risk and stabilize your rate so you can focus on your business.
Reach Your Sustainability Goals:
Our Energy Efficiency team provides visibility into your operating environment and insight into optimum methods to improve system reliability and process efficiency.
Utility Delivery Cost Analysis:
Many businesses do not realize that much more than HALF of their entire utility bill is just for the delivery of the energy, not the energy itself. Because our client is your business, our team is solely focused on mitigating those delivery charges, whether for electricity or natural gas.
Facility & Project Management
Off My Plate
Off My Plate understands that you have a restaurant or bar to provide great: food, beverage, and service to your guests. And our goal is to free up more of your time so it can be spent focused on operations, in the restaurant visiting with guests, and interacting with your team.
We work as a hands-on, outsourced manager/consultant to tackle that ever-growing to-do list and facilitate the projects, maintenance, and repairs a property needs. How many times have you thought, "I'd like to get something off my plate"? Whether it's: Ansul, HVAC, Refrigeration, Janitorial, Plumbing, Hood/Flue, Kitchen Equipment, Ice Machine, Phones, Internet, POS, Music, Security Systems, etc. you can count on us to: source, schedule, monitor, and follow up with reliable and trusted vendors.
Food Distribution
Abound Food Care
https://www.aboundfoodcare.org/about/
We provide solutions and facilitate collaboration with public, private, and non-profit sectors to guide and support the implementation of regional food care programs that optimize the supply chain to end hunger and food waste.
BiRite Foodservice Distributors
Contact: getinfo@birite.com
For over 50 years, BiRite has been delivering unsurpassed service, quality, selection, and value to local bay area restaurants, hotels, schools, caterers, and more.
GreenLeaf
Contact: info@greenleafsf.com
1-415-647-2991
GreenLeaf delivers produce, dairy, cheese & specialty items to the best restaurants in Northern CA. We source locally grown, seasonal items of the highest quality and provide best-in-class service.
Vesta Foodservice
Contact: customer.service@vestafoodservice.com
(510) 952-8495
Founded in 1985 as LA Specialty Produce Co., our high touch service, great quality, and on-time deliveries helped us grow a strong customer base. Thanks to those customers and their growth into other geographic regions, we quickly grew in products, services, and coverage area.
Healthcare
- Friction in Payments
- Friction in Access
- Friction in Education
Our prepaid Medcard is the first step in breaking down these key friction points. We’ve demonstrated that with employer funds on various prepaid HRA vehicles we can improve the way employees get real value from the benefits their employer provides.
Our onsite COVID testing program has demonstrated that we can improve access to care by delivering certain healthcare services when and while employees are working. This approach is efficient, affordable, and builds trust and education directly to a worker that is otherwise difficult to engage with.
Insurance
FCE Benefit Administrators
Contact Chris Porter: cporter@fcebenefit.com
(650) 291-4202
FCE is a full-service third-party administrator providing health benefit solutions that are compliant under the San Francisco Healthcare Security Ordinance. FCE offers health benefits that are compliant with the San Francisco Healthcare Security Ordinance. Their portfolio of health plans and coverages ensure each covered employer is providing their covered employees with the best insurance options and staying compliant with the Healthcare Security Ordinance.
Heffernan Insurance Brokers
415-808-1342
Heffernan has nationwide presence offering comprehensive business insurance, personal insurance, employee benefits and financial services products to a wide range of businesses and individuals.
NFP - CA Insurance Services, Inc
Contact Jenna Johnson: jenna.johnson@nfp.com
NFP is a full service brokerage firm and can provide any assistance regarding insurance, benefits, HCSO and compliance consulting, assistance in obtaining individual insurance coverage, up to date COVID information: latest-insights.nfp.com
Legal
Fisher Phillips
Contact Jennifer Barry-Smith: jbarry-smith@fisherphillips.com
415-490-9017
With more than 500 attorneys in 37 offices across the United States, Fisher Phillips is a national labor and employment firm providing practical business solutions for employers’ workplace legal problems. Labor and employment law is all the firm does, offering deep and broad knowledge and experience in the area of law the attorneys know best. Fisher Phillips attorneys help clients avoid legal problems, are dedicated to providing exceptional client service, and are there when you need them.
GE Law Group (Georgopoulos & Economidis, LLP)
Contact Roberta Economidis – reconomidis@gelawgroup.com
GE provides legal counsel in a wide array of areas including corporate and business formation, business transactions, private equity and debt financings, food & beverage industry issues, real estate transactions and commercial leasing, alcoholic beverage licensing, and trademark and trade name protection.
GE specializes in the hospitality industry and has facilitated countless transactions involving restaurants, breweries, bars, hotels and entertainment venues of all sizes. Because of GE’s extensive experience in the hospitality arena, it often provides business consulting in the industry in addition to acting as outside general counsel.
Gordon & Rees
Contact Marie Trimble Holvick – mholvick@grsm.com
Gordon & Rees is a full service law firm. They have a team of more than 35 employment attorneys in the Bay Area, as well as offices in nearly every state and 900 attorneys nationwide.
Marie Trimble Holvick is an experienced employment attorney. She provides counseling advice and handles litigation involving claims such as sexual harassment, wrongful termination, discrimination, wage and hour violations, and ADA claims. Marie also drafts employee handbooks and policies, provides workplace trainings, and conducts workplace investigations.
Marie provides discounted rates and also offers free consultation for GGRA members.
Marketing & Public Relations
af&co.
We are an innovative lifestyle marketing and media relations firm, headquartered in San Francisco with clients across the country. We have developed and launched concepts for over 100 restaurants and hotels and provided ongoing marketing, public relations, and operations consulting for over 200 others. We have created unique culinary events of all sizes from intimate dinners to food and wine festivals drawing over 10,000 consumers. We do whatever it takes to help our clients achieve their goals. We focus on what we are passionate about: hotels, restaurants, food, wine, spirits and travel.
Nonprofits
Point of Sale Systems & Payment Processing
SpotOn
Contact Scott Scott Youkilis at syoukilis@spoton.com
877-814-4102
SpotOn gives restaurants everything they need to drive profit, from an intuitive point-of-sale with online ordering, reservations, & labor management to hardware to improve employee efficiency & service speed.
You deserve to do business with someone you can look in the eye, with a proven track record of helping other local businesses. SpotOn has a dedicated, local team of professionals at your service, backed by 24/7 technical support only a phone call away.
As a GGRA Member, you can choose how you want to save with SpotOn. Either get a credit starting at $500 towards your first POS station or receive a free consultation, set up, and trial of SpotOn Reserve or SpotOn labor management solution.
Subscription & Delivery Services
The Third Place
Whether you’re a restaurateur, winemaker, bar owner, or retailer, there’s a devoted community eager to support your passion. We give you the tools to nurture and grow your customers.
Want to launch a subscription program or in need of a digital storefront? We give you a customized, brand-forward page to help you tell your story and build community while selling your products.
Our elegant check-out flow, paired with a backend designed specifically for local businesses, is easy-to-use for both you and your customers.
Reservation Software
OpenTable
(866) 951-7154
Get more covers and increase revenue when you access the world’s largest diner network of guests.
Resy
The restaurant technology partner that helps you earn more, and do more. With 250+ years of restaurant experience, 24/7 support, a growing network of highly-engaged diners, and the powerful backing of American Express.
Website Design
Bentobox
Get a beautifully designed website with tools to grow your hospitality business.
MenuModo
We make it easy to create, manage and display menus online and as
contactless menus with dynamic QR code content.
Wine & Spirits Distributor
La Jolie Fleur
The South of France has long captured the attention, from sunny coastal villages overlooking the azure waters of the Mediterranean Sea to the majestic alpine mountains covered with fragrant wildflowers and herbs. La Jolie Fleur, meaning “the pretty flower”, captures the essence of this remarkable region with a delicate, flavorful expression of the South of France.
J Vineyards
Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley renowned for its cool-climate vineyard sites and diverse soil types. And in more recent years, it’s known as the home of J.
Founded in 1986, J Vineyards was established to produce Traditional Method sparkling wines as well as superlative varietal wines. Each of our estate vineyards offers a subtly different combination of soil and climate.
Combined with our traditional and labor-intensive harvesting and winemaking techniques, they produce some of the most exceptional wines to be found in the region.
Junipero Gin
The first of its kind, Junipero fearlessly led the birth of American craft gin in 1996.
Junípero is Spanish for juniper berry the main botanical in gin. Hell bent on elevating juniper & citrus flavors, the distilling team forged a new path by crafting each batch of Junipero in a small copper pot still, scouring the globe for the most expressive botanicals, and boldly bottling at an unfiltered 98.6 proof.
Decades later Junipero is still made by hand in San Francisco and celebrates those who break with convention to pursue an original path.
Small Vines
707-823-0886
Inspired by a clear understanding of the quality of Burgundian-style winemaking, Paul and Kathryn Sloan launched Small Vines in Sonoma County in 1998. With a lifelong mission to produce "Grand-Cru" quality wines of authenticity, balance, and structure, Small Vines is 100% estate-grown and regeneratively produced Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. From the beginning, Small Vines has working in harmony with nature by farming organic, biodynamic wines, eliminating the use of chemicals and using traditional methods of winemaking that are pure, transparent, and create naturally precise wines.
WhiteHaven
https://www.whitehavenwine.com/
Much like our founders, Greg and Sue White, Whitehaven offers a chance to experience a journey of adventure, boldness, and refreshing possibilities. In our carefully crafted wines, we capture the essence of our founders' daring expedition across the Pacific Ocean and their discovery of the stunning Marlborough region in New Zealand. Our portfolio of Sauvignon Blancs stands as an homage to this voyage, an embodiment of our commitment to Raise a Fresh Perspective with each sip.
An elegant expression of the Marlborough region, Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc showcases vibrant tropical notes underpinned by a crisp, herbaceous edge. Bright character meets balanced structure, with intense flavors of passionfruit, lemongrass, and white peach, leading to a long, clean finish. See the full tasting notes here.
Wild Horse Winery and Vineyards
https://www.wildhorsewinery.com/
Located in historic Templeton, Wild Horse Winery was named for the wild mustangs that roamed the hills east of our vineyard estate. Their free and noble spirit are a nod to Wild Horse Winery's commitment to spirited winemaking.
The Templeton vineyard and winery location was chosen in 1981 for its low vigor soils, proven ground water table, proximity to Estero Bay and rustic vibe. Situated at a midpoint in the Central Coast, this location is ideal for sourcing fruit from vineyards north and south of the winery. Wild Horse Winery remains a champion of Central Coast winegrowing, committed to sustainable viticultural practices and creating wines that express the region's diversity.
The varieties of soil composition and microclimates that can be found within the expansive Central Coast appellation present the opportunity to cultivate the same varietal in a wide range of growing conditions. This fact forms a key philosophy for Wild Horse Winery winemaking: multi-vineyard sourcing. While estate or vineyard-designated wines are outstanding, they offer just one expression of the grapes. Growing the same varietal in different terroirs and then carefully blending the individual lots allows us a spice rack of flavors. The ability to taste vineyard-designated wines alongside these mult-vineyard sourced wines provides a true education and exploration of the varietal.