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Notes from the marketplace.

How the food we sell gets to be cheaper, what merchants actually asked us for, why a countdown changes dinner, and what 250 kitchens taught us about the end of service.

Amman rooftops at dusk Cities 4 min

Why Amman first.

A savings marketplace needs density, habit and price sensitivity in the same place. Amman has all three. 01
neighbourhood street with small shopfronts Cities 3 min

A marketplace is built street by street.

Citywide coverage is a vanity metric. What matters is whether the feed is full in the four blocks around you. 02
apartment block windows at night Cities 3 min

Ramadan breaks every assumption.

A month where an entire city eats at the same minute is the hardest test a food marketplace can face. 03
delivery scooters parked on a street Cities 4 min

Expansion is a supply problem.

Opening a second city is not a marketing exercise. It is signing enough kitchens that the first session works. 04
shop signs in Arabic and English Cities 3 min

Two languages, one marketplace.

Arabic is not a translation layer bolted onto an English product. It changes layout, typography and rhythm. 05
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