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Fast food just got a little faster.
Well, if not faster, then certainly easier to get a hold of.
SkiptheDishes, the Winnipeg-based food delivery service with operations across Canada and the U.S., launched a pilot program Thursday together with Wendy’s restaurants, offering to bring your Baconator or Frosty right to your front door.
The service was up and running by Thursday at 10 a.m., and Winnipeggers are already on board.
“It’s taken off, it’s exceeded our expectations for sure,” said Tim MacLeod, a Wendy’s franchise owner, Thursday.
“On the very first day we might have expected two or three orders per store, and all of a sudden we’re getting reports that one store had 21 orders in one day. It’s pretty exciting.”
To keep the momentum going, SkiptheDishes is offering free delivery from the seven participating Wendy’s locations for the rest of July.
SkiptheDishes has its head offices in Winnipeg’s Exchange District, but co-founder Andrew Chau said that wasn’t the only reason the pair of companies settled on launching the pilot in the city.
“Winnipeg’s just a great city,” he said. “It’s a great testing ground for testing out success across North America. It’s got great diversity across demographics, it’s got a wide variety of restaurants, it’s got a great foodie scene.”
“From our opinion, it’s representative of North America, and if you can prove success in Winnipeg, you can prove success across North America.”
Chau said that if all goes well with the Winnipeg launch, the companies may expand the partnership to other cities as well, although there is currently no timeline for that process.
“Much like any pilot program, we’d like to expand it on a larger basis,” Chau said. “And of course, to constitute a successful launch, for us, it’s really about meeting the customer demand.”
Chau couldn’t provide specifics on how much customer interest is needed to justify offering the same service elsewhere.
The company has a record for growth. After starting in Saskatchewan in 2013, it quickly grew and moved to Winnipeg. Now its head office in Winnipeg has around 300 employees, and the company has received funding from the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
aidan.geary@freepress.mb.ca