SINGAPORE - Seeing fewer customers at his family's wet market seafood store in Bukit Gombak, Sin Chwee Mini Market second-generation owner Jimmy Goh decided to swim with the tide and digitalise the business to reach out to customers of his generation. In April, Mr Goh, 28, rolled out an e-commerce arm of the business called Tankfully Fresh that allows customers to order fresh seafood online and get it delivered to their doorsteps island-wide the next day. He is confident of carving out a niche in a grocery delivery space that includes the major supermarket chains here and online supermarket RedMart. "We called it Tankfully Fresh because it's the feeling we want our customers to have when they open their package, like 'heng ah, it's fresh'," said Mr Goh, using the Hokkien term for thankfully or luckily. "We recognise that customers today value convenience and they also want to eat healthy. So our proposition is why buy frozen seafood when you can buy fresh and have it delivered to you." … [Read more...] about Wet market seafood delivered to your doorstep, thankfully fresh
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Amazon to shut restaurant delivery service in U.S
REUTERS: Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it would end its U.S. restaurant food delivery service on June 24, giving in to intense competition from GrubHub Inc, DoorDash, Uber Technologies' Uber Eats services."A small fraction of Amazon employees are affected by this decision, and many of those affected have already found new roles at Amazon," the company said in a statement. "Employees will be offered personalized support to find a new role within, or outside of, the company."Amazon Restaurants was launched in 2015 in Seattle and was designed to give Prime members a way to order meals, apart from products and groceries, through the online retailer. The service was expanded to more than 20 U.S. cities, and then to London where the program ended in November.The unit was led at one point by the executive also in charge of Amazon's ticketing business, but was overseen later by an executive running its two-hour grocery delivery service, Prime Now, according to their LinkedIn profiles.However, … [Read more...] about Amazon to shut restaurant delivery service in U.S
Amazon to shut restaurant delivery service in US
Business Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it would end its restaurant food delivery service in the U.S. later this month, giving in to intense competition from GrubHub Inc, DoorDash, Uber Technologies' Uber Eats services. 12 Jun 2019 01:05AM Bookmark REUTERS: Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it would end its restaurant food delivery service in the U.S. later this month, giving in to intense competition from GrubHub Inc, DoorDash, Uber Technologies' Uber Eats services."As of June 24th, we will be discontinuing the Amazon Restaurants business in the U.S. A small fraction of Amazon employees are affected by this decision, and many of those affected have already found new roles at Amazon. Employees will be offered personalized support to find a new role within, or outside of, the company," Amazon said in a statement.Amazon Restaurants was launched in 2015 in Seattle and was designed to give Prime members a way to order meals, apart from products and groceries, through the e-commerce … [Read more...] about Amazon to shut restaurant delivery service in US
DELIVERING on online’s new frontier
With its headquarters in Jakarta, HappyFresh has operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The company delivers groceries from its partners’ stores to customers’ doorsteps in as little as one hour. Its Thai operation will also invest a lot in what it calls customers’ facing applications to provide the best user experience, says Sagan, a Polish national who assumed the top post at HappyFresh Thailand late last year. By the customer facing apps, he means HappyFresh applications for Android and IOS that enable its customers to place orders. The company’s delivery network now covers around 90 per cent of Bangkok and some parts of Nonthaburi and Samut Prakan. It has 15 local partners, including the big retailers like Tesco, Big C and Gourmet Market, as well as small specialty stores offering groceries from very narrow market niches. Sagan adds that the company has focused on the quality and completeness of assortment offered rather than the … [Read more...] about DELIVERING on online’s new frontier
Charity distributes ready-to-eat meals to the needy this Ramadan
For many people, briyani and seafood fried rice are affordable coffee shop meals. But for the needy, these are luxuries and a far cry from regular meals of biscuits and instant noodles. Local charity Free Food For All is aiming to help these people - along with those who may not be physically able to cook - this Ramadan, by distributing a wider variety of halal food. Ramadan began last night. Today is the first day of the fasting month, when Muslims refrain from eating or drinking from dawn to dusk. They will celebrate Hari Raya Puasa, marking the end of the month, on June 5. Hoping to ensure no one goes hungry during Ramadan, the charity worked with a food manufacturing company in Brunei to create ready-to-eat meals that can be kept for at least a year. These meals can be microwaved, heated on a stove or eaten out of the package. They are made from fresh ingredients and contain no preservatives. "This technology is not new. But we wanted to use this concept to help the less privileged … [Read more...] about Charity distributes ready-to-eat meals to the needy this Ramadan