Every weekend, cooking a meal for yourself feels like such a chore.
Ordering your meal from your favourite restaurant is as easy as tapping on the phone screen.
Many food delivery apps have been developed to make it more reliable, such as Foodpanda, McDelivery, Uber Eats, etc.
Here is the difference between McDelivery and Foodpanda
Key Takeaways
- McDelivery is McDonald’s food delivery service, offering delivery exclusively from McDonald’s restaurants, while Foodpanda is a third-party food delivery platform that partners with various restaurants, including McDonald’s.
- McDelivery ensures a consistent delivery experience for McDonald’s customers, while Foodpanda provides users with a wider selection of restaurant options.
- Both McDelivery and Foodpanda use mobile apps and websites for customers to place orders, track delivery progress, and make payments.
McDelivery vs FoodPanda
McDelivery is an online service developed by Mcdonald’s to deliver their food to customers. It only delivers the food available on McDonald’s menu. Dine-in option is also available in McDonald’s app. Delivery Hero developed Foodpanda to provide the service of food and grocery delivery. Foodpanda provides a list of multiple restaurants to choose from.
McDelivery is the Mcdonald’s delivery system that delivers food to customers at their doorstep. It is an online service anyone can access through the internet.
It is available throughout the day and seven days a week. Also, it comes free in some locations with a minimum order value.
Delivery Hero develops Foodpanda as a service to deliver groceries and food.
It operates in 12 markets across Asia, rather than China, making it Asia’s largest food and groceries delivery system. It is headquartered in Singapore.
Comparison Table
| Parameters of Comparison | McDelivery | Foodpanda |
|---|---|---|
| Parent company | Operated as the Mcdonald’s delivery service system. | Operated by delivery Hero |
| Operations | It is available internationally including in Asia, Africa, and America. | It operates in 12 markets across Asia, including Europe, Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia. |
| Delivery | Delivers food available on Mcdonald’s menu and free with minimum order value on some locations. | Delivers food and groceries of partner restaurants and shops to the doorstep of the consumer. |
| Service | On the Mcdonald’s website or app, consumers can easily choose order mode, delivery, dine-in, pick up and on the go. | The Foodpanda does not provide service to dine in or on the go but provide consumers with a variety of restaurants and their menus to choose from. |
| Other facilities | On the McDelivery app, consumers have access to many other facilities such as personalized recommendation, calories view, customisation of meal or burger, order tracking, etc. | Foodpanda provides a list of restaurants and consumers are allowed to create a meal from those, also it provides a review section on restaurant pages, where consumers can post the review. |
What is McDelivery?
McDelivery is a delivery service started by Mcdonald’s to deliver their menu to the doorsteps of the consumer.
It started giving out its service in parts of the United States of America in 1993 and is now available in many Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American countries.
The service is available all hours of day and night throughout the year. Motorcycle couriers are used for fast and quick transport.
McDelivery charges extra above the total of the order for transport. But in some places, it comes free with a minimum order.
It is a personalized delivery service for food offered by Mcdonald’s and does not provide any means for ordering other restaurant foods.
What is Foodpanda?
It is purely an online grocery and food delivery service started by Lukas Nagel and Rico Wyder in the year 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
Then it expanded to Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.
Currently, it is the largest delivery service for food and groceries. More than 20000 employees operate the service at the time.
This platform is currently owned by Delivery Hero, with headquarters situated in Singapore. Currently, it has spread over 12 markets across Asia.
To access the Food Panda services, consumers only need to visit their website or download their app.
Consumers have the freedom to choose and plan a meal from a provided list of hotels and restaurants.
It can be done by entering the postcode of the current location.
After browsing and before checkout, consumers need to feel the address details for delivery purposes.
As the consumer places the order, it processes the order and sends it to the partner restaurant.
The restaurant prepares the order, and through delivery riders, it reaches the consumer.
Also, it provides the option to leave reviews for quality purposes on the pages concerning restaurants or hotels.
Main Differences Between McDelivery and Foodpanda
- McDelivery is the subsidiary designed to deliver the food menu of Mcdonald’s. In contrast, delivery Hero operates Foodpanda in Asia.
- McDelivery is available internationally, including in many countries in Asia, Africa and America, while Foodpanda is spread across 12 markets in Asia, including South Asia, east Asia, southeast Asia and Europe.
- McDelivery only delivers food on the Mcdonald’s menu, while Foodpanda delivers food and groceries from partner restaurants to the consumer’s doorstep.
- On the Mcdonald’s website or app, consumers can easily choose order mode, delivery, dine-in, pick-up, and on-the-go. While Foodpanda does not provide service to dine in or on the go, but provides consumers with a variety of restaurants and their menus to choose from.
- On the McDelivery app, consumers have access to many other facilities such as personalized recommendations, calorie view, customisation of meals or burgers, order tracking, etc. While Foodpanda provides a list of restaurants and consumers are allowed to create a meal from those, also it provides a review section on restaurant pages, where consumers can post their review.
- http://tesi.luiss.it/20936/1/190591_DI%20LASCIO_VITTORIO.pdf
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09722629211039058
Last Updated : 26 July, 2023
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