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The Big Interview - Josh Littlejohn
The Big Interview – Josh Littlejohn
Josh Littlejohn MBE needs little introduction. He and Alice Thompson founded Social Bite in 2012 to tackle homelessness.
This is the charity which brought George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio to Edinburgh, and which made hundreds sleep out in Princes Street Gardens last December, and it seems that it is all down to Josh’s determination and drive.
Josh Littlejohn
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"At the time of writing this, Social Bite has 4 shops based in Glasgow and Edinburgh with plans to expand to Aberdeen and Dundee. Our ambition is to grow into a large chain of Sandwich shops competing with all of the big brands like Pret a Manger, EAT, Baguette Express and Greggs. No matter how big Social Bite grows, no individual will ever get rich from the business. After staff are paid and costs are covered every penny of profit is put towards tackling social problems here and abroad. The dream is that one day there will be a chain of Social Bites donating millions of pounds to many charities, and employing hundreds of people, 25% of whom will have been homeless. We know that this dream will remain just a dream unless our food, service and value for money is the best in town. If you can keep buying your lunch from us, We promise to work incredibly hard to be the best sandwich shop in town and to make this dream a reality."
Alice Thompson and Josh Littlejohn, co-founders of Social Bite. The shop also runs a 'suspended coffee and food' scheme where you can buy a coffee or food in advance and a homeless person can then come in to the shop and claim it. The Social Bite concept was inspired by the philosophy of Nobel Peace Prize winning economist Prof. Muhammad Yunus, after reading his book "Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism".
Social Bite (from the Herald)
Social Bite (from the Herald)
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WHO would have thought a sandwich shop would feed the dreams of two homeless men?
Sonny Murray and Billy McCondochie grew up in Glasgow in shattered homes and crawled their way through care homes, prison and homeless units. Their existence was dominated by drink, drugs and violence. But in their mid-30s they both realised it was time to break the spiral.
That is where Social Bite, set up by…
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