A food delivery start-up in the US state of North Carolina has begun delivering food from restaurants that don’t operate their own service, using its new smartphone app.
Crunchbutton allows consumers to receive food from small but prized restaurants, and has launched in a number of locations across the country. It has particularly targeted the student demographic, with a presence at Yale and the University of Southern California, and plans to add ten more institutions this semester.
It has also started to attract delivery drivers with the promise of average earnings of $12 per hour, and aims to become “the Uber of food delivery,” technology news website Tech.Co reported, referring to the app that offers users the opportunity to crowdsource taxis and spare places in private vehicles.
Crunchbutton CEO Judd Rosenblatt explained the challenge of delivery to small restaurants: “A big problem with the current delivery system for local restaurants is intermittency. They either have no deliveries, or too many at once.”
But among the restaurants that Crunchbutton lists are some well-known, national chains too – McDonald’s, Subway and Dunkin’ Donuts all appear under a quick search in North Carolina’s largest city, Charlotte.
Crunchbutton’s Brian Evans added: “We’re humbled by the response we’ve got so far. We’re seeing this massive emergence of tech startups in Charlotte and we’re honoured to be involved. We want to be on the front lines helping make Charlotte the tech capitol of the South.”
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