Fooda, a Chicago-based startup that offers a “virtual cafeteria” for companies, has launched in Philadelphia, according to a release.
Fooda helps companies set up a corporate food program, an enviable perk that employees at tech companies like NextDocs and Monetate enjoy. It partners with local restaurants — it’s currently working with restaurants at Reading Terminal Market and others in Center City — and arranges for the restaurants to come to the companies, selling food at or below market rate.
Participating restaurants pay Fooda between $100 to $300 to serve food at an office, and that’s how Fooda makes most of its revenue. The service is free to low-cost for companies, according to the release.
Founder Orazio Buzza has called it a “virtual cafeteria.” Read more about the company on FastCompany.
Philly is Fooda’s third market after Chicago and New York City, said COO Jason Stulberg. The company chose Philly because “it’s truly a food-centric city,” he said in an email. It will have a staff of five and they’ll be based in 2401 Walnut Street’s City CoHo coworking space come June.
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