Rise of meals tech in Kuwait
Kuwait entered the net meals supply area as early as 2004. In response to Seham Alhusaini, normal supervisor of Deliveroo Kuwait and Qatar, the supply market was deeply penetrated within the early nighties. Nonetheless, Covid-19 expedited the expansion of on-line supply. Certainly, new audiences have been launched to meals supply apps because of lockdowns throughout Covid-19. Bader Alothman, normal supervisor of Kuwait Get Cari, mentioned {that a} important variety of those that have been much less tech-savvy earlier than the pandemic, significantly older prospects, transformed to on-line meals orders through the disaster.
How meals tech is supporting the F&B sectorÂ
Past on-line supply, Osama Alshair, normal manger for Kuwait at Foodics, mentioned {that a} larger variety of eating places have carried out meals expertise to boost effectivity and handle cloud kitchens to cater to the supply facet of their companies.
Moreover, meals tech can present very important information and statistics to assist eating places streamline their operations and spend in the correct areas. Nevertheless, Sean Trevaskis, co-founder and CEO of Growdash, acknowledged that it’s not nearly information however about methods to use information successfully, for instance reductions versus different incentives.
The pitfalls and challenges of meals tech
Whereas recognizing the worth of meals tech, the trade is considerably reluctant to speculate with out totally understanding methods to use the knowledge. Moreover, information safety nonetheless appears to be a standard concern.
Meals tech firms in Kuwait are additionally confronted with the problem of differentiation. Additionally they battle with discovering the correct skills and retaining them. Alhusaini expressed that whereas a good portion of tech capabilities at Deliveroo are dealt with in London, there stays intense competitors for expertise within the area.
The way forward for meals tech
Many operators reminiscent of Growdash plan to broaden into KSA. They’re wanting into growing the retail facet of their companies. Supply platforms, as an example, are shifting into non-food merchandise.
