How Cubix AI-Powered Solutions are Revolutionizing Food Delivery

While food delivery services have become a matter of clicks, driving unreal convenience for customers, managing business operations at the back end can be hard, tiresome, and complicated. AI-powered food delivery solutions might be an answer to that. 

Imagine a world where your food cravings are anticipated before you even place an order. Thanks to AI, a part of this is now possible. AI-driven food delivery platforms offer unprecedented levels of personalization that can enhance customer satisfaction and loyalty and open up possibilities through hyper-targeted marketing and cross-selling opportunities.

Whether you are a restaurant, a cloud kitchen, or a delivery platform, AI-driven food delivery platforms are among the best practices to the success of your food delivery business. This blog discusses how AI-powered solutions can revolutionize food delivery and how Cubix is doing it the right way.

We begin with the challenges of the food delivery market and how Cubix AI-driven solutions can tackle these challenges.

Current Challenges in the Restaurant & Food Delivery Sector

Quick Food Delivery Routes

Efficient delivery is a complex logistical challenge that food businesses should prioritize. No matter how good your food might be, customers will only accept the order if it gets delivered on time. If not, they might leave a bad review or refuse the delivery altogether.

Late deliveries make customers sound fussy and frustrated. To avoid low satisfaction rates and reviews, our AI-based solutions with intelligent features can help assigned drivers navigate through dense traffic, road closures, and unpredictable conditions to deliver orders to customers as quickly as possible. 

Short, low-traffic routes can reduce delivery time, improve client satisfaction, and lower fuel costs. Cubix’s end-to-end solutions consist of advanced algorithms that analyze GPS tracking, traffic reports, and commonly used routes to help food businesses catalyze delivery and provide a superior customer experience.

Preventing Wasted Food

Food waste has now become a tough challenge for food delivery businesses. According to Arab News, halving food waste by 2024 can satisfy the diet needs of 153 million people globally. When an order is canceled, the meals prepared for customers remain wasted, resulting in a loss of revenue. 

Our AI-based inventory management systems help businesses keep only a certain selection of available in-demand menu items. This helps them avoid buying ingredients and preparing menu items that aren’t ordered often. The goal behind this is to optimize food preparation and ensure less food goes to waste.

Retain Delivery Drivers for a Long

Riders are the backbone of any food delivery business. They are responsible for delivering food that is warm, fresh, and on time. However, high turnover rates, driver shortages, and competition from other delivery platforms today have made it challenging to retain drivers for a long period. 

AI-driven food delivery solutions developed at Cubix offer matchless platform compensation, flexible schedules, and training workshops to attract and retain drivers and train them to be more efficient and productive. 

Anticipating Unforeseen Events

Unforeseen events and environmental factors highly impact today’s food delivery businesses. For this reason, safety is and will remain the core component of such businesses. Businesses must prepare themselves for untimely consequences such as natural disasters, accidents, and pandemics while ensuring their platform and services remain resilient. 

Cubix delivers remarkable solutions that allow clients to develop robust contingency plans and ensure they adapt to changing circumstances. It helps delivery service providers and restaurants to ensure driver safety by maintaining, continuing, or halting operations based on weather conditions and other factors.

How Innovative Tech is Enhancing Food Delivery Experiences?

Technology has greatly impacted the entire food delivery process from farm to fork. According to Statista, the revenue for global online food platforms is increasing, with an average annual growth of 13% and a target of roughly $1.65 trillion by 2027. 

This surge in the need of on demand platforms promoted the adaptation of trends and innovations in this niche. Food delivery businesses that want to stand out shall put into use of these cutting edge innovations. We have listed a few innovations that Cubix believes are going to make the food delivery journey more progressive. 

Predictive Analytics

AI-powered predictive analytics allows food businesses to forecast daily demand, optimize food inventory, and streamline delivery operations. The systems will predict future order volumes and patterns by analyzing historical order data, weather patterns, and local events for quick food making and minimum delays and shortages.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

RPA can self-regulate hectic tasks in the food delivery workflow, such as order processing, customer support, and payment reconciliation. It helps businesses to effectively reduce errors and free up human resources to focus on more intricate, customer-facing responsibilities.

Internet of Things (IoT) Sensors

Delivery vehicles can be equipped with IoT sensors that monitor location, temperature, humidity, and other environmental factors in real-time. The data collected can be a great source for figuring out the quickest routes and keeping the customer in the loop with detailed updates regarding their order.

Personalized bits of Advice

The use of ML algorithms for food delivery solutions will assess the customer’s purchase history, preferences, and real-time interactions to recommend menu items they might be interested in.

Computer Vision and Image Recognition

Cubix merges computer vision technologies with the existing food delivery platform to automate order verification, package tracking, and quality inspection. It helps verify that clients get delivered the correct order, reduces losses from damages or errors, and provides customers with real-time updates.

Transforming Dining with Foodly – An Innovative Food Hub

 

Foodly is an AI-powered food delivery platform that delivers global cuisines right to users’ doorsteps. Cubix partnered with Foodly to transform it into a premier solution for users seeking diverse dining options and restaurant owners looking to expand their reach digitally.

The goal was to create a unique platform to make food ordering convenient, seamless, and instantaneous. We had a long discussion with the client and worked tirelessly for around six months to develop an app called “Foodly” which has become one of Canada’s top food delivery platforms. The app includes user-friendly features for clients and businesses that assist them in quickly catering to users’ diverse culinary preferences.

The Foodly project has truly been a major showcase of our food industry. We’re proud to have played a major role in Foodly’s success as a go-to app in the online food ordering space. We’re looking forward to achieving unprecedented heights of success.

Zohaib Ali (Project Manager at Cubix)

How We Tackled This Project?

Cubix’s team followed an agile development approach to design a top-tier delivery platform. Our team of skilled and experienced app developers prepared the complete project roadmap to avoid any conflicts or bottlenecks that may occur during the project. The client requested several features within the app. Here are a few prominent ones among them:

• Global Cuisine Listings
• Order Management System
• Real-Time Order Tracking 
• Customizable Menus
• Reward Systems for Users

AI-Driven Platform Capabilities

We integrated cutting-edge AI capabilities with the Foodly platform to keep it up to date with changing food industry requirements. It drives operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and massive firm growth. 

• Predictive demand forecasting
• Personalized recommendations
• Upselling intelligent route optimization
• Automated customer engagement

The Positive Impact

Cubix’s AI-first solutions played a pivotal role in helping Foodly make food delivery fast and easy. Here’s how this project benefited our client:

• Foodly app received a massive, encouraging response and became one of the preferred food delivery platforms in some parts of Germany. After implementing our solutions, they have reported a 15% reduction in delivery times, a 20% increase in customer satisfaction, and improved customer retention.
• Another achievement for our clients is that Foodly has reduced the overall food waste ratio by a 10% deduction rate and boosted its earnings by 25% more annually.
• In the first 6 months of release, the app reported a 35% increase in online orders and a 30% reduction in delivery-related costs.
• Foodly app has maintained overall a 90% client satisfaction rate across different app marketplace platforms and garnered amazing reviews.

Ready to Scale Your Food Delivery Business With Cubix?

As the food delivery industry continues to grow, survival in the market will likely become much more challenging, which is only possible with consistent timely deliveries and a loyal customer base. 

Thankfully, to save you from these challenges, Cubix offers AI-driven food delivery platform development solutions that drive faster food delivery and ensure enhanced customer satisfaction. Our team of seasoned developers with diverse industry expertise delivers outcomes aligned with your vision and requirements. Here’s why we stand out:

• 15+ years of experience
• Trusted by Leading Brands Worldwide
• Agile AI Engineering & Development
• Intuitive Platform Designs
• Familiarity with Market Trends
• 90% Satisfaction Rate

If you want your customers and platform users to avoid long wait times and enjoy an instant food delivery experience, partner with us today!

Frequently Asked Questions

How can AI-based food delivery platforms reduce food waste? 

The use of AI features such as smart inventory management and demand forecasting to make sure you’re only preparing what’s needed. This means less wasted food and more savings for your business when orders get canceled or changed.

Does AI really assist in quick delivery times?

Yes, AI-driven solutions analyze traffic, GPS data, and delivery patterns to find the quickest routes. This helps your drivers avoid traffic jams and other delays, ensuring your customers get their food on time and saving on fuel costs.

What are the benefits of using AI in food delivery?

With AI, you’ll see faster deliveries, lower costs, happier customers, better inventory management, and improved driver retention. These are exceptional benefits that AI technology can help you gain: 

• Fast Delivery Routes
• Smart inventory management
• Accurate demand forecasting
• Improved driver satisfaction
• Automate repetitive tasks
• Higher average order value
• Quality inspection