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Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 3:22 p.m. ET April 20, 2020 Steak Burrow at Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse (Photo: Provided/Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse) Joe Burrow’s Heisman Trophy speech led to a massive haul of charitable donations to the Athens County Food Pantry – and the giving hasn’t stopped. The Jeff Ruby Foundation will present a check for $10,000 to the Athens County Food Pantry, the foundation announced on Monday. The $10,000 contribution is from the sale of the restaurant’s Steak Burrow in honor of the presumptive No. 1 overall pick and Athens native. Jeff Ruby created the steak earlier this year and served it at Jeff Ruby Steakhouses in Cincinnati and Columbus. According to the Jeff Ruby Foundation, the steak was the best-selling promotional item on the menu, selling more than 500 entrees in Columbus and more than...

Britney Ruby Miller appeared on Fox News with Bill Hemmer to discuss the unique needs of the restaurant industry and what our elected leaders can do to help keep the food supply chain afloat.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Small businesses throughout the Tri-State are getting notice -- your government bailout loan has been approved.  In fact, 75% of the $350 billion the government set aside for payroll protection loans is now on its way to Main Street, but some businesses now need to figure out what to do with the money. For instance, the seats are empty outside Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse downtown, forced to shut down due to COVID-19. But now, a glimmer of hope as the company receives word its SBA loan is approved. “When it happened, yes, it was very exciting,” said Britney Ruby Miller, president and co-owner of Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment. “We feel some sense of security that it’s there, but now we need it to make sense.” Here’s what she means: Once the money is received, the loan is only forgiven if it is spent in eight weeks with 75% going ...

CINCINNATI, Oh. (LEX 18) — The Jeff Ruby Foundation announced Wednesday that it will donate $50,000 to restaurant worker relief funds in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. As a way to support workers in Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville and Nashville, the Foundation has donated $40,000 to the LEE Initiative's Restaurant Workers Relief Program. The program was launched on March 17 in Louisville, to help furloughed restaurant workers with to-go meals, as well as grocery items. Learn more about Restaurant Workers Relief Program in Lexington See how one Lexington ice cream shop is raising money for the Restaurant Workers Relief Program In Ohio, the Jeff Ruby Foundation is donating $10,000 to the Ohio Restaurant Association. “Once the state mandates were ordered to shutter all in-restaurant dining, Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment made the painful decision to...

Britney Ruby Miller was invited on CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront to discuss the Coronavirus crisis and its effect on the restaurant industry. Tonight, shattering a record, 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week. That is double the previous record of 3.3 million, which, of course, was set the week before. This means that nearly 10 million Americans have lost their jobs over the past two weeks because of the coronavirus.  And a lot of those job losses have come from small businesses which have been forced to close their doors due to the shutdown.  OUTFRONT now, one of those people who had to lay off staff as her entire business shut down. Britney Ruby Miller is president of the Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment.  And, Ruby, you had to lay off 600 employees, still, though, providing them with health insurance.  So, you know, Bri, tell m...

Hang In There Friends! Like many others in our industry, we were recently forced to make the difficult decision to temporarily furlough more than 600 of my employees. My extended family. Those who know me know how I feel about each and every one of them and how crushing this decision was. This has been the saddest period of my career.  I’ve dealt with challenges my entire life. At 15 years old, I ran away from a turbulent childhood and raised myself. Through perseverance and the life-changing mentorship of a football coach, I overcame the unenviable hand I was dealt. I’ve had multiple near-death experiences. After one accident in 1987, I was given only a 5% chance of recovering. In 1977, I miraculously escaped the tragic Beverly Hills Supper Club fire. I’ve had businesses succeed and businesses fail. Through it all, I had Faith. I had Confidence. And I had hope. ...

Associated Press  • April 1, 2020, at 4:01 p.m.  By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer  As millions of job cuts tear through the U.S. economy, a faint glimmer of light has emerged: Some employers are trying to maintain ties to the staffers they're letting go so they can more quickly rehire them once the viral outbreak has passed.  Several large retail chains are furloughing workers — a form of temporary job cut that often maintains health insurance — rather than laying them off. And many small businesses, too, are keeping in touch with workers they've had to let go.  “Anyone who's trying to lay off workers is already thinking about how they can bring them back," said Jania Bailey, CEO of FranNet, a consultancy that works with franchise companies. One of them is Tracy True, who said she's keeping in to...

Cincinnati | Louisville | Nashville | Columbus | Lexington -  We’ve had so many kind friends ask us how they can help during these uncertain times. We are constantly amazed by the gracious support of our guests and communities. Our two foremost priorities have always been taking great care of our teams and our guests. For our employees, that means paying 100% of their healthcare premiums, just as we’ve done since 1981 - even those we’ve had to make the unfathomably difficult decision to temporarily lay off. For you, it means offering this terrific deal so that when we’re past this crisis, you can join us and get back to CELEBRATING LIFE! Your support at this critical time ensures we will have the financial footing to be able to welcome everyone back as soon as possible - our staff AND our guests. Please consider purchasing a Jeff Ruby Gift Card toda...

Britney Ruby Miller spoke today on behalf of the restaurant community and the Cincinnati-based task force she helped to assemble. Their purpose is to work alongside the Ohio Restaurant Association and the National Restaurant Association as they lobby for state and federal relief in terms of expedited employee benefits, grants and low interest loans, bailout funds, federal backing of business continuity insurance claims and more. Considering the restaurant industry accounts for 51% of the nations food distribution channels and employs up to 20% of its work force (including ancillary services like growers, distributors and vendors) it is remarkably important to the sustainability of the industry that broad and immediate support be immediately approved and distributed. Please click the link to watch

CINCINNATI — At the Precinct in Cincinnati's East End, a handful of the more than 15 million Americans who work in the restaurant industry spent Thursday prepping food and hoping people will place carryout orders. But the Precinct's president, Britney Ruby Miller, said hope is not a sustainable business model. "When you think about what we need right now, it’s relief. It’s financial relief," Ruby Miller said. Ruby Miller is Jeff Ruby's daughter. She's been on her phone around the clock, advocating for a $225 billion bailout for the restaurant industry from the federal government. "We need that released immediately so these restaurants don’t plummet," Ruby Miller said. Due to the coronavirus, Greater Cincinnati restaurants can only offer carryout meals. Because of that, countless cooks, servers, dishwashers and others are being laid off. "I’m...