HungryBoiler driver Eric Koo, left, delivers two bubble tea drinks from Latea Bubble Tea Lounge to Anshul Agarwal Monday, March 28, 2016, at First Street Towers on the campus of Purdue University. Agarwal is a sophomore. Koo said he averages about 30 deliveries a day for HungryBoiler. (Photo: John Terhune/Journal & Courier)
Online food ordering sites have become ubiquitous, delivering anything from pizza to gourmet fare right to your doorstep. In Greater Lafayette, two services primarily cater such convenience, competing for consumer and restaurant loyalty — and your wallet.
Locally owned HungryBoiler is the brainchild of Indiana native Nick Moore, who developed the site as a menu service for local restaurants in 2010. Since then, the service has grown, offering online ordering and employing a fleet of delivery drivers.
Texas-based Mr. Delivery works with restaurants to provide similar services. When Mr. Delivery started here three years ago, it partnered with Moore but the arrangement eventually dissolved with both sides citing disagreements.
What the two companies do agree on, however, is that demand for food delivery in the area remains high.
"People here have busy lives," Moore said. He added Greater Lafayette's tech-savvy and forward-thinking population contributes to HungryBoiler's staying power, though neither HungryBoiler nor Mr. Delivery would disclose the size of its customer base.
For Mr. Delivery, its arrival here was inevitable.
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