Hellofood celebrates its first birthday, and tens of thousands of customers in Lagos and Abuja

Introducing  Hellofood.com.ng  with its affiliated brand Foodpanda is the leading group of online food ordering platforms active in 30 countries and 4 continents worldwide.

 Available on your computer or tablet, on BB, and on its dedicated iPhone and Android apps apps (recently-crowned the top apps for food globally), it offers the fastest and easiest way to order food, and provides the greatest variety of cuisines available anywhere. 

Users can order food from any of the restaurants in their city, for delivery to them in 45 minutes. Operating in 7 African countries already, Hellofood.co.ke already has over 130 partner restaurants in Nairobi, with virtually any type of cuisines available, from Pizza to Sushi, from traditional African food to Continental – and everything in between! Whether hungry at work, too tired to cook and clean up at home, travelling to a new city for the first time or even organizing an event like a conference or wedding, hungry people all over Africa look to Hellofood whenever they need a meal delivered.

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Lagos, Nigeria, November 4th 2013- Hellofood.com, Africa’s top restaurant delivery service celebrates its first birthday in Lagos! 12 months after taking its first order, the company has revolutionized the restaurant takeaway industry in Lagos and Abuja and has expanded to 6 other African countries.

Hellofood’s first year in numbers:

Tens of thousands of customers

Over 300 restaurant partners in Lagos and Abuja

#1 food app in Africa by downloads

Best customer has ordered over 170 times

70 employees in 7 African countries

500,000 miles driven by riders delivering Hellofood orders (that’s 20 times around the world!)

Joe Falter

Hellofood Africa CEO Joe Falter: “In the midst of the turbo growth we’ve achieved in the last year, we never really took a step back to appreciate how far we’ve come. Starting from nothing 12 months ago, we have made a complex market incredibly easy and fast to negotiate, making food ordering fast, easy and fun in Nigeria and Africa. The customer response has been phenomenal, and together with our outstanding team in Lagos, I’m incredibly excited about what’s to come.”

Hellofood’s anniversary is celebrated with special discounts on the website, offering mouthwatering deals across a range of cuisines. Hellofood partner restaurants are also stepping up their game, with the addition of ‘trusted’ labels on the site to signify the most reliable restaurants with great food and service. The reviews feature has also been well received, with customers flocking to give feedback to restaurants they ordered from, and to give them a star ranking

In April 2013, the company launched its mobile app that allows people to order food on the go, in line with its promise to be the most powerful online tool for food delivery services in Nigeria. That app rapidly become the most popular food app in Africa, and thousands have used it to order food on the move.