Food

There Are Actually 6 Other Food Delivery Platforms Other Than GrabFood, foodpanda & Deliveroo

2020-06-07 , 1:43 pm

The circuit breaker may have been a dark period in Singapore’s history – possibly the darkest period of any country in history – but it has allowed us to do something we’re usually reprimanded for: be lazy.

If you told your friend who was somehow unaware of the Covid-19 crisis that you had stayed in your house for over two months, working and watching Netflix, ordering in all your meals, and exercising once a month by walking to the coffee shop to buy Prata, they’d assume you had given up on life.

But it was enforced by the government, you say.

And we all try to convince ourselves that things will go back to normal once ~~the second circuit breaker~~ Phase 1 of the safe reopening is over.

But will we really start going out to buy our food again when we’ve gotten used to having it delivered to our doorsteps?

Probably not.

If you’ve been ordering your food online, you might have a bone or two to pick with the three gods of food delivery in Singapore: GrabFood, foodpanda, and Deliveroo.

Not a fan of their apps, commission fees, or delivery times? Well, here’s a list of six other food delivery platforms that you can now order from:

WhyQ

We all like a good pizza and McDonald’s burger, but there’s nothing quite like some hawker centre food, right?

Founded in 2017, WhyQ is a food delivery platform dedicated to delivering delicious hawker food to your homes.

WhyQ was started by Rishabh Singhvi and Varun Saraf, who fell in love with Singaporean food after moving from India.

The best thing about WhyQ is their low delivery fee. I don’t have to tell you how pricey delivery fees can be on some apps. But WhyQ only charges a flat $1.50 per order.

No minimum order is required in office areas like the CBD, but a small order fee is applicable if the order is under $12.

They have 200 delivery agents, as well as riders from Lalamove and Zeet.

Buy4u

Buy4u, in addition to delivering food from hawker centres, halal eateries, and restaurants, also delivers our most beloved fruit: durian.

Created by four friends – a property agent, a photographer, an events company owner and a printing firm owner – whose incomes were affected by Covid-19, Buy4u launched the week that the circuit breaker started.

Smart guys.

They charge a delivery fee of $4.50 to $15, depending on the order.

Minimum orders range between $20 and $30.

However, they offer free deliveries and no minimum orders for certain locations.

Since they’re so new, they have a tiny fleet of delivery riders – 17 drivers and riders.

Deliver.sg

Deliver.sg, which was co-founded by 33-year-old restaurant consultant Naresh Kumar, launched in January this year and has 140 restaurants on its platform.

Deliver.sg charges a delivery fee of $10 to $20, depending on the distance and total order value.

It does offer free delivery for some restaurants, though.

They engage delivery agents from Lalamove.

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B28!

Like many new players in the food delivery sector, B28! was founded due to the circuit breaker measures that affected food establishments and other businesses in Singapore.

B28! says it aims to “fight against the high commission rates imposed by key players in the delivery market.”

It was created by Ron Lee and Jun Teh of the tech firm Butleric, and has over 100 restaurants on its platform.

Unlike other platforms, B28! charges a delivery fee that is determined by restaurants. This ranges from $0 to $20, depending on the distance and total order value.

It too, engages delivery agents from Lalamove, as well as freelance drivers.

Chope

You might have used Chope back when eating out wasn’t illegal and people didn’t have to give their NRIC details before entering a supermarket.

It was a simpler time.

But Chope has been offering food delivery services since 9 April, presumably because reservations on their site are like seats in the cinema: no one is using them right now.

Chope charges a delivery fee of $5 to $12, but offers free delivery for some restaurants if the minimum order is met.

Chope engages taxi drivers and private-hire care drivers whose incomes are affected by the coronavirus outbreak.

Pickupp Singapore

Started by a Hong Kong-founded logistics company, Pickupp Singapore isn’t just a food delivery company.

In addition to delivering food from restaurants and cafes, they also deliver items from bakeries, grocers, and other retails shops like florists and gift shops.

Their delivery fee ranges from $3.20 to $7.50.

They have 20 regular delivery agents and 11,000 freelance delivery agents.

Many Options To Choose From

If you’ve been dissatisfied with the delivery services of the three most popular food delivery platforms in Singapore, you now have many others to choose from.

Whether you want hawker food or some cakes from a bakery, these delivery companies will get it for you.

Competition is certainly good for the consumer.

Reader: Hopefully one day these deliveries will include feeding customers their food as well.

I think you’re taking it a bit too far, dear reader.