A fast-growing food delivery platform “Bolt Food", rich in gourmet cuisine, honored its Baltic partners in the first restaurant awards. Prestigious statuettes symbolizing customer appreciation were awarded to 11 Lithuanian home delivery suppliers who distinguished themselves in various categories.
The best ones were chosen after analyzing the food order data of 2020 in various sections, taking into account customer feedback and other criteria. Prize-winners were given "golden" broccoli, some partners will be able to be proud of the stickers marking the compliments of platform users on the restaurant doors.
Ruslanas Savičius, Head of Food Development at "Bolt Food" in Lithuania, says that the idea of organizing the Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian partner awards arose to celebrate the established food-to-home culture and to thank the partners who diversified the customers' daily life during the quarantine and literally gave it a variety of tastes.
"For catering establishments, the pandemic has severely limited the opportunity to develop their activities, and for their loyal visitors to treat themselves to food in the city under normal conditions. We are proud of each of our partners who did not give up during the testing period and continued to create culinary masterpieces in their kitchens that our customers could enjoy," R. Savičius says and hopes that the restaurant awards will become a fun tradition of the Bolt Food platform.
Among the most popular: from salads to kebabs
Europe's leading platform for ride-hailing services, Bolt, is committed to reducing the ecological footprint of its developing business verticals, including Bolt Food. Therefore, it is extremely important in the awards Green solution (English Green Choice) category that reflects the philosophy of catering establishments to contribute to nature conservation in various forms. The statuette for this is given to the salad bar Fresh Post, which prepares dishes from locally sourced products and delivers them in environmentally friendly packaging.
"For us, this achievement is a symbolic symbol of a fully harmonious friendship. "Bolt Food" has all the good qualities of a partner: from polite couriers and friendly service to loyal and returning customers, so we hope to cooperate successfully for at least another century!" - commented Lina Ševerenkienė, Fresh Post's business development manager, happily.
As the best rated and most sought after vegan Rosehip Vegan Bistro the kitchen is titled in the category Completely vegan (English Verified Vegan).
However, fast food also received a lot of attention at the awards restaurants. Never disappointing (English Never Gonna Give You Up) category won McDonald's. And the network jammy dedication to caring for the hungry at any time of the day did not go unnoticed not only Night owls (English Midnight Munchies) category. It turned out that this place is also the most popular among the employees of the "Bolt" team in Lithuania, and for this they deserved a "golden" broccoli of Bolt selection category (eng. Bolt's Pick).
"We really appreciate the partnership with this platform that provides home food service, because thanks to them we can offer our prepared products to a wider audience. For example, our dishes that are unusual for customers - falafel kebabs and burgers - are particularly successful among Bolt Food customers. Beyond Meat. As for the awards, it's very nice that we even received two statuettes - it will be easier to take care of their trip around our restaurants so that the whole team can enjoy the results of their work", jokes Žilvinas Kuprėnas, head of marketing and business development of Jammi.
There are even three winners in one of the categories
Extremely high competition was felt Local favourites (English Loved by Locals) in the category, where the main criterion is the highest evaluation of loyal customers, so it was decided to reward even three partners: i-lunch, Sushi City and Double Pizza.
A hidden diamond (English hidden gem) won in the category Archie's Burger - this is the most popular, excellently rated and located away from the city center restaurant In Vilnius. A restaurant joined the ranks of food suppliers just last year due to the tremendously fast growing interest of customers cilantro shone brightest A rising star (English Rising Star).
The best-rated restaurant that prepares the most exclusive dishes for gourmets at home Da Antonio became categories Pamper yourself (English Treat Yourself) prize winner, and those who cook delicious and inexpensive food RHINO, the chubby unicorn awarded as The best quality for the best price (English Best deal) offering partners.