Feast & Fettle

Everything we do is about creating more space for families to connect. Around food. Around the table. Around each other. This week, connection looked a little different. Candy buckets, bubble machines, and five wildly decorated vans filled our parking lot. We hosted our second annual Trunk or Treat, and our team made it something truly special. Every corner of the business pitched in, volunteering their time and creativity. Not because they had to, but because they wanted to create a little Halloween magic for the kids. Moments like these remind us how lucky we are to have a team that cherishes community.

Growth isn’t the hard part. Growing well is. On POV with Social Enterprise Greenhouse, our COO, Kyla Hanaway-Quinlan, shares what it looks like to scale a company with both ambition and heart. For Kyla, operations aren’t about efficiency alone. They’re about creating systems that make people’s work feel purposeful, investing in growth that uplifts everyone, and holding on to the human side of scale. At F&F, that’s what it means to nourish everyday life for our members, and for the people who make it all possible. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: https://lnkd.in/e7Vyjw7P

At Feast & Fettle, we believe food is more than sustenance it’s how tradition survives, how stories travel, and how communities are built. This #RoshHashanah, we’re honored to have partnered with Mamaleh's Delicatessen’s to bring people together around a shared table. This was a table filled with creators, chefs, neighbors, and friends. In a world that too often pulls us apart, this moment feels more urgent than ever. Tradition doesn’t live in the past, it lives in the act of gathering, of slowing down, of actually listening to one another over a meal. We’re not just marking a holiday, we’re holding space for stories, connection, and for new beginnings.

Last night, we launched the very first Feast & Fettle Fridge at The Ali Forney Center Center, a milestone that’s as personal as it is powerful. This fridge will be getting stocked every single week with over 200 free, real, nourishing meals for LGBTQ+ youth, ages 16–24, experiencing homelessness. We hope these meals remind these young folks that they are loved, they are seen, and that they matter. We hope sharing meals with other people in similar situations opens up new doors, new conversations, and new connections to move forward and heal. We feel so luck to get to show up with something warm, generous, and deeply human. We’ll keep this fridge filled. It’s the first of many we aim to put into communities that need them. We know every single person deserves to feel full, not just from food, but from being seen, safe, and cared for. This is just the beginning. https://lnkd.in/e33NVma8

We popped up on NBC Boston today to share our Rosh Hashanah menu, and yes we brought the full Feast & Fettle energy to your TV screen. Mamaleh's Delicatessen matzah ball soup was served. Jokes were made. It was more fun than your cousins bar mitzvah. 🎥 Catch the segment here: https://lnkd.in/dtXE6TCf

Our COO, Kyla Hanaway-Quinlan never measures impact by awards. Recognition is nice but it’s never the reason she does the work. This morning, Kyla was named one of FSR’s Rising Stars: 40 Under 40. It was a surreal moment because what matters most to her is what happens when no one’s watching: the decisions made in the margins, the systems that hold under pressure, the team that moves forward even on the hard days. At Feast & Fettle, she's help built something that runs on trust, clarity, and a commitment to doing things the right way even when it’s slower, harder, or less visible. She believes in structure that enables people, operations that scale with care, and leadership that clears the path not takes the credit. This recognition reflects the work she's put in. We're so proud of what we’re building and grateful to be building it with people who lead with values, not ego. We’re proud. And we’re just getting started. https://lnkd.in/eCA-7d8S

We’ve always had a piece of New York City in us. Some places stay with you forever. For each of us, our CEO, CFO, and CMO, New York City is one of those places. We’ve each called it home at different points in our lives. We’ve walked its streets on ordinary days and extraordinary ones, through the rush and the quiet, finding small rituals that grounded us. For all of us, one of those rituals was a stop at Levain Bakery for their iconic chocolate chip walnut cookies. It wasn’t just dessert, it was a pause. A little moment of joy. The kind of comfort you could hold in your hands. So when we knew NYC would be our next big stop, the idea came easily: let’s share that feeling with everyone who’s part of Feast & Fettle. Let’s give New Yorkers a warm welcome to our table, and let’s bring this piece of the city to every member we serve, no matter where they are. Here’s to our new members in New York, and to the small, sweet things that connect us across every mile. https://lnkd.in/e45s-AnP

Every August, we pause the noise and focus on what actually fuels performance: our people. Wellness Week at Feast & Fettle isn’t about perks it’s about precision. It’s about operationalizing care in a way that builds retention, not just morale. That’s our culture: not aspirational language, but systems that make people stay. During #WellnessWeek, something shifts. You see someone on your team laugh in a way you haven’t before. You watch them lead a painting workshop or teach a massage technique they swear by. You run an obstacle course with a coworker and realize they’re competitive, athletic, driven in a way you hadn’t clocked from your meetings with them. This isn’t accidental. It’s designed. When people feel seen and safe, they stretch. One person said it best: “I’ve never worked somewhere that made me feel like I mattered this much.” Every founder says “our people matter.” But unless you’re building rituals that scale with the business and evolve your team in real ways, it’s just talk. We do this because it makes us sharper, faster, and more connected. Nothing compounds like trust.

Back to school isn’t about sales. It’s about our people and their kids. This time of year is stressful for a lot of parents. New routines, supply lists a mile long, the scramble to make sure your kid walks into school feeling ready. We felt that same weight in our own team. So instead of pushing another promo, we asked a simple question: Do you need help getting your kids ready for school? The answer was yes. So we went shopping. We built 50 bags, some for elementary, some for middle and high schoolers, filled with the basics kids actually need. Nothing fancy, just the stuff that helps a child feel prepared when they step into the classroom. A group of us sat down and packed those bags together. No campaign, no cameras, no press release. Just people who care about the people they work alongside. Our business doesn’t exist without our team. When life gets busy, especially during moments like this, it’s on us to show up for them, just like they show up for our members every single day. #Backtoschool isn’t about the stress or the sales. It’s about that look on a kid’s face when they walk in confident, and the pride their parents feel watching it. That’s the moment we wanted to help make possible. #WeGotYou

Most DEI programs failed because they weren’t designed to succeed. In HR Dive’s 2025 midyear check-in, our COO, Kyla Hanaway-Quinlan, breaks it down: “When equity is disconnected from real business purpose, it’s destined to fall apart.” And that’s exactly what happened across much of corporate America. At Feast & Fettle, we’ve built a hiring strategy around upward mobility. That means: - Recruiting from overlooked communities - Creating real paths to leadership for people without traditional resumes - Investing in systems that help everyone grow, not just those who already fit the mold Our team includes people who’ve navigated housing insecurity, incarceration, disability. We remove barriers. We promote based on potential. And we build systems that help our people and our business grow together. Read Kyla’s full take here: https://lnkd.in/eTrr8jXG