Kuala Lumpur, April 2002 - foodvenue.com adds two new vendors to its ordering and delivery system.
foodvenue.com, the premier food portal in Malaysia, offering Malaysia's first online food ordering system and telephone ordering system (toll free number at 1300-88-3663 (FOOD)) has added two new vendors to satisfy its customer demands. Acoording to its Chief Operating Officer, Mr Adrian Tan, this marks the start of an aggressive move by foodvenue.com to get more vendors to be powered by foodvenue.com's proprietary online ordering and telephone booking system. "Hopefully, by August, our coverages areas will include the Golden Triangle, Bangsar, Damansara and Petaling Jaya."
With more than one year experience in the food ordering and delivery service, Mr Tan explained that foodvenue.com is now ready to expand. "We have learned from our experience what works and what doesn't. We have done well - most of the competitors whom we started out with has gone. We are still left standing and we are moving forward", said Mr Tan. "It proves we have thought things through and we are here for the long haul."
The two new vendors added are Rose & Grill, a vendor specialising in roast chicken and Hilltown Dim Sum, who is famous for its delicious dim sums. "We continue to stress our focus on the mass market. All our vendors continue to be halal certified.", said Mr. Tan. In the case of Hilltown Dim Sum, the certification is granted by the State of Perak.
"At the moment, flyers are being sent out to promote the two vendors and it seems that customers are crazy about the dim sums," said Mr. Tan. "So far the vendor for Hilltown Dim Sum is pleased with the initial results". The menu for all vendors may be viewed online at www.foodvenue.com/order
Mr. Tan added, "If you are interested in being powered by foodvenue.com, we'll want to talk to you. With our customer database, our marketing experience and customer management system, we'll make sure you'll have a strong partner to help grow your business."
Mr. Tan or Ms Manpreet (Product Executive) from foodvenue.com may be contacted at 03.248-4243 or email kytan@foodvenue.com
Kuala Lumpur, February 2002 - Malaysia's premier food portal will celebrate its first anniversary in March 2002.
Food Venue Sdn Bhd, who is the operator of the Malaysia based food portal www.foodvenue.com, wishes to thank all its users and its merchants for their strong support throughout the previous year. Food Venue Sdn Bhd believes that the foodvenue.com portal is currently the premier food-related portal in Malaysia.
It is still the only and the first portal that allows its users to order food online in Malaysia without the need of any credit card. Users can also check out interesting articles, free recipes, competitions with attractive prizes, restaurant reviews and more in the website. Food Venue Sdn Bhd also believes that the restaurant directory which has grown steadily throughout the previous year is the best and most comprehensive food portal in Malaysia.
Food Venue Sdn Bhd believes that it has done very well considering that it has purposefully maintained a fairly low key approach for the most part of last year in order to test out the integrity and reliability of the system and its business plan. Although there will be some changes to its business model, Food Venue Sdn Bhd believes that the foodvenue.com business model is viable. Based on user feedback and internal reviews, the management has identified several areas for improvement.
The restaurant database now contains more than 800 restaurant listings with detailed information on ambience, cuisine, promotions and user ratings and comments. The foodvenue.com's mailing list base is now more than 10,000 strong.
For this coming year, Food Venue Sdn Bhd has set 1,500 restaurant listings and 25,000 mailing list base as its key performance targets. Food Venue Sdn Bhd also intends to expand aggresively in key business areas requiring capital expenditure after having carefully deliberated on the state of the Malaysian economy. Food Venue Sdn Bhd is also considering seeking venture capital to fund the proposed expansion.
Kuala Lumpur, October 2001 - foodvenue.com and Telekopitiam has been featured in Maxis Mobile's Hotlink website.
Maxis Mobile's Hotlink website www.activateyourlife.com.my recently featured the foodvenue.com food ordering and delivery service for Telekopitiam's food. Telekopitiam's food has received favorable review in the Maxis website. foodvenue.com's ordering and delivery service has also received praise from the reviewers for filing in a much needed function in the food and beverage industry.
Kuala Lumpur, May 2001 – Plans are on foot to help Muslims in Malaysia understand and find halal food easily in Malaysia via the Internet.
According to a press statement today by the Food Venue Sdn Bhd’s Chairman Mr Jerry Ho, the company is currently in talks with Islamic scholars to set up a panel to operate a halal
food section in www.foodvenue.com, a food portal operated by Food Venue Sdn Bhd. “We intend to provide comprehensive information on issues related to halal food for the Muslim community.
In fact we foresee that in promoting understanding of halal food, non-Muslim food suppliers and restaurants can be a step closer to ensure their products can be halal,” says Mr Ho.
In the same statement, Food Venue Sdn Bhd also claims to provide a section to answer queries on halal certification. “We have consultants who are familiar with the requirements in obtaining halal certification.
These experts will help to set up a section to help answer queries on what it means and the requirements to get certified,” Mr Ho, who has been in the food business for a number of years, went on to say, “Hopefully,
through this section in www.foodvenue.com we can help others in the food industry understand what it takes to be certified halal so as to serve the Muslim community.”
Kuala Lumpur, May 2001 – Web surfers can now search for dining ideas in the Klang Valley on the world wide web.
Mr Ho from Food Venue Sdn Bhd announced that its restaurant directory search engine and database is now officially on the
world wide web. “Yes – it is now available online.” Mr Ho said.
According to Mr. Ho, www.foodvenue.com allows surfers to search for restaurants by type of cuisine, by location, by cost,
by halal food and more. “It is a comprehensive database with a powerful search facility. No more headaches on where and
what to eat in the Klang Valley.”
The restaurant directory service also allows users to rate the restaurants and give comments and recommendations. “We allow the real experts – the person
in the street - to decide and recommend what’s good to eat,” says Mr Ho, “And the restaurants can go online and change their profiles and add in new promotions.”
foodvenue.com welcomes enquiries by restaurants to go online. “You can call us up at 03-2148-4243 or email us at sales@foodvenue.com”
says Mr Ho, “you’ll be surprised with what we can do for your business.”
Kuala Lumpur, May 2001 – In a press release today, Food Venue Sdn Bhd announced that
its web site www.foodvenue.com is officially made available to the public.
In a statement today, Mr. Adrian Tan, the Chief Operating Officer says foodvenue.com is now officially made
available for use to the public. “You can now order meals online at www.foodvenue.com
from our first partner Telekopitiam.” Mr. Tan added that users may also search for restaurants, read articles, and check out
the local recipes for cook-out at home. The restaurant directory, reputedly the best currently in Malaysia, contains detailed
information on ambience, cuisine, promotions and user ratings and comments.
Mr Tan added that the recipe search functionality in www.foodvenue.com will also set the standard for a Malaysian web site.
“You can search by cuisine, category of meals and by ingredients. Some of the recipes are original and made available to
foodvenue.com on the web exclusively,” said Mr. Tan.
In the same statement, Food Venue Sdn Bhd said that it intends to incorporate a B2B section for foodstuff manufacturers and suppliers.
It also has plans to set up a halal food community to cater for the needs of the Muslim community. “foodvenue.com realises the difficulty
faced by the Muslim community when searching for halal food.” Food Venue Sdn Bhd is also currently in talks to set up a panel of experts
who are able to provide answers to the queries of Muslim community. “We need a service where Muslims can check for answers relating to
halal food. There’s just too much unsubstantiated and confusing claims of what’s halal and what’s not out there,” says Mr. Tan.
Kuala Lumpur, January 2001 – Food Venue Sdn Bhd’s Chief Operating Officer, Mr Adrian Tan announced that Food Venue
Sdn Bhd intends to provide food ordering and delivery optimisation services to any food provider who wants to utilise its
proprietary meal ordering and optimisation system. “Currently, we have teamed up with Telekopitiam” says Mr. Tan, “but we
are already talking to other food providers.” Mr Tan says Telekopitiam has set an aggressive timeline but he is confident
Food Venue Sdn Bhd will be able to deliver the system on time. “However in order to ensure that Telekopitiam does not
overstretch its resources during launch, we planned out a phased rollout approach to minimise risk and to ensure customer satisfaction.”
Food Venue Sdn Bhd is the operator of the Klang Valley based food portal www.foodvenue.com. Upon its formal launch in early May 2001,
foodvenue.com boasts a meal ordering service, food directory, food news, articles and recipes on its web site. “We intend to be the best,”
claims Mr Tan. “We have put a lot of thought into the content such as the directory. Once it is up, users can search for ideas of where
to dine easily and quickly with our search tools.” Because the foodvenue.com site adopts the principle of a community web site,
restaurant owners can edit their details online and publicise any promotions they want. To keep the food directory relevant, Mr Tan adds,
“Users can give comments on the restaurants – yes you can finally give direct feed back to the restaurants. For example, if you like the
food and service you can let every other user know about it.”
Mr Tan says any restaurant or food provider who’s interested in either the meal ordering system or food directory listing should call
03-2148-4243 or email sales@foodvenue.com.
Kuala Lumpur, December 2000 – Telekopitiam announced today that it is partnering
with Food Venue Sdn Bhd to provide food delivery service in the famous Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle.
Telekopitiam intends to open its first outlet in the Bukit Bintang area sometime early February. As part of its strategy to
venture into the food delivery business, Telekopitiam has partnered with Food Venue Sdn Bhd to assist it to power its meal ordering
and optimisation system. According to Telekopitiam’s Operations Manager, Mr Eddie Chan, Telekopitiam will be powered by Food Venue
Sdn Bhd’s proprietary ordering and optimisation software application and workflow system developed in house. “We intend to allow
customers to order from Telekopitiam at the website – www.foodvenue.com,” Traditional way of ordering through the telephone would
also be provided. “Just call 1-300-88-3663 (food)” says Mr. Chan, “… but we encourage customers to try our web site – it is easier,
faster and more fun!”
