Fine-dining meal-delivery business Providoor has collapsed and will enter liquidation on Friday, with founder Shane Delia saying he wished the business was able to weather challenging economic times in the hospitality sector.
In a note on the company’s website on Friday, Delia, who founded Providoor during Melbourne’s first pandemic lockdowns in 2020, told consumers the group had stopped accepting orders immediately.“It is with a heavy heart that I announce the closure of Providoor, a business borne out of the very worst days the hospitality industry has ever seen,” he said.
Customers were able to order meal kits from venues such as Supernormal and Tipo 00 that were required minimal at-home preparation to be completed.Delia said on Friday that even when lockdowns lifted, the service was still popular.“When people kept using Providoor after social restrictions were lifted, it showed us that it was a really good idea,” he said in the
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