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Week 17/3/2025

?? What’s New at Boolanga

?? Food Delivery

How a Chinese giant is disrupting Saudi Arabia’s food delivery? Can Keeta, Meituan’s global brand, use the Middle East as a springboard for other international markets? (Rest of world)

No more tips: Just Eat Takeaway.com launches drone delivery in Dublin. The food delivery company teamed up with drone operator Manna Drones Ltd to launch the speedy service (Euronews).

Regional delivery apps gain ground in smaller Brazilian cities. Outside major urban centers dominated by iFood, platforms outline expansion plans (Valor International).

??Q-Commerce

Saudi quick commerce startup Ninja, by HungerStation’s founder, in talks to raise at $1B+. Ninja, a Saudi quick commerce startup founded and led by Ebrahim Al-Jassim, the founder of HungerStation is in talks to raise fresh funds at a valuation of over $1 billion, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Mena Bytes).

?? Grocery Delivery

Uber Eats Partners with FreshDirect to Offer Same-Day and On-Demand Grocery Delivery. Uber Technologies today announced a major expansion of its grocery delivery offering with the addition of FreshDirect, the leading online fresh food grocer, to the Uber Eats platform in New York City (Investing.com).

?? Delivery Tech

GoCimo Launches in Malm?. Battery Swap is Now Available in the Three Largest Cities in Sweden (GoCimo).

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