Food delivery culture boom in Qatar boosts restaurant sales during Ramadan – The Peninsula

Food delivery culture boom in Qatar boosts restaurant sales during Ramadan – The Peninsula

On the backdrop of a booming food delivery culture in Qatar, a number of restaurant businesses here are witnessing a boost in their daytime delivery sales during Ramadan to cater to non-fasting customers.

Across the region, restaurants usually witness a slowdown in business during the holy month of Ramadan. But online food deliveries, which saw a rapid growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, are now keeping some food businesses afloat despite being closed to dine-in customers during daytime.

“We have the approval from the ministry for deliveries that’s why we open the restaurant during the daytime as well. But we don’t allow customers to dine-in before iftar. We started daytime deliveries during Ramadan in 2019 before the pandemic. But at that time food deliveries were still not that popular. We were not receiving much delivery orders. But now, even during daytime, we get more orders for delivery. This Ramadan, we were receiving an average of 40-45 daily delivery orders for this branch only,” Nagendra Rai, Restaurant Manager at Papa John’s Old Airport branch told The Peninsula yesterday.

He added that on a normal day, the branch receives significantly more delivery orders, usually with over 400 delivery orders during weekends.

“But this time, we get less