![]() From there, it will show all the Black-owned restaurants near you that you could order from up to a 10-mile radius. You would create an account and enter your address. If I’m doing this as a driver, how much money could I make as an owner? If something did inspire me it would be the other delivery services because I’m like ‘I can do this, I can do it better, and I can do it for Black restaurants.ĭC: You can download the app via the Apple Store or Google Store or visit our website. I think the motivation came from wanting to tell my community to keep it strictly for Black restaurants. Sign up for weekly newsletters and get the best of The Atlanta Voice in your inbox.ĭC: There wasn’t a moment that inspired me because I went to school for business, even though I dropped out my third semester, but I always knew I wanted to be a business owner. From there, I created the website, promoting the business and we ended up launching in 2019 during Black History Month.ĭC: I was actually working with someone from the bookstore, and he came up with the name and told me to use it, so that’s how the name, “Black and Mobile”, came about.ĪV: Who/what inspired you to start Black and Mobile? I started Googling and researching the market and how I can create my own service. ![]() That frustrated me because I literally dropped out to help my community, but I didn’t feel like I was living out my mission working for the other services. It was like 1 every 300 orders I was picking up from a Black-owned restaurant. I was like ‘I can pay my own thing’, but the reason why we focus on Black restaurants for me is because when I was delivering for Uber Eats, Postmates, and all these different services, none of the restaurants I picked up were Black owned. I had started learning the back-end systems of being a driver, which is the most important part of a delivery service. I was making $1,100 a week but working like 20 hours part-time. I started working at a bookstore, but I was still a broke 21-year-old, then I started delivering food and I realized how much money I was making. ![]() The Atlanta Voice: How did Black and Mobile begin its journey?ĭavid Cabello: We started Black and Mobile in 2017, I had just dropped out of college in 2016 and I went to Philadelphia, and I wanted to support Black businesses and help the Black community. This also allows the company to hire the men and women from these communities, which will directly affect the unemployment rate and allow more people to be exposed to more opportunities.Īs the company prepares to celebrate its 4-year anniversary, it’s raised $1 million in sales and partnerships to support Black-owned restaurants, including ATL-born, Hott Chixx. Black and Mobile is the country’s first Black-owned food delivery service that exclusively partners with Black-Owned restaurants to give them more exposure and customers.įounder David Cabello, a 22-year-old at the time of Black and Mobile’s creation, laid the foundation for the company in late 2017 throughout 2018 and launched the service in February of 2019 during Black History Month.īlack and Mobile’s focus is to highlight underrepresented businesses in the urban communities that are often overlooked and provide them with the technology they need to not only expand their customer base, but to stay competitive in this rapidly changing economy.
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