With the acquisition comes a partnership between Fantuan and Chowbus that will meld each of their strengths with local Asian restaurants. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

Last week, pan-African e-commerce platform Jumia said it was discontinuing its food delivery service, Jumia Food. According to the company, its food delivery business didn’t align with the current operational landscape and prevailing macroeconomic conditions in the seven markets, including Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Ivory Coast. As a result, Jumia Food will […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

Pan-African e-commerce platform Jumia has disclosed its intention to discontinue its food delivery service, Jumia Food. The company said its food delivery business is not aligned with the current operational landscape and prevailing macroeconomic conditions in the seven markets, including Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Ivory Coast. As a result, Jumia will cease […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

For those who move abroad from China, one thing they miss dearly is the convenience of food delivery apps. Fantuan, a Vancouver-based company, has been working on replicating the experience of Chinese food delivery platforms in the West for the past nine years. Recently, it raised some fresh capital to further advance its goal — […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

Shame on the non-tippers. As Americans tip customer service workers less and less, per a Bankrate survey, DoorDash is testing a new feature that aims to convince customers to tip their drivers before their order arrives. When a customer orders from a restaurant on DoorDash yet inserts $0 in the tip amount, a pop-up will appear […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

Two of the biggest drivers of growth on social and e-commerce platforms have been food and influencers, so it should come as no surprise that startups are now getting in on the act in trying to combine how these two work together. In the latest turn, a startup out of Berlin called Lanch — which […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only ..read more

You no longer have to fight with loved ones about what to eat for dinner tonight. Uber Eats announced a multi-store ordering feature that enables diners to purchase items from two restaurants in a single order. The best part is there’s no additional delivery fee. Previously, Uber Eats would only bundle an order with items ..read more

Zerocater — incubated at Y Combinator back in 2011 (back in the days when YC had just 45 companies in a cohort) — was growing at a fast clip and gobbling up new customers for its office meal delivery service before COVID-19 hit. The pandemic led it to shed 98% of its business and set off a quick scramble to figure out how to extend its shelf life.  But survive it did, and now things are heating up. Zerocater today is announcing a round of $15 million to double down on its business with a wider geographical footprint and more AI and analytics to improve what it does. This is a Series ..read more

Some of the best companies only come about because they found a problem worth solving. For Mike Salguero, CEO and co-founder at ButcherBox, the problem and opportunity in the extraordinarily broken space of meat production and distribution simply could not be ignored. Armed with an idea for how to do things differently, the company ran a Kickstarter campaign back in 2015, which drew the attention of its first thousand customers. From there, the company has continued to grow. At the recent Creative Technologist conference organized by venture capital fund Baukunst, Salguero shared that the comp ..read more

French startup Not So Dark has raised an $80 million Series B funding round led by Kharis Capital and Verlinvest, with Convivialité Ventures also participating. The startup has launched digital food delivery brands that you can find in food delivery apps. While Not So Dark started with a network of dark kitchens, the company has abandoned this business model shortly after raising its Series A round. Operating dark kitchens requires a ton of capital and it can create issues in some neighborhoods. Instead, the company is betting on existing restaurants. In addition to their own menu, these partn ..read more