With events canceled, Schaumburg caterer turns to grocery delivery

For the past seven years John Eggert has owned Relish Catering Kitchen in Schaumburg, making everything in house from scratch.

But when the stay-at-home order happened, Eggert saw both a brick wall - and a way around it.

He decided to change his business model from catering to delivering groceries to fill a growing need.

"A unique situation for us is we are able to source a lot from our food supplier," he said. "They have a surplus of these things and they are packaged in large formats that are unable to be sent to grocery stores, so we are able to get rice, chicken, toilet paper and break it down into smaller portions."

John has also been preparing care packages and food for his furloughed employees. Taking care of them is his highest priority.

"If I don't have a quality person who does a great job, I don't have a business."

"Things will go back to normal, it's just scary not knowing when that is going to be."

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