Coronavirus: Mark Wahlberg’s company to provide lunch to Detroit hospital employees

DETROIT — Lunch is on actor Mark Wahlberg for workers at a Detroit hospital Saturday.

Wahlberg and his business partner, restaurateur Nino Cutraro, will be providing Wahlburgers at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital employees free lunch Saturday, WXYZ-TV reported.

The Wahlburgers food truck will roll up to the hospital at 11:30 a.m., the television station reported.

Wahlberg is not scheduled to be at the hospital, the Detroit Free Press reported.

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“The Wahlberg family is grateful to the Beaumont Hospital employees for their hard work and dedication during this COVID-19 crisis,” according to a statement from Wahlburgers, the company run by Wahlberg and his family. “The Wahlburgers truck will return at least once a week to Beaumont throughout this crisis; times will vary to accommodate a variety of shifts.”

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Wahlburgers has Michigan restaurants in Royal Oak, Detroit and Flint, and a Detroit food truck, the Free Press reported.

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