Imagine studying for a test at a table on the third floor of the library. Imagine being so hungry yet torn between studying and nourishment.
Imagine having your food not just delivered to the library but delivered to the table you are sitting at on the third floor.
That is the case with EnvoyNow, a new food delivery service in Auburn.
“EnvoyNow is a food delivery service by students and for students,” said Emma Mudd, sophomore in human development and family studies. “We have a radius about a mile and a half around campus that we deliver to.”
Mudd is one of the marketing managers for EnvoyNow, so she deals with social media, advertisement and making connections around campus for the company.
Chase Dannenbaum, sophomore in business, is the strategic partnership manager for EnvoyNow. He met the owner of the company, a student at the University of Southern California, on a study abroad trip.
The delivery charge for EnvoyNow is $2.99, but there is no minimum for what needs to be purchased. For example, a student could order just a milkshake and still have it delivered to where he or she is studying. This is unlike some other food delivery services in the area.
According to Mudd, the convenience that EnvoyNow wants to offer lies in the fact that it delivers on campus. All the customer has to do is tell the Envoy [delivery person] what floor they are on in a specific building, and the food can be delivered straight to the customer’s table in the library, for example.
“I’m really excited for it because we have only been operating for two weeks, and we’ve offered jobs to 38 Auburn students, not including our marketing team,” Dannenbaum said.
Even though EnvoyNow is an app and is run exclusively by college students, the CEO of the company created a section just for analytics.
“It varies for sure, but right now there are 24 schools that are doing this too, and for the most part, the colder schools are doing better,” Dannenbaum said. “We’re ranked eight out of 24 schools right now.”
Tevyn Stevens, freshman in mechanical engineering, is an Envoy for EnvoyNow. He collects orders from the app and orders the food at the designated restaurants.
Not having to stand in line is a benefit of using EnvoyNow because the Envoys do that for the customer.
Stevens usually works eight to 10 hours per week and has even used the app himself.
“It’s whenever I pick up a shift,” Stevens said.
According to Dannenbaum, the weather and “The Bachelor” are the two greatest causes in spikes for orders.
“The funniest thing was during Bachelor Mondays, we would have huge spikes,” Dannenbaum said. “The first week we were open, we were not ready because we had 45 orders in the two hours it rained during ‘The Bachelor.’”
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