Alchemista used to provide corporate catering for Moderna and TripAdvisor. It s now using food lockers to deliver chef-made meals. gdean@insider.com (Grace Dean)
The lockers sell chef-made meals, are cleaned by UV light, and are contactless.
Company CEO, Christine Marcus, told Insider why she decided to get into the food locker market.
When the pandemic hit, business dried up for Boston-based corporate catering company Alchemista.
It had previously provided food for staff at companies including Splunk and TripAdvisor. As people switched to working from home, Alchemista was left with only one main client - pharma giant Moderna, which has developed a coronavirus vaccine.
The lockers sell chef-made meals, are cleaned by UV light, and are contactless.
Company CEO, Christine Marcus, told Insider why she decided to get into the food locker market.
When the pandemic hit, business dried up for Boston-based corporate catering company Alchemista.
It had previously provided food for staff at companies including Splunk and TripAdvisor. As people switched to working from home, Alchemista was left with only one main client – pharma giant Moderna, which has developed a coronavirus vaccine.
But Alchemista s CEO, Christine Marcus, used this as an opportunity to pivot her business. It s launching a network of patent-pending food lockers, which will be deployed across offices, schools, and residential blocks and stocked with chef-made meals.
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