PedidosYa is a Uruguayan multinational company for online food ordering and quick commerce, headquartered in Montevideo. Founded in 2009 and merged with Delivery Hero, as of 2025 the company operates in fifteen Latin American countries.[1][2]
History
PedidosYa was founded in 2009 by Ariel Burschtin, Álvaro García, and Ruben Sosenke, who were then students at Universidad ORT Uruguay.[3] They had presented the idea of a website to easily order chivitos as part of a university project in 2008, aiming to bring together available food providers and segment them by location and type of cuisine.[4]