Favor Delivery
{{Short description|American same-day delivery and online food ordering app}}
{{Infobox company
| logo = Favor Delivery Logo.svg
| name = NeighborFavor, Inc.
| trade_name = Favor Delivery
| type = Subsidiary
| parent = H-E-B (2018–present)
| website = {{url|favordelivery.com}}
| founded = {{start date and age|2013}}
| key_people = Keith Duncan (CEO)
| hq_location_city = Austin, Texas
| hq_location_country = United States
| area_served = Texas
}}
Favor Delivery is a same-day delivery and online food ordering platform headquartered in Austin, Texas. The company was founded in 2013{{Cite news |last=Wells |first=Jane |date=9 September 2014 |title=Start-up in 'sharing economy' says it helps boost local tax revenue |language=en |work=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2014/09/09/favor-delivery-service-start-up-in-sharing-economy-says-it-helps-boost-local-tax-revenue.html |access-date=19 October 2021}} and was acquired by San Antonio, Texas-based regional supermarket chain H-E-B in 2018.{{Cite news |last=Takahashi |first=Paul |date=15 February 2018 |title=H-E-B acquires Favor Delivery service |work=Houston Chronicle |url=https://www.chron.com/business/bizfeed/article/H-E-B-acquires-Favor-Delivery-srevice-12617040.php |access-date=19 October 2021}} Following the acquisition, Favor CEO, Jag Bath, was named chief digital officer of H-E-B while remaining Favor CEO.{{cite news |last1=Dinges |first1=Gary |title=H-E-B continues digital push, names new chief digital officer |url=https://www.statesman.com/business/20180514/h-e-b-continues-digital-push-names-new-chief-digital-officer |access-date=20 October 2021 |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=14 May 2018 |language=en}}
Service area
Starting by serving major cities in Texas, Favor expanded between 2013 and 2016 to serve a total of 23 cities in the United States and Canada. However, in June 2016 it pulled out of Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and 3 other major cities in the US,{{Cite web |date=20 June 2016 |title=On-demand delivery specialist Favor scales back coverage |url=https://postandparcel.info/73706/news/on-demand-delivery-specialist-favor-scales-back-coverage/ |access-date=20 October 2021 |website=Post and Parcel}} shut down operations in Toronto in December,{{Cite news |last=Rieti |first=John |date=5 December 2016 |title=Toronto food delivery service Favor shuts down |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/favor-delivery-service-closes-1.3882236 |access-date=20 October 2021}} and in January 2017 pulled out of the remaining cities it had served outside Texas. The company continued operations in 15 cities in Texas.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Will |date=17 January 2017 |title=Favor loses appetite for expansion as investment in on-demand delivery startups slows |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2017/01/17/favor-loses-appetite-for-expansion-as-investment.html |access-date=20 October 2021 |website=Austin Business Journal |publisher=The Business Journals}}
By November 2019, Favor operated in 130 cities across Texas.{{Cite web |last=Redman |first=Russell |date=20 November 2019 |title=H-E-B’s Favor expands delivery drivers’ vehicle coverage |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/online-retail/h-e-b-s-favor-expands-delivery-drivers-vehicle-coverage |access-date=20 October 2021 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|favordelivery.com}}
{{Online food ordering}}
Category:American companies established in 2013
Category:Retail companies established in 2013
Category:Transport companies established in 2013
Category:Internet properties established in 2013
Category:Companies based in Austin, Texas
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