Daily Dish, a South African meal-kit company, is to be merged with local peer Day to Day after being acquired by private equity firm TCapital.

The investment firm, based in Norway and South Africa, already owns Day to Day.

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The financial details of its acquisition of Daily Dish, from its founders and shareholders, have not been disclosed.

Daily Dish, based in Cape Town, delivers fresh ingredients or home cooked meals to customers.

Following its merger with Day to Day, the enlarged business will have more than 10,000 customers in South Africa on its books, producing more than 15,000 servings every week to its customers in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria.

It will operate under the name Daily Dish, utilising facilities in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

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In a statement, TCapital owner Geir Tellefsen said the new company will offer customers a wider choice of meals, more flexibility and improved product quality.

“Customers will now have 25 different weekly dinners to choose from – by far the widest selection offered before by any meal kit company in South Africa,” he said.

Daily Dish was founded in 2012 by Diane de Villiers and Jo-Pierre Lerm.

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