With many shops closed and few customers around for those that are open, the retail sector is bearing the brunt of coronavirus restrictions. And new analysis by KPMG suggests the sector will not snap back once the lockdown is over.
He has had to close the dine-in section of his restaurant Smoke and Pickles, but has started a new initiative called the FairFeed Community Project, a collaboration with other local businesses providing home-delivered ready-made meals.
"We've got guys from a lot of local restaurants and a lot of Melbourne's favourite restaurants working together to make value meals that are really accessible for people that are struggling to put food on the table," Mr Jacobson said.Breaking down the latest news and research to understand how the world is living through an epidemic, this is the ABC's Coronacast podcast.
"At the moment we're trying to focus on, instead of putting money into big corporations, we're trying to keep it local," Mr Jacobson said.
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