Ilkley food delivery app expands to Leeds

After nearly two years of success in Ilkley, local takeaway delivery app, Pronto, has branched out, adding independent restaurants in Leeds to their service.

Customers will be able to order from takeaways in Leeds from February 1 via the Pronto app.

The app, launched in March 2020, was founded by husband-and-wife team, Cat and Mark Barrett who live in Ilkley and work in Leeds. During lockdown the couple wanted to provide residents in Ilkley with access to great food, at the same time as supporting the hospitality sector within the town.

The app charges a 10 per cent commission, and focuses on restaurants as well as end customer service. Instead of working with call centres, restaurants can change their menu whenever through the backend system - putting them in control to change prices, add specials, and tweak lots of other settings too.

Pronto has integrated with a full rider network including bikes, scooters and cars. Restaurants can choose to use the rider network, or use their own drivers instead, and they can select collection, or table service too.

The rider network was chosen as it is committed to providing staff with guaranteed hourly rates, regardless of how many orders they deliver.

Speaking about Pronto, co-founder, Cat Barrett says: “My team and I spent a long time developing the Pronto app. We needed it to be flawless and flexible so it could adapt to huge order volumes and be user-friendly for both for the indie business and the customer.

“We’re delighted to be able to expand into Leeds and work with some of our favourite restaurants after all these years of eating at them ourselves. There are so many incredible different types of food to discover and Pronto is offering a much better deal for restaurants by keeping more money in their pockets.”

The expansion of the app into Leeds Leeds will see customers accessing food from Doh’hut, Slap and Pickle, Manjits Kitchen, Humpit, and Crowd of Favours, as well as many other popular indie staples.

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