[UCI ICS] Award-Winning Startup Foodpool Brings Affordable Food Delivery to UCI
Originally published by UCI ICS on June 8, 2022. Written by Karen Phan.
Food delivery is a rapidly growing billion-dollar industry that makes it easy for anyone to enjoy their favorite foods without leaving home. But when you’re a college student on a tight budget, food delivery can be unaffordable due to all of the fees you pay on top of your meal.
Recognizing that food delivery is expensive, UCI award-winning startup Foodpool has stepped in to provide l0w-cost food delivery for UCI students. Foodpool was founded by four juniors: computer science majors Patrick Wang and Arthur Lafrance, computer science and engineering major and mathematics minor Sanghyun Byun, and computer engineering major and anthropology minor Kevin Xu.
“Foodpool’s goal is to provide a convenient and affordable option for college students to get food,” says Lafrance. “We deliver food from a single, carefully-curated restaurant every day, always at 12:30 p.m. for lunch or 6:30 p.m. for dinner, and we only deliver to on-campus dorms, ACC or UTC apartments.”
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