Tomer MolovinskyCo-founder, Per Diem · CEO & Co-founder @ Per Diem (YC W21) | ex-Resy, OpenTable

How Açaí Por Favor Took On Third-Party Delivery Apps and Won

5 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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Short testimonial-style YouTube clip in which Alejandro (founder/owner) explains how his smoothie shop, Açaí Por Favor, reduced reliance on third-party delivery apps by adopting their own app. He describes offsetting high delivery commissions with a native app that offers subscriptions and integrated loyalty, converting delivery-app customers into direct customers. He reports improved profitability, mentions the shop now serves coffee, states the business began about two years ago, and issues a local invite to Los Angeles.

Questions this video answers

Alejandro (founder/owner).

Mexico.

About two years ago.

Coffee.

Los Angeles (LA).

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How this smoothie shop broke free from delivery apps and kept their profits. My name is Alejandro. I'm originally from Mexico. Started as a war almost two years ago. It was very successful on paper, with the exception of delivery commissions. So that's when we. The app, we're kind of offsetting everything. And it came really handy because it has everything we need. It has the subscriptions, loyalty, all integrated. And then we're able to turn the customers from the delivery apps into our own app. And now we're doing coffee. Cheers. If you're in la, come to usa Book for war. And here we are.