A bogus email containing profanity that went out last week to about 8,000 patrons of local food delivery service Gainesville2Go hasn’t cursed the company’s business.
After Gainesville2Go food delivery service announced the email sent Thursday was from a disgruntled former employee, the company attempted to make amends by offering free delivery for the weekend.
From Friday to Sunday, the company experienced a two- to three-times greater number of deliveries, said Jackson Bodiford, a Gainesville2Go manager.
Friday was the busiest, he said, with 278 deliveries. Saturday was next, with 260 deliveries, and Sunday, the service made 238 deliveries. During the weekend, he said, Gainesville2Go handled about $4,000 in food sales.
On Sunday evening, he said, the service had to stop taking orders for about an hour to catch up with the demand.
“We just got too busy there for a minute,” he said.
After the frenzied weekend, the company closed Monday and Tuesday — a period, Bodiford said, management needed to respond to the flood of customers the weekend brought.
“We hired more drivers,” he said. “I think we’re pretty adequately staffed.”
Lacey Sanchez, a 21-year-old UF food and resource economics junior, said she ordered Asian food twice from Gainesville2Go during the weekend.
She said she appreciated the company’s free delivery offer.
“I think it was a really kind gesture,” she said.
Contact Kelcee Griffis at kgriffis@alligator.org.
