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On-demand food delivery is a service that allows customers to order food from restaurants and have it delivered to their homes or offices. Customers can typically place orders through a mobile app or website, and a third-party driver then provides the food.
On-demand food delivery has become increasingly popular in recent years due to the rise of smartphones and the convenience of having food delivered to your door. Some popular on-demand food delivery services include Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub, and Postmates.
Swiggy, India’s largest online food delivery platform, is betting on its premium food delivery vertical, Swiggy Xtra, to sustain its growth and profitability in the highly competitive market. Swiggy Xtra is a curated selection of high-end restaurants and cuisines that cater to urban consumers’ discerning tastes and preferences. It offers […]
Deliveroo Hop is a new rapid grocery delivery service from delivery-only stores. It offers consumers a range of up to 2,000 items, including partner-branded and own-label products, such as Morrisons’ The Best’ range which includes award-winning wines, ready meals and snacks, and meat and fish from its Market Street counters. […]
Travis Kalanick, co-founder and former CEO of Uber, is opening a new ghost kitchen in San Jose through his company, CloudKitchens. The 26 commercial kitchens, a dine-in restaurant, and a coffee bar will be located on the ground floor of the historic Odd Fellows Building. The project has been working […]
Generative AI is a subset of Artificial Intelligence that can create novel content based on existing data. It has been making waves in various fields, such as language processing, image and video generation, and content creation. But how can Generative AI be applied to food delivery? And what are the […]
Deliveroo is one of the world’s most successful and innovative food delivery platforms. Founded in 2013 by Will Shu and Greg Orlowski, the company has grown from a small startup in London to a global leader in online food ordering and delivery, operating in 10 countries and serving over 7 […]
MDI Ventures leads Series A round in growing online food delivery market Indonesian cloud kitchen startup Legit Group has raised $13.7 million in a Series A funding round led by MDI Ventures and participated in by Sinar Mas Digital Ventures (SMDV), East Ventures, and Winter Capital. Legit Group raised $3 […]
The latest fines were for having 7,022 workers not registered with Social Security and also using 813 irregular workers – foreigners without work permits. Glovo, a home food delivery company, has been fined 38.1 million euros by the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate in Spain for misusing delivery riders registered […]
Virtual restaurants are all the rage right now – if you can’t visit one. Ghost kitchens, or cloud kitchens, are a new trend in the food industry. They are food preparation spaces catering to delivery customers without a physical storefront or seating. Ghost kitchens have become increasingly popular during the […]
According to TechCrunch, instant grocery delivery company JOKR has raised approximately $50 million in a Series C investment on a $1.3 billion post-money valuation. The funding, which G Squared led with participation from GGV Capital, Tiger Global Management, and HV Capital, was buoyed by existing investors. JOKR has raised $480 […]
Patty’s Cakes and Desserts, a retail storefront bakery in Fullerton, California, faced a significant challenge when delivery demand quadrupled during the pandemic. The company previously used a third-party delivery service, but when the pandemic hit and the service shut down, Patty’s Cakes and Desserts was left without a delivery option. […]