The business may be called Girl Friday Cooking Co., but most of the action takes place on Monday.
Thatâs when owner Gretchen McNary and her crew are busy preparing meals for delivery each Tuesday. And with more people than ever placing orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, a correspondingly greater amount of preparation usually is involved.
Beth Ali, left, and Gretchen McNary review a delivery schedule. Harry Funk
One week, all that work ended up going for naught.
âTuesday at about 1 p.m., my husband called me and said, âI have COVID,ââ McNary recalled. âWhat we ended up having to do was get rid of all that food we made. I had to go home and call 120 people, and let them know that they werenât getting their food.â