The Greater Lansing Entrepreneurial Awards honored Saddleback BBQ as Business of the Year for its combination of business success, community support, employee wage transparency (average minimum $15.50/hr from tip-splitting), a 4% 401(k) match, and average employee tenure of 630 days (nearly 6× the national industry average). Saddleback also paid off school lunch debt across nine districts and donated student lunches during pandemic school closures.