HungerStation
A food and grocery delivery app in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, owned by Germany's Delivery Hero group.
HungerStation is a food delivery app founded in Dammam in 2012. It has been fully owned by Delivery Hero since 2023 in a deal that implies a valuation of about $800 million, and its revenue reached €609 million in 2022.
Fully owned by Delivery Hero (Germany) since July 2023. Uber announced a deal to acquire Delivery Hero in July 2026, expected to close in the second half of 2027
What does HungerStation do?
Ibrahim Aljassim and Hussein Bukhamseen founded HungerStation in 2012, launching from Dammam with the idea of ordering from several restaurants at once. In 2016 Foodpanda took the largest stake, and it later became part of the Delivery Hero group, which ended the contracts of the two founders and senior management in 2019 and bought the remaining stake in 2023. It offers food and grocery delivery and the HungerStation Plus subscription, and it operates in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
Products
An app and website for ordering food from restaurants with delivery.
Round-the-clock grocery with fast delivery.
A subscription that gives discounts and reduced delivery fees.
Key features
- Ordering from several restaurants in one order (the founding idea)
- Food and grocery delivery
- Monthly subscription with discounts (Plus)
- Operates in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
- A company of Saudi origin but under foreign control since 2016: Foodpanda, then Germany's Delivery Hero, which has owned it outright since 2023
- In April 2019 Delivery Hero ended the contracts of the two founders, the CFO and the product director, and the stated reason was “rapid market changes”
- The valuation cited is implied (about $800 million), calculated from the purchase of 37% for $297 million in 2023, and it is not a funding round
- Uber announced a deal in July 2026 to acquire Delivery Hero for €12.7 billion, and it has not closed yet
- Reports in June 2026 said Ninja considered making an offer to buy HungerStation
The documentary
Funding rounds
No disclosed funding rounds.
Key investors
Founders
Common questions about HungerStation
When was HungerStation founded?
It was founded in 2012 and launched from Dammam in November 2012.
Who founded HungerStation?
Ibrahim Aljassim (CEO until 2019) and Hussein Bukhamseen (CTO until 2019).
Who owns HungerStation?
Germany's Delivery Hero has owned it outright since July 2023, after buying the last 37% for $297 million.
Will HungerStation become part of Uber?
Uber announced a deal in July 2026 to acquire Delivery Hero, expected to close in the second half of 2027.