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Meituan Leads in China’s Food Delivery Market, Followed by Ele.me and Baidu

Aug 04, 2018, 19:54pm2018/12/29 11:48:14 Ska Sijia

Trustdata released a new mobile Internet report on July 31, unveiling a 6-3-1 shape of the food delivery market in China where Meituan<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder /> Waimai continues to lead with 60 percent of the market share, followed by Ele.me at 36 percent and Baidu<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder /> Waimai at 3 percent.

According to the Beijing third-party data analytic firm, daily actively users (DAU) of the Tencent<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder />-backed Meituan<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder /> Waimai surpassed that of ele.me by far, while Baidu<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder /> Waimai has taken the bottom seat in the first half year in 2018.

Market share of China’s food delivery service sector in first half of 2018

Meituan<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder /> Waimai has a wide range of access points, including the Meituan<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder /> app, Dianping app, Tencent<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder />‘s WeChat and Mobile QQ platforms, which all contribute its traffic volume. Its on-demand delivery service has seen an increase in market share from 31.7 percent in 2015 to 59.1 percent in the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Meituan<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder /> Waimai has been looking to expand its delivery business beyond the food sector, “flash order” is its new online delivery business covering fruits and vegetables, daily essentials, flowers and clothing. Flash order is available 24 hours and aim at completing the delivery in a 30 minutes.

DAU(Daily Active User) trend of major food delivery service providers in China (data range: July 2016 - June 2018) — DAU(Daily Active User) trend of major food delivery service providers in China (data range: July 2016 – June 2018)

When the online food delivery industry first emerged, Ele.me and Meituan<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder /> had doled out discounts to attract users. Nowadays, the competition has become more innovation-oriented where service providers are adopting cutting-edge technologies to optimize their businesses.

Earlier last month, Meituan<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder /> Waimai announced an autonomous delivery open platform, applying driverless technology to real-life food deliveries. The service will pilot this year and be put into large-scale operations in 2019.

Xiaodai, a driverless food delivery vehicle previously released by Meituan<img decoding="async" class="trade-card__loading" layout="fixed" height="50" width="50" src="https://assets.pandaily.com/uploads/2021/12/loading.png" placeholder /> Waimai, could choose the best route based on analysis of map data and avoid any visible barriers in rather complicated geography settings. It is also trained to take the elevator to delivered to the customers’ doorstops.