Meet entrepreneur Terrel Jones of Fetch Delivery

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Meet Terrel Jones, a 22-year-old entrepreneur and owner of Fetch Delivery Co., a fast food delivery service.

Fetch Delivery Co. started as an entrepreneurship class idea during Terrel’s sophomore year of college at the University of Oregon. After the course, Terrel decided that this idea should be a real business. He started designing the website for Fetch the night before his 19th birthday. However, he didn’t do much with it at the time.

One and half years after Terrel started designing the website, he decided to go back to the drawing board and finish designing it. Two months later, and right before his last term at the University of Oregon, Terrel packed up his belongings, sold his motorcycle and moved back to California with the hopes of turning his business idea into a reality.

After spending a couple months on figuring out how his delivery service would work, how to reach customers and how to hire drivers, Terrel launched his company. When Terrel launched Fetch Delivery Co. on September 25, 2014 he didn’t have a car or employees, and he only had $28 in his bank account. He used $25 to pay for a “now hiring” Craigslist ad, and since he didn’t own a car, he would skateboard 30 minutes to Starbucks to interview drivers.

After three months of business, and with only six drivers, Terrel was able to take Fetch to the next level with the purchase of his first Fetch delivery car. Fetch’s sales doubled by the end of the second quarter, and their weekly sales continued to grow.

How does Fetch work? Customers places their order online at www.fetchdeliveryco.com. Customers select from Fetch’s food court menu, which include food items from McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King, Taco Bell and Jack in the Box. Customers also have the option of regular deliver or priority delivery, and for paying tips online rather than in person.

Next, the customer confirms the order and pays for it through Fetch’s secure checkout.

Fetch sends the customer a text confirmation and estimated time of delivery immediately after the order is placed. The driver orders the meal at the fast food restaurant nearest to the customer’s location and then delivers it to the customer. The meals are delivered in Fetch bags to ensure they stay hot/cold until delivered to the customer’s doorstep.

Fetch charges a $5 delivery fee for each order, no matter the size of the order. If you wanted a taco from Taco Bell, a shake from McDonald’s and a hamburger from Burger King, Fetch can do that too. However, there is a $1 charge for each additional restaurant.

Fetch is currently available in Oregon and California. Its California delivery locations include Canyon Lake, Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Murrieta, Corona, Riverside, Sun City, Temecula and Wildomar. Fetch’s delivery service is available seven days a week between the hours of 10 a.m. and 12 a.m. Fetch accepts PayPal, Visa, MasterCard and American Express.

Terrel says, “Yes, there are other delivery services out there, but most of the time the delivery fee ends up costing more than the food, and they only deliver from local restaurants – nobody delivers fast food.”

For the past six months, Terrel has spent 14 hours a day perfecting his business. He gets his drive from his mother, who gave birth to him when she was a junior in high school and still managed to graduate from UCLA.

“My mother taught me that if you have a dream, you have to be willing to do whatever it takes to make that dream come true, no matter how many bumps are in the road.” says Terrel. His mother is his biggest supporter. Terrel says, “My mother was the first person to place an order on the website, and once left her job to make a delivery when one of my drivers wasn’t picking up her phone.”

Terrel’s future goals are to have a Fetch app and a Fetch parking spot at all the major fast food establishments, so that the drivers can run in quickly and pick up orders rather than having to wait in the drive-thru. Terrel also hopes to expand his business to every state in the U.S.

Achieving this goal isn’t going to be easy, and it’s going to be costly, which is why Terrel recently submitted a video to the TV Show Shark Tank with the hope of getting a television appearance and an investor. He is seeking $100,000 for 25 percent of his business. “Stay tuned,” says Terrel.

For fast food delivery, visit Fetch at www.fetchdeliveryco.com. Check out the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fetchdeliveryco.