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Food & Beverage Marketing in Dubai

Growth for F&B chains, cloud kitchens, packaged food brands, and delivery-first concepts in the UAE.

Why us for food & beverage

F&B marketing in the UAE spans a huge range: multi-outlet restaurant chains, cloud kitchens, D2C packaged food brands, and delivery-first virtual concepts. Each needs a different playbook. What they share is a heavy dependence on visual social, aggregator platforms (Talabat, Deliveroo, Careem), and a review economy that punishes brands with weak local SEO. We build growth programmes for F&B brands that lift dine-in, delivery, and retail sales simultaneously.

What we see

Common growth challenges in this space

Aggregator platforms (Talabat, Deliveroo, Careem) taking 25-35% commission per order.

Multi-outlet chains with GBP profiles cannibalising each other for local search.

Content demand across social that outpaces most in-house teams.

Review score dips that hit both search visibility and aggregator ranking simultaneously.

Our approach

Our Food & Beverage playbook

A repeatable four-stage process, tailored to your specific business.

01
01

Outlet & aggregator audit

Every outlet audited for GBP, aggregator ranking, review score, social presence, and direct-order share.

02
02

Content & local rebuild

Rebuilt location pages, GBP profiles, review programmes, and a monthly content cadence for every outlet.

03
03

Aggregator optimisation

Talabat, Deliveroo, and Careem menu and photo optimisation, plus platform-native campaigns.

04
04

Direct-order growth

Direct ordering flow, WhatsApp catalog, loyalty programme, and email lifecycle to lift direct share vs aggregator.

Typical results

What we deliver for food & beverage clients

Direct order share+38%
Aggregator rankingTop 3 in category
Average review score4.8+

Who we work with

Types of food & beverage clients we serve

Multi-outlet restaurant chainsCloud kitchens & virtual brandsPackaged food & CPG brandsBeverage & specialty coffeeDessert & bakery concepts

FAQs

Food & Beverage marketing, answered

Do you optimise Talabat / Deliveroo / Careem listings too?+

Yes. Menu structure, photography, category tags, and platform-native ad campaigns. Aggregator ranking is a real SEO discipline and we treat it as one.

Can you help us reduce aggregator dependency?+

Yes, though the goal is to lift direct-order share (typically from 15% to 40-50%) rather than replace aggregators overnight. Direct ordering site, WhatsApp catalog, loyalty programme, and email flows are the key levers.

Do you work with cloud kitchens?+

Yes. Cloud kitchens live on aggregator ranking and social discovery, both of which we do heavily. We also help with virtual-brand strategy when a single kitchen operates multiple concepts.

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Ready to grow your food & beverage business?

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