Services · Mobile app development · Food delivery apps
Codeeo provides food delivery app development in Saudi Arabia for restaurant chains, franchise operators, cloud kitchen networks and delivery startups that sell in more than one region. We build the customer app, rider app, kitchen tools and head office dashboard as one platform, designed around national requirements such as ZATCA e-invoicing, SFDA menu labelling, Transport General Authority delivery rules and the Personal Data Protection Law, so growth into a new city is a configuration task rather than a rebuild.
Our team of 80+ works from Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi. We have delivered 200+ projects across the UAE and the US and are rated 4.7 from 23 Google reviews. Saudi clients work with our Riyadh based colleagues, meeting in Riyadh for workshops, with launches elsewhere supported by video call.
200+ companies servedFrom a first store to an ADX listed developer
Platform capabilities
Food delivery in the Kingdom is shaped by a handful of large marketplace apps, a growing number of chains with their own ordering channels and a wave of cloud kitchens that cook for several brands at once. On top of that sits a regulatory layer that applies everywhere: delivery activity is licensed and supervised by the Transport General Authority, food safety and menu disclosures fall under the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, outlets need municipal licences through the Balady platform, and every sale needs a ZATCA compliant e-invoice.
A platform meant for more than one city has to absorb all of that once, centrally, and then let each region differ where it genuinely does. These capabilities are the backbone we build for national clients. In an online food ordering app development Saudi Arabia project, these shared layers usually take more design time than the customer screens, because every later city depends on getting them right.
Settings cascade from national to region to city to branch: menus, prices, opening hours, delivery areas and promotions. Head office sets the default once, and a branch in Abha or Tabuk changes only what is truly local. New cities inherit everything and go live with a short checklist.
Expansion becomes configuration, not a new development project.
Franchisees get their own logins, branch dashboards and sales reports while the brand owner keeps control of menus, pricing rules and the customer database. Royalty and performance reports can be produced per franchise from the same order data.
Franchise growth without losing brand control.
Every dish carries structured fields for calories, allergens and other disclosures the SFDA expects on digital menus. Fields are required before an item can be published, so no branch can launch a dish online without the information customers are entitled to see.
Menu compliance is enforced by the system, not by memory.
Simplified tax invoices for consumers and standard tax invoices for corporate customers are generated for every order through your e-invoicing provider, with the right legal entity and VAT number per branch or franchise. Credit notes follow refunds automatically.
Thousands of daily orders produce clean invoices without manual work.
The rider app supports drivers employed by licensed delivery companies and Saudi self employed drivers where the rules allow, with identity checks, document expiry alerts, uniform and vehicle details and the verification steps the Transport General Authority requires of platforms.
Your rider network stays inside the licensing rules as they change.
mada, Apple Pay, credit cards, STC Bank and buy now pay later providers such as Tabby and Tamara, routed through a SAMA licensed payment gateway. Cash on delivery can be enabled or disabled per city, branch or order value.
Customers in every region pay the way they already do.
Customers save addresses as map pins with labels and directions, and can add their National Address where available. Address quality reports show which areas produce the most failed or delayed deliveries so operations can act.
Fewer failed drops in new cities where riders do not yet know the streets.
Screens are designed right to left first with English as the second language. Dates, campaigns and Ramadan schedules can be set against the Hijri calendar, so seasonal menus and offers switch on the right day in every region.
The app feels native to Saudi customers from the first screen.
One loyalty programme that works in every city, segmented campaigns by region or customer behaviour, push notifications with consent records and referral codes that track which city a new customer came from.
Marketing reaches the right customers without spamming the rest.
Order, menu, rider and payment data flow into reporting that compares regions, brands, channels and franchisees. Data can be exported to your BI tool or warehouse for finance and planning teams.
Leadership sees the whole Kingdom on one screen.
Who we build for
A nationwide platform is a larger commitment than a single city app. It suits businesses that already operate in several regions, or that have a funded plan to do so, and that want one system rather than a different tool in every city. Custom food delivery app development Saudi Arabia projects tend to come from the four groups below, each with a different first priority. If you are still proving the concept in one city, a focused city build is often the better first step, and we will say so.
You have branches in the Central, Western and Eastern regions, perhaps more, and today each one handles delivery differently. Some use marketplaces only, some take phone orders, and head office cannot see the full picture. We consolidate everything into one platform with a shared customer record, central menus and regional control, then move branches over in waves so service never stops. Regional managers get dashboards for their own area, and head office can compare delivery times, cancellations and basket sizes between regions on the same measures.
Branch migration is planned region by region.
You operate an international or local brand through franchise partners across the Kingdom. The brand needs consistent menus, pricing rules and customer experience, while each franchisee needs its own operations view and accurate reports. We build the permission model around your franchise agreements and give every partner a dashboard limited to their own outlets. When a franchise changes hands or a new partner joins, outlets move between accounts without losing their order history.
You run kitchens in several cities, each cooking for many virtual brands. You need brand level storefronts, a single production queue per kitchen, stock shared across brands and the ability to open a new kitchen in another city quickly. The platform treats kitchens and brands as separate layers so either can grow without the other getting in the way. Launching a brand nationally becomes a menu and storefront exercise, and opening a kitchen in a new city becomes a matter of assigning brands and delivery areas to it.
You plan to launch a marketplace in a niche such as healthy food, home cooks or a specific region. That brings restaurant onboarding, commission rules, payouts, rider licensing and support at scale. We scope the minimum that can launch legally in one city, with the architecture to add merchants, regions and riders as you raise and grow. Merchant self onboarding, document checks, menu approval and payout statements are designed so a small operations team can manage hundreds of restaurants without manual bottlenecks.
Licensing for marketplace operators is confirmed with your legal adviser early.
Engagement
National platforms usually run as a phased programme. A fixed scope covers discovery, architecture and the launch city. A dedicated team, sized to your rollout plan, then carries the platform through regional launches and ongoing releases. Some clients keep a smaller retainer once the rollout is complete. Workshops take place in Riyadh with our local colleagues, or by video call when your head office is elsewhere, and every phase ends with a working release, documentation and a handover session for your internal team.
Governance matters on programmes of this size. We agree a steering rhythm with your operations, finance, marketing and IT leads, keep a shared roadmap and risk log, and flag regulatory changes that could affect upcoming releases as soon as they come to light.
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
Technology
Cross platform iOS and Android apps, web dashboards and a cloud backend designed for many regions and brands. Hosting location, encryption, logging and access controls are chosen with Saudi data protection and NCA cybersecurity controls in mind, and documented for your security team. Load testing covers Ramadan evenings and national holidays, when order volume rises across every region at once.
01Mobile
02Data and cloud
03Marketing and tracking
Several, depending on your business model.
The Transport General Authority regulates delivery activity and the platforms that dispatch it. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority sets food safety and menu labelling expectations, including on digital menus. Municipal licences for outlets run through Balady. ZATCA governs VAT and e-invoicing, SDAIA oversees personal data protection and the National Cybersecurity Authority publishes security controls. We design for these from the start and confirm the details with your advisers.
Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.
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