Corporate Profile for Food.com, dated Feb. 4, 2000.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services.
Published Date: Feb. 4, 2000
Company Name: Food.com
Address: 825 Battery St., 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Main Telephone
Number: 415/403-5200
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.food.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Rich Frank
Chief Financial
Officer: Joan Varrone
Investor Relations
Contact: Michael Whitmire
Business number: 415/403-5273
E-mail address: mwhitmire@food.com
Public Relations
Contact: David Gilcreast
Business number: 415/403-5216
E-mail address: dgilcreast@food.com
Industry: Internet/Food
Company Description: Food.com was founded in December December: see month. of 1996 and is the largest service of its kind, offering home and business meals on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . With nearly 14,000 restaurants on the service nationwide and almost 800,000 members, Food.com is also the exclusive takeout Takeout A financing to refinance or take out another loan. and delivery partner of America Online See AOL. . Food.com has been a leader in aggregating the highly fragmented frag·ment n. 1. A small part broken off or detached. 2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript. 3. restaurant industry in order to provide consumers with a one-stop shopping site on the Web for food takeout and delivery ordering. Consumers can also search Food.com's Dining Guide for information on 150,000 restaurants across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , or shop at Food.com's Marketplace from select retailers of specialty food, items and gifts. Food.com will continue to expand its offerings to include restaurant reservations, restaurant reviews, sending meals as gifts, and news related to food and dining. Food.com can be found on the World Wide Web at www.food.com. Located in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Food.com can also be contacted at 415/403-5200. |
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