# FoodCourt

> FoodCourt (legally CoKitchen) is a Lagos-based cloud-kitchen company that owns and operates a portfolio of virtual restaurant brands, cooks the food itself, and delivers through its own app. By ditching the aggregator model that simply connects restaurants to eaters, FoodCourt controls the menu, the kitchen, and the logistics end-to-end, letting it sell quality meals at scale across Lagos and Abuja. Backed by Y Combinator (S22), it reached profitability in 2024 and has delivered millions of meals.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Lagos, Nigeria
- **Founders:** Henry Nneji (Co-Founder & CEO), Paul Adokiye Iruene (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~80 employees (after a 2024 restructuring for operational efficiency)
- **Products:** FoodCourt app (iOS & Android), Virtual restaurant brands, Cloud kitchens / dark stores, Full-stack ordering & delivery technology
- **Notable:** Selected for Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch, Reached profitability in 2024, uncommon for food delivery startups, Reports millions of meals delivered and 300+ jobs created

## Products & services

- **FoodCourt app (iOS & Android)** — Consumer ordering app for meals and convenience goods across Lagos and Abuja, with order tracking and the ability to combine items from multiple in-house brands into one basket with a single delivery fee.
- **Virtual restaurant brands** — A portfolio of 15+ FoodCourt-owned virtual restaurant brands (jollof rice, burgers, Asian dishes, seafood, waffles, shawarma and more) cooked in-house rather than sourced from partner restaurants.
- **Cloud kitchens / dark stores** — Company-operated kitchens and dark stores that produce food and stock convenience items, cross-utilising staff and equipment for efficiency and quality control.
- **Full-stack ordering & delivery technology** — Proprietary ordering platform plus in-house delivery, supplemented by aggregator partners like Chowdeck, giving FoodCourt control over the entire order-to-doorstep flow.

## Achievements

- Selected for Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch
- Reached profitability in 2024, uncommon for food delivery startups
- Reports millions of meals delivered and 300+ jobs created
- Claims to be the first cloud kitchen company in Africa to take a full-stack approach
- Expanded from Lagos into Abuja
- Featured by Forbes Africa, The Guardian Nigeria, TechPoint Africa, and Disrupt Africa

## Latest updates

- **2024-09** — Restructured operations for efficiency, reducing headcount as it pushed toward sustainable unit economics.
- **2024** — Reached profitability.
- **2025-01** — Profiled by Forbes Africa as a disruptor in Nigeria's food delivery market; continued expansion in Abuja.

## Links

- Website: https://getfoodcourt.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/joinco-kitchen
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/foodcourt_app
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodcourt_app/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/getfoodcourt/

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Last updated: 2026-07-31