Food Delivery App Left with Sour Taste by CCTV Consumer Show

(Beijing) – The firm behind a popular mobile app for ordering food was left with a bitter taste after an annual consumer rights show on CCTV said it was working with dirty and unlicensed caterers.

Ele.me, a market-leading app that lets tens of millions of mobile device users around the country order food for delivery from a range of restaurants, was among a group of companies named and shamed for allegedly shoddy business practices by a CCTV program called "3.15 Gala" that airs every World Consumer Rights Day, which falls on March 15.