Dundalk-based business Q-KANGAROO, at face value, seemed a business that would most likely falter in the face of Covid-19.
The Q-KANGAROO app was developed to allow you to skip the queue at your local cafe, restaurant or deli during office lunch hour. With the app, you could order your lunch from your desk and pop down to the shop to collect it, giving you more time to enjoy your lunch hour and less time standing and waiting.
With the pandemic forcing the majority of the workforce to work from home and lockdown restrictions plunging the hospitality sector into uncertainty, the office lunch hour suddenly became a thing of the past.
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Q-Kangaroo is a mobile ordering app for food. By Vodafone Wednesday 3 Feb 2021, 5:32 PM Feb 3rd 2021, 5:32 PM 11,561 Views 1 Comment
Tim Murphy, Jamie McGivern and Will Kelly of Q-Kangaroo
Image: Q-Kangaroo
Image: Q-Kangaroo
“ALL OF US on the team decided that we weren’t just going to close the business for a couple of months and wait it out.”
When Covid-19 arrived in Ireland last March, businesses around the country were faced with a situation they hadn’t encountered before. Some businesses had to close, others could stay open, while others had to adapt their model to survive.