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Malaysian food delivery titan, Foodpanda, has recently unveiled Kenneth Soh as its new Managing Director (MD). Prior to assuming his new role at Foodpanda, Soh was the Country Manager for Propertyguru. He is taking over from Tan Ming Luk, who held the role of…
In an ambitious move towards global expansion, Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading ride-hailing and delivery company, has announced its first venture beyond its home territory. The Singapore-based firm will acquire the Taiwan branch of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda…
The Singapore-founded super app, Grab, has declared its venture beyond Southeast Asia with a proposed acquisition of Foodpanda’s Taiwan operation, owned by Delivery Hero, for a cash sum of US$600 million. This acquisition is anticipated to conclude in the…
Foodpanda, a popular food delivery service, has recently expanded its presence in Singapore with the opening of two additional Pandamart XL stores. These new locations, situated in Kallang and Yio Chu Kang, have been established to meet the increasing…
Taiwan has blocked Uber Technologies’ $950 million purchase of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda business on the island because of concerns it would be anti-competitive, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said on Wednesday. Uber and Foodpanda did not immediately respond…
AirAsia Superapp is extending its partnership with Foodpanda, the region’s food and grocery delivery platform to Thailand, following its initial announcement regarding this collaboration back in May. As airasia Superapp focuses on its vision as a one-stop…
The total gross merchandise value (GMV) of food delivery platforms in Vietnam hit $1.1 billion in 2022, up from $800 million in 2021, said Singapore-based venture outfit Momentum Works. Of the total GMV, Grab accounted for the biggest share with 45%, followed…
Airasia’s food delivery ambitions seem to have halted in Singapore. The brand’s web-based platform informed users that addresses within Singapore were outside its coverage area. This was the case for 12 consecutive days from 20 December 2022 to 31 December…
Thailand-based food delivery platform and unicorn Line Man Wongnai is negotiating to acquire the local unit of Foodpanda. German online food-delivery service provider Delivery Hero owns Foodpanda Thailand. Citing people familiar with the matter, the news…
Vietnamese electric motorbike startup Dat Bike has secured $8 million in a funding round, bringing the total since its establishment to $16.5 million. The round was led by returning investor, Singapore-based Jungle Ventures, with participation from GSR…
Singapore-based e-commerce platform Foodpanda has partnered with the toy giant Lego to expand the region’s q-commerce marketplace. Lego says the partnership signifies the company’s entry into the q-commerce sector, which enables users to purchase Lego sets…
Sa Sa is pleased to announce today its official entry onto foodpanda mall in Hong Kong, an online grocery and goods shopping mall under foodpanda. Through foodpanda mall’s round-the-clock delivery service, Sa Sa will open up for local customers a more…
While we all wait for the rollout of the city’s anti-pandemic fund to support residents and businesses affected by the ongoing public health crisis, some of Hong Kong’s biggest companies have also stepped up to help. In a recent announcement, foodpanda, the…
German food delivery group Delivery Hero said on Wednesday it would scale down its Foodpanda operations in Germany and sell the subsidiary’s Japan unit, citing increased competition and labor shortages. Delivery Hero said Foodpanda would exit Cologne,…
Food delivery giant Uber Eats revealed on Tuesday it would wind down its Hong Kong operations by year’s end after seeing slower-than-expected growth. “Uber Eats has unfortunately not grown as expected in Hong Kong,” the company said in response to a Post…
Online takeaway delivery firm Foodpanda is partnering with Indian virtual kitchen company Rebel Foods to roll out the latter’s virtual restaurant brands at 2,000 outlets across ten Asian countries, Foodpanda’s chief operating officer said. “Foodpanda is…
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