August 17th, 2020Tonnas- Legends of Lockdown

Many people nominated the Daylesford business with comments including “such a great community service”, “amazing effort from Tonna’s” and “yay, Tonna’s – and a big hug for David”.
Danielle Tonna said when the pandemic hit the family closed the shop down but quickly opened a new shopfront, pretty much benches under the verandah.
They then went online, started a click & collect system and began delivering around Hepburn Shire.
“We wanted to keep ourselves, our families and our community safe,” she said. “And we were able to keep all six staff on.”
Danielle said while there had been a decline in business this past week, with the second lockdown, the aim was to continue to provide healthy, fresh food and keep everyone safe.
The 34-year-old, who has been in the family business since she started helping out as a six-year-old, said the Legend of Lockdown nomination was a welcome surprise.
“We are very honoured and appreciate our community knowing that we have been working our little chops off to keep us and them safe.
“We do get a lot of email orders with messages from the clients thanking us for what we are doing, that we are making them feel a bit better about the current situation and that we are keeping them safe. They are very open and beautiful about that.
“And that is really lovely.”

Image: Kyle Barnes

Pictured from left, Paul Middleton, David Tonna, Theresa Coleiro, Adam Tonna and Danielle Tonna, absent, Ryan Coleiro