DASHED

DASHED
Private
Industry Online food ordering
Founded Boston, United States (2009)
Founder Phil Dumontet
Services Restaurant delivery
Number of employees
 108 [1]
Website dashed.com

DASHED is a restaurant delivery service founded in Boston, Massachusetts by Phil Dumontet in 2009.[2][3][4] In 2014, DASHED was named the leading restaurant delivery service in the Northeast by Inc. Magazine.[5] It was also ranked one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. for the second year in a row by the same publication,[1] one of Entrepreneur Magazine's[6] Top 30 Companies to Watch, and the Best in Biz Silver award winner for Fastest Growing Company in the country.[7]

DASHED delivers for roughly 700 restaurants in Baltimore, Boston, Hoboken, New Haven, Philadelphia, and Providence with approximately 108 employees on staff.[1][2][8][9] Restaurants pay DASHED a 30 percent commission to make their deliveries.[10]

In 2013, DASHED rolled out a fleet of electric & eco-friendly Smart cars for its delivery drivers.[10] According to the Boston Globe, as of November, DASHED has a total of 12 company SmartCars, which are available for rent to an approved pool of drivers for $15 per 8-hour shift.[10] The microcar rental fleet is only available in Boston.

The company partners exclusively with Foodler for online ordering.[11] It expanded to Baltimore in April 2013, adding 50 restaurants that don’t have their own delivery staff, including P.F. Chang's.[11]

Operating in eight cities, DASHED uses a mix of bikes, scooters and automobiles to deliver food from 9:30 a.m. to 12:45 a.m. seven days a week.[3] About 25% of their orders are delivered by bike & scooter.[9] According to BostInno, DASHED brings its participating restaurants an average of $2,000 in new delivery sales per week, and some restaurants have dropped their own delivery service to hire DASHED.[3]

DASHED introduced a 45-minute Christmas tree delivery service in Boston, which included trees, tree stands, garland, wreaths, and poinsettias.[2][12] The program was popular with corporate clients, with daily deliveries to the Prudential Center.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The 2014 Inc. 5000 List. Inc Magazine. http://www.inc.com/profile/dashed
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Landry, Lauren. BostInno (2012). Forget Chopping Down Trees: DASHED Delivers Christmas Straight To Your Door in 45 Minutes'. http://bostinno.streetwise.co/all-series/christmas-tree-delivery-service-get-a-christmas-tree-delivered-in-boston/#ss__267434_1_0__ss''
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Landry, Lauren. "Dash Deliveries: Bringing Boston's Best Food To Your Doorstep in 45 Minutes or Less". Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "SPONSORED: DASHED Delivery". Brown Daily Herald. November 17, 2012.
  5. ↑ Inc. Magazine'Best Advice I Ever Got: Train to Win. Inc. Magazine. 'http://www.inc.com/young-entrepreneur-council/best-advice-i-ever-got-train-to-win.html'
  6. ↑ Top 30 Startups to Watch. Entrepreneur Magazine. http://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/237370
  7. ↑ Best in Biz 2014 Award Winners. Best In Biz. http://www.bestinbizawards.com/2014-winners-company/
  8. ↑ Spors, Kelly. OPEN Forum (2014). 'What Starbucks’ New Delivery Service Means for Local Businesses'. 'https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/openforum/articles/starbucks-new-delivery-service-means-local-businesses/'
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Burt, Helm. "How I Turned My Bicycle into a $4.6 Million Business". INC. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Borchers, Callum. Boston Globe (2013)."Takeout delivery company Dashed rolls out a rental car fleet for drivers". http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/11/09/takeout-delivery-company-dashed-rolls-out-rental-car-fleet-for-drivers/UOqeyrbvUkisi7DtBWMnFI/story.html'
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Mehan, Sarah. "http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/blog/charm-city-flavor/2013/04/foodler-online-food-service-baltimore.html". American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  12. ↑ Landry, Lauren. "13 Local Student- & Alumni-Run Startups Taking the Stress Out of Holiday Shopping". Bostinno. Retrieved 2 May 2014.

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