Saturday, July 31, 2010

We did not make you Lazy.


Accept it or not, Its the reality.

We all used to be very lazy at home and event at office, wishing our favorite restaurants delivery. We used to  bet and decide who would go pick up the food.
Just a year Back our new idea to Maldives emerged: And we opened a restaurant delivery business.

And made that hungry concept a satisfying reality by opening Badhige.com in 20th February  2008. Today, customers in Male' Island can have their favorite meals delivered to their door-step, even from restaurants that don't deliver.

At www.badhige.com, customers can browse menus from restaurants like Dine-More & Seahouse, Cup Cafe', Laban, Trip Adviser No.1 Sala Thai and more. Orders can be called in or placed online, where even customers click to choose sides and make special requests. And its more socially connected to the customers via, Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools.

Badhige charges MRF10.00 for delivery and still our customers do tip for the delivery officers. in addition to the price of the meal. Once the order is placed, the call center sends the order and a delivery staff to the restaurant. And they are usually there before the food comes out of the kitchen. They then drive directly to the customer. Another good news that that we will soon be using Heat Control Thermal Bags to Keep the Food Fresh.

Most orders take about 30 to 45 minutes from the time it's placed to the time it arrives at the customer's doorstep. The fastest delivery so far has been 10 minutes.
At first, business was slow. Badhige only managed to  partnerships with just four restaurants, but now we have more 12 and still ts growing.

Our  business is slow and steadily growing and Sales is up 40 percent compare to last year. Most are repeat customers who order several times a week. And there are some who order all there meals every day.

Today we make about 80 deliveries per day with the average order totaling MRF200. There are typically three Delivery Staffs on call at each shift.

At present Badhige.com is probably the only restaurant delivery service in Maldives. In the future, we hope to offer delivery to the Larger islands all over the country changing the traditional delivery system.

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