Virus forces catering platform to find new audience, purpose

Driver Frank Robinson confirms on his smart phone a delivery of food to a Brooklyn resident, left, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in New York. The HUNGRY program "puts food on their table and it helps me to keep food on my table," says Robinson. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

A worker loads an insulated container of prepackaged meals into a car for delivery to needy families in New York, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Catering startup HUNGRY is feeding the stuck-at-home elderly and low-income kids, reaching 10,000 homes a day. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Driver Frank Robinson delivers prepackaged meals in New York on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Catering startup HUNGRY pays more than 200 drivers to deliver prepackaged meals to stay-at-home elderly and low-income kids. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

A worker moves bags of prepackaged meals to a sorting table where they will be loaded into insulated containers for delivery to needy families in New York, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Catering startup HUNGRY originally served well-heeled office workers but with the downturn of the economy during the coronavirus pandemic it's now feeding the stuck-at-home elderly and low-income kids.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Driver Frank Robinson delivers prepackaged meals Tuesday, July 7, 2020 in New York. Robinson is one of 200 drivers paid by catering startup HUNGRY to deliver prepackaged meals to stay-at-home elderly and low-income kids. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Driver Frank Robinson knocks on an apartment door as he delivers prepackaged meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner in Brooklyn, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in New York. The city provides HUNGRY with a list of names of those who have requested food subsidies. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Workers load prepackaged meals into insulated containers for delivery to needy families in New York on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Catering startup HUNGRY is feeding the stuck-at-home elderly and low-income kids, reaching 10,000 homes a day. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)