The world is a very different place than it was 6 weeks ago. Six weeks ago, Boxcar was a parking app, connecting commuters in NJ, MA, NY, CT and CA who needed a spot with property owners who had extra capacity. Once people stopped commuting, though, that all changed. After a week of brainstorming, I talked to a friend whose family owns a local produce supplier. Now that schools and hotels weren’t buying produce, they had extra inventory, but no way to get it to consumers. From that conversation, Boxcar’s contactless grocery pickup was born. Over our first 3 weeks of grocery pickups, we’ve gotten 26.5 tons of produce to consumers in New Jersey, instead of letting it go to waste. With the help

There are a lot of frustrating things about quarantine, from boredom to homeschooling to running out of Tiger King episodes. I know that getting groceries delivered has become a pain point for a lot of people, me included – no matter when I check, there don’t seem to be delivery slots available near me. While we can’t do anything about Tiger King, we decided to use our Boxcar connections to make filling your fridge a little bit easier! We’ve partnered with Gargiulo Produce to provide drive-thru grocery pickups in Madison, NJ, on Wednesday, 4/8. Each Boxcar Basics box will contain 1 dozen eggs, 1 gallon whole milk, 3 romaine hearts, 5 lbs tomatoes, 5 lbs potatoes, 2 onions, 2 pints of blueber