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Food-delivery company Foodpanda Singapore has launched a 30-seater restaurant, Favourites by Foodpanda. In Woodlands Avenue, the 3100sqft (288sqm) restaurant allows customers to pick and match dishes from nine restaurants such as Ichiban Bento, Crystal Jade…
UK food-delivery startup Deliveroo is preparing to launch in India. Valued at US$2 billion, the company is hiring a country head along with a full team, insiders say, according to The Times of India. It will go head to head with local players like Swiggy and…
Uber rival Ola Cabs has merged with food-delivery platform Foodpanda India, taking control from Delivery Hero Group of Germany. Under the terms of the deal, as well as a handover of shares, Ola has committed to investing US$200 million into Foodpanda’s India…
A Foodpanda brand overhaul has been launched following its acquisition by tech giant Delivery Hero last December. While the iconic panda is still part of the food delivery company’s logo, it has been tweaked to have a round face, while the brand colour has…
A Whopper-flavoured toothpaste and a weekend staycation where you can chill in a panda costume… those were the first two April Fool’s Day pranks orchestrated by marketers this silly season. Putting aside for a moment the question of whether launching such…
UberEats Asia has introduced its stand-alone food-delivery app UberEats to Bangkok. It initially covers 100 restaurants and 24 cuisines, and users can track their orders from the moment they are placed until they arrive at their doors. “This app offers a…
Control of the Foodpanda business has been sold by parent Rocket Internet, including the remaining Asian operations. German-based online food-ordering service Delivery Hero Holding, which is active in 33 countries, has acquired Rocket Internet-backed Emerging…
Rocket Internet has sold its mobile and online food ordering portal foodpanda to rival Delivery Hero for an undisclosed sum. Berlin-based Delivery Hero was founded in 2011 by Niklas Östberg. The company said in its announcement that the purchase would…
Ordering in for dinner? You could be paying more than you bargained for. Some restaurants are charging higher prices for menu items on delivery service platforms such as Deliveroo and Foodpanda, with increases varying from 20 cents to several dollars. A check…
Seeking to upgrade technology and improve the user experience, Malaysian food-delivery startup Dah Makan is working on a larger funding round with global venture-capital firms. Dah Makan raised $320,000 from two angel investors in a seed round more than a…
No one wants Foodpanda Indonesia. Not enough consumers ordered its delivery service and after as long as a year trying to sell the business as a going concern, Foodpanda’s parent Rocket simply shut it down. The last order was taken at 10pm on Monday October…
Vietnam and Indonesia are tipped to become the largest Southeast Asian eCommerce markets within the next five years. Stunning growth in both markets is predicted in a report by global research company Frost & Sullivan which expects the broader region’s…
Foodpanda, the food delivery startup backed by Rocket Internet, is selling its operations in Indonesia and evaluating its presence in the rest of Southeast Asia as part of a push towards profitability. Multiple sources close to the company told that its…
UberEats Singapore has launched, the ride-hailing app’s food-delivery service making its Asian debut. Using the standalone app, Singaporeans can order food from about 100 restaurants. While deliveries are initially limited to the central business and…
Rocket Internet is selling its Zalora Thailand and Vietnam eCommerce fashion sites. This follows the Alibaba Group investing in Rocket Internet’s Lazada, valued at US$1.5 billion. Zalora, which raised more than $250 million, was once on an equal footing with…
Foodpanda Hong Kong has just bought rival Delivery.com’s local operation to consolidate its leadership in the local food delivery market. The move is the latest by the five year old, 49 per cent Rocket Internet-owned startup to streamline its international…
