Honestbee Owes Partners Money: Reports|遭欠款店家組自救會 誠實蜜蜂:已解決8成
加入公視會員，
按讚收藏你關注的報導
發布時間：
更新時間：
Singaporean grocery and food delivery company Honestbee which entered Taiwan in 2015 is reported to have been owing money to its suppliers and partners for several months. A number of these suppliers and partners have formed a self-help association hoping to get their money back.
Mr. Yan washes ingredients as a pot of clear soup for noodles simmers on a stove. In July 2018, Mr. Yan, a noodle vendor at Zhonglun Market, began working with Singaporean grocery and food delivery company Honestbee, hoping to add another source of customers. He didn't expect that he would end up being owed money, especially less than one year after signing the contract. He has not been paid for March and April.
Everything was fine last year. It became abnormal this year, after the Lunar New Year, around February. I wasn't paid for February until April.
A neighboring beef noodle soup vendor is also owed money by Honestbee. The owner says Honestbee began delaying payments starting in February this year. Every time he calls the customer service hotline, it's either busy or he gets the canned response that the accounting department is already processing the payment.
I called the Taipei City Government's 1999 Citizen Hotline and asked a question. They told me that right now they have no department or agency that can supervise the accounts of food delivery platforms. That means that if we run into problems, we have to individually hire lawyers to sue them.
The Honestbee grocery and food delivery platform was established in Singapore in 2014. It entered Taiwan in 2015 and is now in its fourth year in Taiwan. In response to these reports that it owes money, the company issued a statement saying it cares for and values all its partners, and it abides by the process of financial due diligence just like other companies. With regards to the issue of delayed payments, it is actively handling them and has already settled its accounts with 80 percent and will settle the remaining debts as quickly as possible. Many of those partners and suppliers that are owed money have severed their relationship with Honestbee, and have also formed a self-help association hoping to get their money back as quickly as possible.
Mr. Yan washes ingredients as a pot of clear soup for noodles simmers on a stove. In July 2018, Mr. Yan, a noodle vendor at Zhonglun Market, began working with Singaporean grocery and food delivery company Honestbee, hoping to add another source of customers. He didn't expect that he would end up being owed money, especially less than one year after signing the contract. He has not been paid for March and April.
Everything was fine last year. It became abnormal this year, after the Lunar New Year, around February. I wasn't paid for February until April.
A neighboring beef noodle soup vendor is also owed money by Honestbee. The owner says Honestbee began delaying payments starting in February this year. Every time he calls the customer service hotline, it's either busy or he gets the canned response that the accounting department is already processing the payment.
I called the Taipei City Government's 1999 Citizen Hotline and asked a question. They told me that right now they have no department or agency that can supervise the accounts of food delivery platforms. That means that if we run into problems, we have to individually hire lawyers to sue them.
The Honestbee grocery and food delivery platform was established in Singapore in 2014. It entered Taiwan in 2015 and is now in its fourth year in Taiwan. In response to these reports that it owes money, the company issued a statement saying it cares for and values all its partners, and it abides by the process of financial due diligence just like other companies. With regards to the issue of delayed payments, it is actively handling them and has already settled its accounts with 80 percent and will settle the remaining debts as quickly as possible. Many of those partners and suppliers that are owed money have severed their relationship with Honestbee, and have also formed a self-help association hoping to get their money back as quickly as possible.
將食材仔細的清洗，一旁的瓦斯爐上還熬著鍋燒麵所需的高湯，為了增加客源，鍋燒麵老闆顏先生去年7月開始，與外送平台honestbee誠實蜜蜂合作，但沒想到簽約還不到一年，就被積欠款項，而且一拖就是2個月，到現在還有3月、以及4月應付款項還沒收到。
中崙市場遭欠款店家 顏老闆表示：「去年都滿正常的，到今年差不多過年後吧！2月開始就不正常了，然後2月的款項拖到4月才拿到。」
同樣被欠過款的還有隔壁這家牛肉麵店，老闆表示，honestbee是從今年2月開始出現拖款情形，每次打到客服專線不是忙線中，就是得到會計已經在處理中的答案。
中崙市場牛肉麵店老闆表示：「打電話去台北市政府1999，我就問了一個問題，我才查到說原來他們說目前外送平台的部分，沒有任何主管單位可以管理他們帳款的部分，所以如果遇到這些帳款有問題的話，我們必須要個別找律師去告他們。」
honestbee外送平台，是2014年在新加坡成立，隔年進入台灣市場，今年在台邁入第4年，如今爆出欠款，honestbee則是發出聲明表示，重視也關懷所有合作夥伴，如同每間企業，需遵循財務盡職調查的流程， 針對延遲付款，正在積極處理當中，目前已經解決8成，並且會儘快將剩餘款項結清，而這些被欠款店家，除了陸續停止與honestbee合作，也組成自救會，就是希望能盡快拿回遭欠款項。
