“We relied on our client base and sent out emails and said, hey, we will deliver a cool meal for you, whether it s for four or six or eight or 10. This is the menu. Order it, and we will drive it to your house and drop it off,” Dorwart said. “But it’s not what we do, right? Like we like to cater at events. We like to bring people amazing food to their weddings and their corporate events.”
Dorwart said a $187,000 personal Paycheck Protection Program loan helped keep things going. But in June, the money ran out.
He had to furlough 39 employees that month, some of whom he’d worked with for a decade or more.
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