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Chope ‘n’ Grab: What an F&B super app should serve

The purchase of restaurant reservation platform Chope by delivery platform Grab holds significant potential for consumers and businesses, but there are concerns that need to be addressed.

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Online voices have been asking whether by combining delivery, online reservation and advertising, Grab would have too much power.

Grab’s acquisition of Chope is a sound strategic move and could potentially benefit many F&B merchants on the platform, says the writer.

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Li Jianggan

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The recent news that Chope, a Singapore-based restaurant reservation platform, has been acquired by ride-share and food delivery platform Grab for an undisclosed sum provides much to chew over.

This comes about two years after Grab bought food review and reservation site HungryGoWhere in 2022.

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