Deal.com.sg starts its own food delivery site, challenges Rocket Internet’s FoodPanda

March 30, 2012 by  

Just days after the mighty Rocket Internet launched their online food delivery service Food Panda in Southeast Asia, Singapore’s second largest daily deals site Deal.com.sg unveiled their very own competitor today —  DEALivery.sg.

Both websites now join HungryDelivery.com and EatIt.sg in an increasingly competitive food fight — a boon for consumers.

Rocket Internet is a German technology incubator that has been aggressively expanding to Southeast Asia in a variety of online verticals: Fashion store Zalora, Amazon-like website Lazada, and a Pinterest-clone called Pinspire.

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Eatit.sg wants to put an end to lousy food at corporate events

January 22, 2012 by  

A hungry journalist is a grumpy journalist.

That’s why it’s important to cater serviceable food at press events, instead of serving the usual fried bee hoon and fishballs, which is sure to dampen the mood of the occasion.

I’m exaggerating, of course, but the importance of good food at any event — corporate pow wows, birthday parties, and networking sessions — cannot be underestimated.

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