HungryHungry and MOBI unite under holding name HHM Global Group

Two hospitality tech companies, HungryHungry and MOBI have merged under a unified entity aimed at growing their reach to new markets and are already gearing up for their first product launch.

Mark Calabro (L) and Shannon Hautot (R)

It’s understood the two brands will continue to their respective names and operate as usual however will work under the one holding company titled, HHM Global Group Pty Limited. 

The new entity will bring in HungryHungry's hospitality-focused software plus add in MOBI's mobile technology solutions, which currently services over 4,000+ venues across 15 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. 

According to Mark Calabro, co-founder of HungryHungry and head of partnerships, the new business is already thinking of its first product launch. 

Calabro said, “As we join forces with MOBI we look forward to the next chapter including the launch of our game-changing payments product, HungryPay”. 

HungryPay is “a product which leans into a service-centric industry that is hospitality, whilst having product market fit for countries like the US which are all about staff taking orders and tipping,” Calabro added.  

The combined brands will bring together ordering, payments, bill splitting, kiosks, driveup, drivethru and customer-branded apps as part of its refreshed consumer-facing technology. 

As MOBI already offers a white-labelled platform, the new company will continue this to assist brands to engage with customers.

HungryHungry is an end-to-end ordering and payment hospitality tech platform, first founded in 2019 by Calabro and Shannon Hautot, original creators of OrderMate. 

The pair now lead MOBI following the departure of its founder Tarik Mallet in 2022. 

Hautot said, “We have enormous admiration for MOBI founder, Tarik Mallet, who spent 12 years creating a solid business with a great culture and we’re excited to announce the coming together of HungryHungry and MOBI. 

“Having been in this space for over two decades It’s a rare opportunity to witness two strong, established and profitable companies come together with a vision of combining forces to deliver massive value for customers. 

“We share a genuine desire to create a powerful, sustainable market leader in the hospitality sector, that will act as a growth engine to stimulate the industry, whilst continuing to lead with innovation and integrity,” Hautot said.

Hautot added that together with MOBI, the team is better positioned “to innovate, scale, and meet the evolving needs of the global hospitality industry, both SMB and enterprise, with big plans to sprint past our competitors.”