Covid-19 had a big impact on food related businesses and courier service
had to join a rapidly growing market.
This is one of dozens of food start ups that are seeking to address the needs of a populace that is too busy to shop or go to a restaurant for meals. Food delivery is a growing and well financed market. Food delivery companies raised $5.1 billion during 2020. Tech companies in the agrifood category raised $5.3 billion in 2020 – including a $1.6 billion deal for cold chain technology.
Caviar, which delivers food from high end restaurants after customers order online, was once one of the top five food delivery companies. It was in 2019, that DoorDash bought Caviar which was fully rolled into the DoorDash brand. Munchery that was in this list, was an online food ordering and meal delivery service that was shut down abruptly in 2019.
HelloFresh, offers a slightly different service, called a recipe subscription box and it delivers fresh ingredients via a weekly subscription service and customers make the meals on their own. The list also includes Fooda, which delivers small orders from restaurants to the office. The menu rotates daily and helps those restaurants to temporarily set up shop inside of local businesses.
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