Black Friday scavenger hunt hopes to uncover black-owned businesses


Black Friday scavenger hunt promotes black-owned businesses

A scavenger hunt in Orlando is helping to celebrate Juneteenth and black-owned businesses.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Celebrations for Juneteenth are already on their way. Friday is “Black Friday” in the City of Orlando where people are celebrating their heritage and black-owned businesses.

A group called Black Friday Orlando is hosting a scavenger hunt around the city that brings hunters to numerous black-owned businesses around the Orlando area. People who stop by on the hunt just need to walk up, head inside and start a conversation.

“They come in and they ask a question,” said Bucky Weston, the owner of Bubbalou’s Bodacious Barbeque in Altamonte Springs.

The question and a little conversation is all it takes to check off a stop on your Black Friday scavenger hunt.

“So that you can go out, get to know the owners, get to know the people. Just kind of get to know where they are in…

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