Virus forces catering platform to find new audience, purpose
Associated PressNEW YORK — When it launched in 2017, the catering tech platform HUNGRY had one customer in mind: well-heeled office workers. “We said, ‘Let’s chip in and figure out how we can do this and help people and help cities out while also keeping the lights on here at home.’” New York City tapped HUNGRY along with some 60 other vendors to ensure no New Yorker goes hungry. “We’ve been really thrilled to see the way that caterers and restaurant groups and farm consortiums have really stepped up,” said Joshua Goodman, the city’s assistant commissioner for Public Affairs. “We’re now delivering food at cheaper rates than nonprofits were that were in the space just because we use the tech infrastructure in our other world, our corporate catering world,” Pahlavani said. Charlotte Jenkins, a HUNGRY site leader in New York, said she’s been inspired by the company’s drive to keep going — both feeding and employing people.
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