An online food vendor, NigerianFoods.com has launched in the United States of America to provide native dishes to US-based Nigerians.

The online platform offers US-based Nigerians the opportunity to shop for variety of local delicacies on its website.

Their offers ranges from flour and grains; herbs and spices; vegetables and soups; cans and oils; sweets and snacks; as well as drinks. Others include: Garri, Egusi, Chocomilo and tens of other local foods.

Speaking on the initiative with journalists, Founder, NigerianFoods.com, Mr Tosin Osibodu, said that products ordered are delivered to customers quickly and conveniently.

Mr Osibodu said he was inspired to venture into the local food business when he struggled to get Nigerian groceries while a graduate student in the US. He said NigerianFoods.com will solve the problem of having access to Nigerian dishes for millions of Nigerians in the US.

“Some friends and I missed the taste of home, but ran out of the ingredients that we had lugged from Lagos. The closest African shop was hours from my university. We went on a long 3-hour drive and in the end, made the jollof rice and efo I was craving. It was so good! But it took so long! I thought, there must be an easier way to get Nigerian groceries in the US. I asked around and others had the same frustrations. So I started NigerianFoods.com,” Osibodu told journalists at the launch in the US.

He said that, in only a few months since launch, thousands of people had already visited his webite to shop for all sorts of Nigerian foods, saying that, “NigerianFoods.com now delivers Nigerian foods everyday across America.”

When asked what has made the site successful, he said, “Besides the large selection, delivery convenience and low prices have been instrumental to our success. We also care about preserving and advancing Nigerian culture.”