Small Business
One Food Delivery Startup’s Cost-Saving Trick? Bulk Meal Orders
In Toronto, ZipLunch’s streamlined process keeps prices down and emissions in check.
ZipLunch co-founders Majdi Alnabih and Maj Qureshi.
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ZipLunch couldn’t have launched at a worse time. The startup introduced its food delivery service, targeting Toronto’s downtown corporate lunch crowd, in March 2020—just four days before the city went into pandemic lockdown and its office towers emptied out.
The company quickly adjusted its business model, and less than four months later ZipLunch drivers were bringing meals to white-collar workers at home rather than the office. The pivot let ZipLunch grow while remaining true to its original concept: meals from quality restaurants at reasonable prices and with a minimal carbon footprint.