Last week, a U.K. restaurant co-op delivered 2,500 meals to the National Health Service and about 700 to individual homes.
When Steven Tozer, founder of the upmarket London kebab chain Le Bab, realized the spreading coronavirus would close his restaurants, he felt “a weird sense of helplessness and a strong sense of responsibility.”
Tozer is not alone. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a wave of kindness from businesses, individuals and the hospitality industry rallying to support NHS staff, overwhelmed by soaring infection and death rates in the country. Those industries have been brought to a standstill since the U.K. government introduced strict lockdown measures in late March, closing restaurants and bars, and emptying hotels across the country.
The result was Mealforce, a coalition between Marshall Wace and Helpforce, a charity supporting NHS volunteers, which donates three meals a day to NHS staff doing battle with the COVID-19 crisis. Marshall Wace is underwriting the costs to businesses as well as using its own in-house catering staff to send 1,000 meals each day to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Tozer said he hopes the London Restaurant Coalition will expand beyond his own restaurant’s kitchen and offer work to the displaced who miss the mental-health benefits of daily hard work.
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