Electric scooters make QiQ food deliveries
The QiQ app was designed by food industry businessman Brendan Healy, and the service now has 21 Newbridge restaurants signed up, with up to 15 more coming online from Naas over the next three weeks. There are plans to expand the service to other towns in Kildare and neighbouring counties.
The app provides listings of participating outlets which can be accessed by district and food type. It shows how far away from the user the restaurants are, and how long they take to deliver. Photographs of individual dishes and their prices make ordering easy.
The app service claims to be significantly less expensive for the participating restaurants than similar national app operations, and Jay Lambert-Mills says its provision of delivery services for the restaurants makes it different. "We're using top-end electric scooters for the in-town deliveries service, which we provide with the riders to the restaurants. We also have drivers with their cars for the longer journeys."
The scooter fleet is already 20 strong, and another 20 are arriving at the end of July. The company is also hoping to be able to source some electric cars, which would extend its green credentials.
"Our scooters have lights, brake, horn and indicator lights and alarms. Our delivery riders all wear helmets and hi-viz jackets, and they get 100km from a full charge, which is plenty for a day's local deliveries."
The QiQ app can be downloaded from both Apple and Android app stores.
(Information source: the business promoter.)
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