Deliveroo, a leading food delivery company in the region, is set to launch five new delivery service zones at Khalifa City in Abu Dhabi, UAE, as part of its regional expansion plans.

This includes a fresh set of partner restaurants, providing Deliveroo’s Abu Dhabi customers with a wide range of new options across a variety of cuisines, said a statement from the company.

Residents in the Al Maqta, Al Zeina, Al Bandar, Al Raha and Khalifa City zones will now be able to benefit from Deliveroo’s new service, which allows customers to order high-quality restaurant food online and have it delivered straight to their homes or offices, it said.

Some of the region’s most popular restaurants will now be available in just 32 minutes or less, including Sushi Counter, jones the grocer, Biancorosso, Kababs and Kurries, The Raw Place, Circle Café, Soy Express, Eighteen Sixty Eight, and Andiamo, it added.

Anis Harb, general manager of Deliveroo GCC, said: “Our aim is to make our service as widely available as possible and to team up with the very best restaurant partners in the region, so we are pleased to be expanding in Abu Dhabi to bring exciting new dining options to Khalifa City.”

“Abu Dhabi welcomed us very warmly back in 2016 and it's great to be able to offer more work to more riders, more income to more restaurants, and our company’s experience to more customers,” he said.

Emily Nicholson, head of marketing and public relations for jones the grocer, said: “We currently work with Deliveroo in five of our UAE locations.”

Launched in Abu Dhabi last year following its 2015 arrival in Dubai, the company has since grown steadily to meet the increasing consumer demand for its award-winning service.

With headquarters in London, UK, the company boasts over 1,000 employees, and a presence spread across 130 cities in 12 countries.

“Deliveroo has been a great partner for us and we look forward to growing our business with deliveries in Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi with them,” she added. – TradeArabia News Service