Free delivery as support grows for Brisbane hospitality in lockdown
Free deliveries from 1500 Brisbane restaurants will begin as the hospitality industry rallies in the face of lockdown.
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Free delivery will launch for more than 1500 Brisbane restaurants as the city prepares itself for a three-day COVID-19 lockdown.
From tomorrow (Saturday January, 9) Delivery service Deliveroo will offer free delivery will from 1,549 restaurants in Brisbane to help those ordered to stay at home.
The offer — which will run for three days — will include nearly all of Brisbane’s top restaurants including Sushi Kotobuki, Arrivederci Pizzeria and Gnocchi Gnocchi Brothers as well as McDonald’s.
“To limit the impact on the hospitality industry, Deliveroo will be covering the cost of free delivery for all customers ordering from participating restaurants,” a statement said.
Co-founder of Gnocchi Gnocchi Brothers Ben Cleary-Corradini said he was grateful for the support for the industry.
“During lockdown we have a serious amount of people ordering our gnocchi as delicious comfort food which brings them a little joy while they are stuck at home,” Mr Cleary-Corradini said.
“We are incredibly grateful for the ongoing support and reliability Deliveroo provides in helping fight through these tough times and get our gnocchi out the homes of our loyal customers.”
Deliveroo spokesman Ed McManus said the initiative was part of the service’s commitment to limit the spread of COVID-19.
“With these latest developments in Brisbane, we know our restaurant partners need our support,” he said.
“By offering customers free delivery from over 1,500 restaurants we hope to help locals and small businesses through these challenging times.”
The latest lockdown follows last year’s dramatic hit on the hospitality industry, when businesses were forced close to dine-in customers as Queensland went into its first COVID-19 lockdown.
Some quick-thinking businesses were able to adapt by providing a new take-away service however others became casualties of the 2020 pandemic, while others reported their “worst ever month” in April when restrictions were at their peak.
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