AUSTIN — Stubb’s Legendary Kitchen will kick off its 12-city “Feed the World Tour” this Tuesday, May 26 at 5 p.m. in Wooldridge Square Park, 9th and Guadalupe Streets, by serving chopped beef sandwiches with famous Stubb’s barbecue sauce to homeless and working poor people from one of Mobile Loaves & Fishes’ special catering trucks, which serve people in six cities every day.
Kurt Koegler, president of Stubb’s Legendary Kitchen, will join Alan Graham, Mobile Loaves’ founder/president, and volunteers from the company and MLF volunteers to serve the sandwiches and distribute Stubb’s T-shirts. The Austin-based company chose Mobile Loaves as its partner to kick off the “Feed the World Tour,” which is named for the stated mission of Texas Bar-B-Q legend, C.B. “Stubb” Stubblefield, who said: “I was born hungry I want to feed the world.”
After leaving Austin, the tour will swing through the Southeast, up the East Coast and into Washington, D.C. where the Stubb’s team will compete at the annual BBQ Battle on Pennsylvania Avenue. In each city, Stubb’s Legendary Kitchen and company president Koegler will barbecue for the homeless and help restock depleted food banks.
” Stubb was a cook but more than that, a lover of people. The values that guided his life still guide the company that bears his name. Stubb’s life truly is in every bottle of sauce and marinade we make. All of us at Stubb’s are thrilled to be working with Mobile Loaves and bringing all of Stubb’s Love and Happiness to those who all too often need it most” said Koegler.
“The economy has placed greater demand on organizations like Mobile Loaves and local food banks, so we couldn’t think of a better time to show our support,” Koegler said. “Stubb’s greatest joy was feeding the people who came from all around for a taste of his famous barbecue, and it is an honor for us to fulfill his mission with our Feed the World Tour.”
“We’re honored to be selected as Stubb’s charity partner for the kick-off of this awesome tour,” Graham said. “As someone who once was poor and hungry, C.B. ‘Stubb’ Stubblefield is smiling in heaven to know that his creation is helping feed brothers and sisters on the street here in Austin and around the country. We look forward to connecting Stubb’s with people on the streets here and in the other cities we serve.”
The kick-off event will be videotaped and uploaded to YouTube, and will also be available at www.mlfnow.org and on Stubb’s website www.stubbsbbq.com.
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About Stubb's Legendary Kitchen
Austin, Texas-based Stubbs Legendary Kitchen is the maker of Stubb’s, the #1 superpremiun Bar-B-Q sauces and marinades in the country, which are available in over 75% of grocery stores nationwide. Stubbs products, which have garnered praise from publications such as Wine Spectator, Cook's Illustrated and Men's Fitness, has its roots in the iconic Stubb's restaurant and live music venue in Austin, Texas that marries music and Bar-B-Q. Legends such as B.B. King, George Thorogood, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Willie Nelson have all “sang for their supper” at Stubbs and enjoyed the slow-smoked meats with C.B. “Stubb” Stubblefield's famous sauce made with genuine molasses.
About Mobile Loaves & Fishes
Mobile Loaves & Fishes is a social outreach ministry to the homeless and working poor. Founded in 1998, the organization carries out its mission to provide food, clothing and dignity to those in need with the help of more than 12,000 volunteers, who take MLF’s 12 specially designed catering trucks out on the streets of Austin, San Antonio, New Orleans, Nashville, and the Providence, Rhode Island area, every night. MLF served its millionth meal in 2007 and has now served more than 1.7 million meals. Additional programs included Habitat on Wheels, which provides homes for formerly homeless people in renovated recreational vehicles; disaster relief. For more information, go to www.mlfnow.org, email [email protected] or call 512-328-7299.
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