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“ MARKETING MANAGEMENT OF FOOD DELIVERY APP”
MASTER OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION BATCH :
2020-2022
(DR.Abdul kalam Technical University,lucknow,uttar pradesh)
A defining question for all food delivery apps is how you will
work with food providers. For example, a discovery platform will
have different goals to an aggregated food delivery app. These
are critical questions that must be answered in order to lay the
foundations of your overall strategy. User personas are also
needed to successfully target different user types who will find
Product
The product is what the company is trying to sell to consumers. The first
step is to determine what product the company wants to sell that
consumers will want to purchase. The product should be unique and
different from what the competition is offering. The company must come
up with different features to help make this product innovative.
Determining the quality and how the product will be made will help
determine what type of market the product will be in. The product is the
center part of the marketing mix because without the product, there
would be no reason to use marketing.
Price
The price is how much the company should charge for the product.
There are many variables that come into play when deciding on the
price of an item. The price depends on how much it costs to make
the item as well as advertising costs, distribution costs, overhead
costs, competitor pricing, etc. Price is not something that will be set
in stone, because costs of goods may change or competitor pricing
may change. It is vital to have a set price but be prepared to change
the strategy if there is a fluctuation in the market.
For instance, you own a company that creates cases for cell
phones. You have developed different prototypes for the most
popular phones and are distributing them to a few different retail
companies. After taking into account advertising costs, production
costs, etc., you will be selling them to retail stores for a price of $4.
Place
Another important variable to the success of a product is the place,
which involves determining where the product will be available for
consumers to purchase. It is important to be aware of who your target
audience - the group to whom you want to sell your product - is, and
where your product can best capture their attention. The place will
depend on the type of product being produced. If the goal is to sell the
product to as many consumers as possible, then you are going to want
to place the product in as many stores as possible. However, if the
product is meant to be exclusive, it may just be distributed to a few
different retail outlets.
PERMOTION
In August 2018, Uber Eats changed its flat $4.99 delivery fee to a
rate that is determined by distances. The fee ranges from a $2
minimum to an $8 maximum. In the UK and Ireland, the delivery fee
is based on the value of the order. In February 2019, UberEats
announced that it would reduce its fee from 35 percent of the
order's value to 30 percent As part of its expansion into foreign
markets, the company announced its intention to open virtual
restaurants in the UK. Sometimes called cloud restaurants or cloud
kitchens, these are restaurant kitchens staffed to prepare and
deliver food, either for existing brick-and-mortar restaurants wishing
to move their delivery operations offsite, or for delivery-only
restaurants with no walk-in or dining room service.
GRUBHUB:
But, all thanks to this startup called, “guruhub.in” local searches for
colleges, tutors, educators, or organizations have been made easy.
Guruhub is basically a location based search platform to find tutors,
teachers, trainers, coaches, institutes, organizations, learners and
courses near to your place. This startup works on a well – built
internal system that identifies the seeker’s to Geo-Position, based
on which results are displayed by the web based on the location.
• Detailed Analytics
Feature # 1. Intangibility:
Feature # 2. Perishability:
Feature # 3. Inseparability:
Feature # 5. Ownership:
Feature # 6. Simultaneity:
● Application
Order-focused Food Delivery Services
Logistics-focused Food Delivery Services
● Geographic Landscape
APAC
Europe
MEA
North America
South America
The following is a series of useful tips that we believe will help organisatio
support company to leverage technology to achieve their
business goals.
Understanding scale
It is all very well opting for the most basic services on offer, but
if you don’t recognise what your company really needs then IT
support will become just another expense that provides little by
way of growth. Instead, an IT service provider should become
an extension of your company’s long term business strategy.
There is much more to technology support than setting up
firewalls and manning IT help desks.
Building a food delivery app is a promising startup idea. But how can you gain a
competitive advantage among other similar services? In this guide, we provide
valuable insights on mobile application marketing for food delivery services. It
doesn’t matter which platform you choose to build your food delivery app for.
These tips can be used for marketing both Android and iOS apps.
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Building a food delivery app is a promising startup idea. But how can you gain a
doesn’t matter which platform you choose to build your food delivery app for.
These tips can be used for marketing both Android and iOS apps.
precisely who your target audience is. That means you need to understand who
your product is meant for. This may sound obvious, but it’s crucial.
To find the best way to promote your app, you may need information about your
lifestyles. This information will help you create a buyer persona, which is a picture
As you can see, it’s vital to create and research buyer personas carefully before
deciding which of app marketing strategies to choose for your food delivery
service. But today, it’s also important to find a niche for your product to compete
with big food delivery players. Gesoo, for instance, delivers only from Asian
Lots of food delivery startups target customers who are too busy to cook. But to
narrow things down, you can target a specific segment, for instance people who
Embracing new niches isn’t the only trend sculpturing the food delivery
industry. Find out what to expect from food delivery in the near future.
2. Create a unique selling proposition
Once you know your target audience well, you’re ready to create a unique selling
proposition (USP). A strong USP can distinguish your food delivery app from
competitors.
ordering food online. But there are already many food delivery apps that promise
to deliver fast. That’s why you might need to offer other advantages in order to
stand apart.
Creating a USP is an important part of all app marketing strategies. When you
create a USP, think of your target audience’s needs and pain points. With the help
of a USP, you’ll be able to tell your potential customers what problems your food
Let’s take a look at two of the top food delivery services, Uber Eats and Caviar,
and compare their USPs and target audiences. Uber Eats, which is now the
fastest-growing food delivery service in the US, aims at busy 24- to 35-year-olds
for whom speed of delivery is the top priority. To satisfy their needs, Uber Eats
delivers local food as well as fast food from big chains. The company emphasizes
fast delivery with the slogan “Your favorite restaurants, delivered fast.”
quality food from restaurants rather than fast food. That’s why Caviar’s USP is
Tell your potential customers what’s unique about your product and how they can
benefit from it. Your USP should let people know how your food delivery app
differs from others. When creating app marketing strategies, you should always
Many of today’s businesses take advantage of content marketing, and there are
several reasons for that. Content marketing can prove effective when it comes to
building trust with customers and building brand awareness. It’s a relatively cost-
Social media
Social media is an effective tool for mobile app marketing. Seventy-one percent of
customers who have a good social media experience with a brand are likely to
recommend it to others.
Here are some tips on how to use social media to promote your food delivery app:
Choose the right platforms. To decide on social platforms and what
content to post on them, you should know what your target customers like
and what influencers they follow. Instagram and Snapchat can help
influencer.
forget about something entertaining and engaging. While your posts should
be related to your app, keep up with cultural trends and the latest news.
your target audience. Most food delivery companies use a friendly tone of
Use social media to spread the word about your business. Social
When you ask your audience to share your post, you reach more people as
advertising, you can get your content shown to specific users who fall within
comment on a promotional post by the company and tag one friend to participate.
Want to replicate the success of Uber Eats? In this article, you’ll find the core
functionality, cost, and pitfalls you may await when creating an app like Uber
Eats.
To enter the DoorDash sweepstakes, people needed to post a photo taken in front
of one of the company’s murals, tag DoorDash, and use a hashtag. The prize
included a $2,000 donation to Feeding America. This type of campaign can have a
potential to go viral because the company doesn’t ask participants to post ads but
rather their own photos. Moreover, this type of contest has social value, helping
the company build trust with customers and improve its image.
Blog
Blog is one more effective tool for a mobile app promotion. Businesses that have
blogs get 55 percent more website visitors than those that don’t. Creating useful
and informative blog content not only helps you get noticed on search engines but
also builds trust with your customers and gives people a reason to come back to
your website.
Consider writing guest posts for other websites, as their readers may fall within
your target audience. Guest blogging can also help build your authority as an
industry expert.
To promote your food delivery app, you can post informative and useful articles.
Uber Eats, for example, posts useful and entertaining food-related content
Think of posting something funny if you want to entertain your readers. GrubHub
has a blog where, in addition to articles, they entertain readers with quizzes like
“Are You a Hot Dog or a Hamburger?” Don’t forget to let your readers share their
We’ve already mentioned posting contest information on social media, but you can
post it on your blog as well. Caviar uses their blog to inform customers about
Video content
Compared to other types of content, video content may be costly to create. But it
potential customers why they should use your product or service and what
While social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook let users post videos,
the key video platform is YouTube. According to Google, the top three reasons
To be entertained
When planning a video marketing strategy for a food delivery app, take into
Millenials want to see how their food is produced, while 80 percent want to see the
addresses problems of hunger and food waste. It shows the company’s mission
while building awareness about DoorDash. Such videos help to connect with
cost-effective, it helps you to reach a large audience, which may be crucial for
food delivery startups. That’s why emails are also used as a tool for mobile
application marketing.
Email marketing helps to inform customers about loyalty programs, discounts, and
contests, which helps to build brand loyalty. Moreover, emails can be entertaining
as well. People usually don’t reply to promotional emails, but Eat24 found a way
to encourage their customers to answer. The company once sent out an email to
customers signed up for their loyalty program containing a promo code for a
discount as well as a scarf-wearing blue blob asking if anyone was even out there.
By sending this email, Eat24 let customers know that their email address was
customers.
SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
Environment
The situation analysis is required prior to setting up a
marketing strategic plan. The culture of food delivery
and ordering online is growing at an unimaginable
rate. Food delivery is more common for restaurants
that serve Pizza such as Domino’s Pizza and Pizza
Hut.
TARGET MARKET
The target market of food delivery service company
can be categorized in terms of demographic,
behavioural and psychographic.
Demographic
Most of the online food delivery demands come from
the age group of 18-40 years whereby 65 % of the
target market are below 35 years of age. The male
seems to outnumber the number of females in this
composition. The target generation are the millenials
who are more internet savvy, selective , confident and
impatient. A characteristic many millenials share is
leading a busy on-the-go lifestyles. The most recent
key to convenience is delivery. They use social and
mobile media to get recommendations and make
decisions about where they are going to dine. They
expect good quality food at reasonable prices, a
departure from the super-sized, all-you-can-eat tactics
that worked on previous generations. Millennials
greatly value their friends’ opinions when making
decisions, hence it is advisable to spend less on new
marketing and capitalizing more on your existing
customer base.
With an increasing number of people being
productively employed in lucrative industries, they
have increased their living standards and made their
wallets fatter too. The target group are mainly the
middle income segment who have a higher
disposable income.
Food Delivery Service Company targets the
population in urban and semi urban locations because
the city dwellers have a very busy life. The customers
need to keep up with the hectic schedule and they
need immediate, reliable and assistance for their day-
to-day tasks. Urban and semi urban locations are
ideal and potential market segment due to increasing
internet penetration & rapid smartphone adoption,
Marketing Solution
The best marketing solution will be to create a social
media campaign targeting urban audience and
working adults or parents who want to order a quick
meal.
The analysis below provides you insights on how to
select your audience based on their behavioural on
social media and Google Ads campaign.
Behavioural
The target market can be divided into two segments
which are advocates and pragmatic.
Advocates
Owns a mobile
Whether consumers want to find/order a meal to eat
in, takeaway or have delivered, increasingly the tool of
choice is the mobile phone. Mobile apps and web
based system play an important role in food ordering
at this point of time . With more people using smart
phones, increasing literacy and access to the Internet,
it is highly recommended for food delivery business to
leverage on this new opportunity.
Loyal Customers
Customers who will stay with one food delivery
company if they are efficiently served
Influential
Bloggers, Food critics
Pragmatic
The pragmatic group of customers are always finding
the best option to have their food delivered. They are
usually not loyal to one particular food delivery
company hence they will order food from other food
delivery companies and might switch from other food
delivery company due to poor service. They are the
type of customers who wish to order food to save cost
and time
Psychographic
Achievers
1. Are fully scheduled
Customers have limited time to spend and will choose
to have a short lunch
4. Are private
Customers who prefer some space for themselves
during meals.
Experiencers
1. Are first in and first out of trend adoption
Customers who wishes to try out a new service
especially if it is trending
2. Want everything
Customers who wants to subscribe to online food
delivery services if their peers do
SWOT ANALYSIS
SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and
Threats, and so a SWOT Analysis is a technique for assessing
these four aspects of your business.
You can use SWOT Analysis to make the most of what you've
got, to your organization's best advantage. And you can reduce
the chances of failure, by understanding what you're lacking, and
eliminating hazards that would otherwise catch you unawares.
Better still, you can start to craft a strategy that distinguishes you
from your competitors, and so compete successfully in your market.
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