MONTEGO BAY, St James – Immediate past president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) Janet Silvera has given her endorsement to Road Jockey, a recently established technologically-driven food delivery service in St James.

Silvera, who demitted office yesterday, noted that among other positives, deliveries made by motorcyclists can result in the reduction of traffic congestion.

“Any new business operator who is going to help us to enhance service in western Jamaica is always welcomed. And, it will reduce the traffic on the streets as well. In other words, if they are going to use bikes for instance as well, then it will be friendlier to the environment,” Silvera argued.

“For me, this is a move in the right direction,” she stressed.

Speaking at the door-to-door food delivery service launch, held at Spiritz Restaurant in Montego Bay recently, chief executive officer of Road Jockey international jockey Rajiv Maragh noted that some US$1 million has so far been invested in the venture.

“Montego Bay has been a great starting point for Road Jockey but this is just the beginning. We have come a long way in a fast period of time and we are growing at a rapid rate,” said the internationally acclaimed jockey.

He disclosed plans to expand the business across Jamaica, as well as the Caribbean.

“Our ambition is to continue our growth, expanding vertically and horizontally. Our plan is to have Road Jockey services islandwide by this summer, as well as into other countries,” the CEO of Road Jockey said.

“While we currently only offer food delivery service, we are working on implementing additional services, our goal being the one-stop shop for all things delivered.

“I founded Road Jockey with a mission to empower communities in my birthplace.

I hope that Road Jockey’s job creation in the communities will create wealth amongst the underprivileged which will in turn reduce poverty and crime.”

Road Jockey is a delivery marketplace, powered by technology. With the Road Jockey app, users access the marketplace by browsing the menus of participating merchants within their delivery address.

“They select the items they want and proceed to ‘checkout,’ where they submit payment. A ping with the order is instantly sent to the merchant who has three simple steps— accept, prepare and dispatch. A ping is then sent to all roadies (delivery drivers) in the area, simultaneously with merchants accepting the order,” Maragh explained.

“The sole mission of the roadie is to get that order to the customer,” he stressed.

He further explained that roadies are independent contracted delivery drivers who have been vetted and validated by the Transport Authority of Jamaica.

“Roadies work at their leisure…if and when they want to take an order. This can be their main source of income or an additional source of income. They get paid per delivery, plus additional bonuses,” he said.