Turkey's online food portal expands in UAE

ISTANBUL (A.A) - 06.04.2011 - Turkey's online food delivery service yemeksepeti.com expanded its operations in United Arab Emirates, the company said on Wednesday.
After starting operations in Dubai, yemeksepeti.com, with its affiliate foodonclick.com, made its debut in other UAE cities Sahrjah and Abu Dhabi.
The company initiated its overseas services in Russia last year with its another brand izrestorana.ru. It covers nearly 400 restaurants in and around Moscow, and also St. Petersburg. 
Foodonclick.com provides food order services with 450 member restaurants in United Arab Emirates, company's CEO Nevzat Aydin said.
"We have taken advantage of the expat culture in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. We provide services to a multicultural population. Food delivery is very a common habit to eat in this country. Restaurants and clients are very interested in our online food order service on foodonclick.com," Aydin said.
Aydin said yemeksepeti.com plans fresh investments of 5 million USD in 2011. He said half of this amount would be invested in overseas operations, adding that yemeksepeti.com plans to start operations in all Russian cities that have a population of more than 1 million.
Company's total sales amounted to 105 million USD in 2010. 
Aydin said yemeksepeti.com aims to increase sales by 45 percent and bring the number of users to 1.25 million 900,000 users.