1 August, 2020 – Wolt (Wolt Enterprise Oy), a food delivery service from Finland, started delivery service in Sendai on 30 July, 2020. This is the 3rd city Wolt started their business in Japan, after Hiroshima and Sapporo.

In Sendai, Uber Eats has already started delivery earlier this year but Wolt is also expanding service areas and restaurant partners getting popularity, especially among independent restaurants, with its customer-oriented, friendly platform. This year’s “Stay at home” tendency due to Covid-19 epidemic, also accelerated the customer needs.

FWBC supported Wolt with providing local information along with local government organizations such as JETRO Sendai. As Sendai is located in the center of Tohoku region, Wolt Sendai is expected to be the leading office in Tohoku, too.