{"id":139406,"date":"2025-09-15T18:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/139406\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:03:08","slug":"see-what-one-local-entrepreneur-is-doing-in-meal-prep-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/139406\/","title":{"rendered":"See what one local entrepreneur is doing in meal prep industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cOur earliest customers are knocking on my door saying, when are you going to relaunch? And today\u2019s that day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Table served as one of the caterers for Launch Dayton Startup Week. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s helped to energize me,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd feel some really positive vibes about even just hummus and tortillas and pita bread.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arias worked in the nonprofit world for 20 years, including for Ronald McDonald House and East End Community Services, and decided to take the plunge into entrepreneurship. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve really worked my whole life in some sort of hospitality. Social work and community organizing and all of that is a form of hospitality, and so this is just kind of broadening that hospitality work a little bit to include commercial kitchen work,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Table\u2019s menu is intentionally packed with protein-rich foods, including chickpeas, and every dish has both a vegetarian and non-vegetarian option. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think as our world has become more informed about nutrition, even folks who aren\u2019t bodybuilders are interested in taking in more protein and less carbs, knowing that many of our lifestyles are a little more sedentary than we would like,\u201d Arias said. \u201cit\u2019s really helping people enjoy the food, enjoy the nutrition, and get in some really good whole foods.\u201d<\/p>\n

While all of Today\u2019s Table\u2019s packaging looks exactly like plastic, don\u2019t be fooled. The company\u2019s food is delivered in eco-friendly packaging. <\/p>\n

\u201cNone of it is plastic,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is all either plant-based packaging or recyclable. We chill all of our meals after making them and deliver them to your home or office\u2026ready to be put in the fridge or ready to be heated in the microwave and then enjoyed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On the other side of the equation, Joshua Stucky and Brent Johnson are partners and co-owners of Square One Salon and Spa in Dayton. Having operated in Dayton for nearly 30 years, Stucky and Johnson say sharing their experiences and insights at Startup Week is a way to give back.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many people have given us so much information over the years that have helped us have and run the business we have, that it\u2019s really important that we turn that favor and we look for opportunities to do that whenever we can,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n

Johnson and Stucky\u2019s keynote focused on the topics of leadership, emphasizing that business owners work for their team members as much as the other way around.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe key thing is I want them to realize that it\u2019s in them to do this,\u201d Stucky said. \u201cWe all have these skills and abilities. It\u2019s just a matter of getting them to come to the surface, and especially as business owners, understanding it\u2019s about the people that work with and for you that make all the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Square One opened in the Cannery Building on 3rd Street in 1999, and has now grown to six locations in the Dayton and Columbus markets with about 175 employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many times we feel like we\u2019re supposed to know things we haven\u2019t had experience in yet as small business owners,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cWe\u2019re really here as a community all facing the same kinds of challenges regardless of the exact business we need and that we can be a resource for one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

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