At Mothersauce Partners, we believe that working and investing is about more than just profits. We believe that we have an opportunity to impact our communities and the world through what we do, and we want that impact to be positive and lasting. We also believe that we have a responsibility to be inspiring leaders, respectful employers, and conscious stewards of the environment.
To achieve this, we consult for and invest in companies that subscribe to our core values:
We take care of our people
We know this work is hard and too often the people who do it are not fairly compensated. We advocate for strong wages, benefit programs, continuing education, opportunities for advancement, and profit sharing. We also create workplaces that are respectful, safe, and positive so that staff feel welcome to be who they are. This contributes to financial success by minimizing turnover, generating a sense of ownership, and creating positive customer interactions.
We know diversity is our strength
Our industry is comprised of people from all walks of life. All colors, creeds, and cultures form the base for our extraordinary sauce, and we are better for it. To us, the more ingredients in the pot the better, and we work hard to create inclusion at all levels. We need more representation at the top to reflect the diversity throughout our industry, and we are committed to helping make it happen.
We respect our community and our customers
We want to be a part of the communities we serve, and we want our customers to feel welcome in our businesses. We work to identify organizations within our communities that align with our staff and resources, and then we create long-term partnerships that really make a difference. We also make sure that our businesses are safe spaces that are free of hate where all can come together to help make the community stronger.
We are conscious of our impact on the environment and we work to minimize it
Our industry is a major contributor to the problems that face our environment, and we work with our partners to minimize our impact. We understand that climate change is real, that humans are causing it, that our resources won’t last forever, and that the future of food is uncertain. We are working to learn the best practices that we can implement to do our part.
We take a stand
We are not afraid to speak up on social issues that are important to us or our employees. As a business, it is easy to stand on the sideline for fear of upsetting our customers or our investors, but we have a platform to affect change, and we believe that it is critical for us to lend a voice to the voiceless. We know that this is the right thing to do, and that it can also be a positive for our business — we believe people respect a business that is willing to put its mouth where its money is.
We strive for “win-win”
This phrase is more than a banal platitude for our business. If our concepts are successful, and their customers and community are happy, then our clients and investors see returns, and we are successful. We don’t believe in zero sum games, and we don’t play games with anyone. We want our concepts and partners to be as successful as we are, and we want to achieve it together.
At Mothersauce Partners, we are on a mission to change the business for the better. It is hard and it takes time, but it also a lot of fun. The challenges we face—and how we tackle them—will make our business, and maybe even our world, better.