When business rivals get together to help hawkers go digital

Inside the Alliance for Action – Online Ordering for Hawkers, business competitors, hawker groups and government agencies try to find common solutions.

A staff of food delivery platform WhyQ at a stall at Tiong Bahru Market and Food Centre in June. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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In the Zoom call were over a dozen individuals, including business rivals.

Grab, Foodpanda, Deliveroo, Oddle, WhyQ - players in Singapore's highly competitive food delivery market - were all represented.

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