Good Company Donuts and Café loves giving back to veterans.
Although the veteran-owned business in Arlington, VA, which has been open since April 2019, does not currently have any veteran employees, it doesn’t stop the owners from giving back to veterans and the community.
Good Company Donuts and Café gives 10% off veterans’ bill and gave 15% off on Veterans Day.
Charles Kachadoorian, a co-owner, said they had recently been doing a fundraiser for the Blue Ridge Safe House organization. The organization holds retreats and counseling to reintegrate people after their service in the military.
It cost around $1,200 for one family to participate in the event and Good Company Donuts and Café reached its goal on Veterans Day to send a family to the event.
“It’s important to help veterans in any way we can,” Kachadoorian said. “Especially coming from a family that has had a lot of military background, we know the importance of helping veterans transition out of the military.”
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Kachadoorian is a former Army and has a brother-in-law who was formerly in the Air Force, and another family member who is former Navy. Another thing the company focuses its time on is helping veterans start up their own businesses.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kachadoorian said Good Company Donuts and Café would host a veterans group at the café and did networking so that veterans interested in opening a business could have some insight on how to do it. It also gave veterans the chance to come to the event to find a job through another veteran-owned business.
Veterans who owned businesses would also come out to help give insight on building a business.
“Food is what we know best, so we want to give others the chance to pick our brains on how to open a successful business or to ask us for a job, “Kachadoorian said. “We are always looking to hire veterans.”
He and his family have always been into food and baking. Kachadoorian’s dad used to own a restaurant, his sister owned a donut shop and diner, and his wife loves to bake.
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“We thought about opening other businesses before opening Good Company Donuts and Café but we are foodies, so it just made sense to focus our business around food,” he said.
Their next step is to open a commissary kitchen in April, and hope to hire some veterans.
“We have gotten a lot of business through word of mouth and social media,” he said. “It’s important for small businesses that if you are happy with the service, spread the word to other folks.”