Why CuliFair?

The current meal delivery system is unfair. Let's say that you have ordered a delicious take-out meal at your local sushi restaurants. While the sushi chef carefully prepares your maki and sashimi the courier is rushing trough the city to be there on time for the pickup. Thereafter, the courier makes another trip to ensure the meal is delivered on time at your doorstep. Ofcourse you want to pay the restaurant and the courier as they deserve to be compensated for their efforts . However, in the current system a big part of your payment does not end up at the people who deserve it.

Restaurants pay high commission fees (up to 30%) to third-party delivery platforms while couriers remain underpaid and have lost their autonomy. And while the gross revenue keep increasing for these delivery platforms, so do the commission prices for the restaurants. In addition, the highly competitive meal delivery market forces platforms to adopt aggressive market strategies while restaurant are forced to accept unfair deals. Ultimately, restaurants and couriers will make less profit while consumers will have to pay more for their take-out meal.

Thus, it is time to unchain the system. In collaboration with TNO and the University of Amsterdam we present a new meal delivery system: CuliFair. Using blockchain technology we give back the control the restaurants and couriers and give consumers the option to pay a fair price for their meal. In addition, our platform will promote local meal delivery using bike couriers, thereby encourage a more efficient and sustainable way of meal delivery in big cities.