Massive queues at fish markets this year will have many of us scratching our heads, asking if it’s really worth picking up a seafood platter for Christmas.
But one teenage entrepreneur may have the answer many Sydneysiders are looking for, as he prepares home seafood deliveries this weekend.
Antonio Muollo, 18, launched his own seafood delivery business GetFish last month after noticing a gap in the market when he was just 15.
Now the company is promising the delivery of fresh, premium seafood to homes within a 35km radius of the Sydney Fish Market in Pyrmont.
Antonio Muollo (pictured), 18, has launched his own seafood delivery business GetFish before Christmas, promising to bring fresh produce to the doors of Sydneysiders as late as Christmas Eve
Antonio launched his own seafood delivery business GetFish last month after noticing a gap in the market when he was just 15
Customers have until Thursday to lodge their orders for deliveries on December 23 and Christmas Eve.
Antonio said the company has already received an overwhelming response, and has quadrupled its workforce since opening two months ago.
‘In this Christmas period it has been absolutely crazy, you couldn’t even predict it,’ he told Daily Mail Australia.
‘I’ve got 850 orders and there is still a day and a half to go. We are expecting maybe 1000 Christmas orders by the end.’
Customers have until Thursday to lodge their orders for deliveries on December 23 and Christmas Eve
Among the produce ready to be delivered are crustaceans, caviar and sashimi
GetFish has struck a partnership with De Costi Seafood to deliver produce from their shop front to people’s doors.
Orders over $100 will receive complimentary delivery, while a $10 flat rate will be applied to smaller orders.
Among the produce ready to be delivered are crustaceans, caviar and sashimi.
Although it’s the Christmas staple, seafood platters which are flying off the shelves, Antonio said.
‘All the produce is looking really good, but the seafood platters (pictured) are going off with the customers,’ Antonio said
Meanwhile, Antonio (pictured) plans to continue to grow the business and has just completed his first year of a Bachelor of Business at University of Technology Sydney
He added: ‘All the produce is looking really good, but the seafood platters are going off with the customers.’
Meanwhile, Antonio plans to continue to grow the business and has just completed his first year of a Bachelor of Business at University of Technology Sydney.
The business – which already employs up to 40 people – plans to deliver to Canberra, the Central Coast, and greater western Sydney by early 2018, and deliver nationally within the next five years.