Amazon Sponsors Five New Seattle FareStart Eateries

Amazon is donating equipment and 25,000 square feet space in its South Lake Union campus to FareStart for five new eateries and an apprenticeship program: one full-service restaurant, three fast-casual eateries, and one coffee shop. There will also be a catering space and training classrooms The eateries, expected to open by the end of summer 2017, will provide job training for low-paid workers to improve their skills in preparation for seeking better jobs.

Amazon is an electronic commerce and cloud computing company, and the largest internet-based retailer in the world. The company also makes efforts . . .