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<ul><li>Uber Eats in India discontinued its operations on January 21 and was acquired by food giant Zomato.</li><li>We speak to industry experts to find out the reasons why the food delivery platform took a nosedive and if the onus can be put on macro-economic factors or its brand-building strategy.</li><li>Experts opine that working with minimum funding, rivaling against stronger communications from competitors, disadvantages of being a late entrant, not having a separate identity, getting sidelined from the parent company and offering deep discounting were some of the factors that led to its decline.</li></ul> Food aggregator Uber Eats, which started its journey in 2017, was acquired by Zomato on January 21 for ₹2,485 crore. While its entity will cease to exist, Uber Eats’ consumers, restaurants and delivery partners will now be directed to Zomato. However, the buyout has left more than 200 employees on a cliffhanger. The acquirer Zomato started in 2008 and now has over 40 million users. Swiggy, on the other hand, started in 2013 and has gathered 42 million users. Uber Eats, which was established just three years ago, had over 10 million users. And with Uber Eats’ huge consumer base in its kitty, Zomato will now have control over 50-55% of the food delivery market. Experts opine that one of the reasons for Uber Eats downfall was its heavy discounting strategy. The operational losses amounted to ₹2,197 crore, more debts followed and a heavy competitive market did not let it sustain. As Uber Eats hits its brink and merges with Zomato, we speak to experts to find out the reasons, what could the platform have done differently to sustain and explore if upping its marketing game before would have helped in dodging the bullet. Increasing the frequency of communication with audiences Uber Eats had on-boarded Alia Bhatt as its brand ambassador -- the only food aggregator in India to get a celebrity involved in its communication. However, it released its first brand campaign after two years of its existence -- in the month of January 2019 called ‘Everyday moments.’ According to Voodly, it garnered more than 50.3 million views by the end of January and secured the first spot on the list of Top 10 Most Watched Indian Ads on YouTube. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Karthik Srinivisan, Social Media and Brand Expert, says that there isn’t much for food aggregators to talk about so its communication strategy cannot be blamed. The ads can be about ‘variety, prompt delivery, post-delivery customer care, ease of ordering, UI/UX, payment options, loyalty program, promotions, etc.’ Gone are the days when brands would wait for some key occasions for a big media splash. Now it is more about participating in daily conversations, listening to what your consumers say. And being active on social media isn’t very expensive either. Srinivasan thinks Uber Eats could have been more consistent like Zomato and Swiggy here. “To be in the top-of-mind recall in such a category, the brands need to continuously be in the buzz. Zomato and Swiggy have cracked that code to a large extent, always being in the social buzz one way or another. Brands are moving away from one or two big-budget media blitzkrieg every year to announce their brand name to the largest number of people, to having sustained presence throughout the year to the most appropriate target audiences. This ensures that brands do not have only two peaks in a year where people notice their communication, but there's a consistent wave (instead of peaks) all through the year where a large enough number of target audiences notice their brand. Uber Eats perhaps did this less impressively or consistently compared to both Zomato and Swiggy,” adds Srinivasan. However, Srinivasan says the real reason is unplugging Uber Eats’ support system. “Beyond all this is the investors' appetite to continue funding these businesses despite losses. At some point, they may want to pull the plug to cut their losses and that could be the bigger reason for the sale.” N Chandramouli, CEO, TRA Research feels Uber Eats did not offer anything different from its competitors and its USP wasn’t clear in its communication. “Other than the fact that they used a celebrity for endorsements, I think the ads did not communicate much. With more number of restaurants available on the competing apps, the promise of variety or choice, felt lame,” he explains. Chandramouli rates Zomato’s communication strategy the most innovative in the category, followed by Uber Eats and then Swiggy. Late mover disadvantages Almond Branding’s Founder and Director, Shashwat Das, thinks the reasons for Uber Eats’ downfall has more to do with the business model and category dynamics rather than its communication strategy. “The two largest incumbent players in the market, Swiggy and Zomato, were already half-way to the top by 2017 and had by now exclusively tied up with major restaurants. Uber had to hence rely on heavy discounting to acquire and retain users and deep discounting strategy is never sustainable as consumer keeps benefiting but none of the market players win in the battle of dominance. Last-mile delivery is an operations-heavy, low-margin business where most of the startups failed due to lack of knowledge, field experience, and funding,” notes Das. “Uber knows from its cab hailing experience that any app brand that is not number 1 or 2 in the country it operates in, will find it difficult to be a successful and profitable business. In any app-based delivery brand, only ONE brand remains top-of-mind for consumers, with one more kept as backup. There is rarely room for a #3,” seconds Chandramouli. Some of the restaurants in India still offer free home delivery with no price caps and Das thinks the food market isn’t easy to crack. Downloading more apps, building new relationships and settling for lesser pay cuts did not make a stronger pitch for restaurant partners either. “Once an app signs up a merchant, a regular flow of business determines what importance the delivery app holds for the restaurant. Plus, the incumbents had more focus, spend-power and aggression than Uber Eats. With Uber Eats India accumulating more losses than Uber, its cab hailing sister-concern, added to the pressure from international investors after their poor IPO, the only good option for Uber was perhaps to cut losses and focus on their core,” says Chandramouli. Developing a distinct identity While Uber Eat’s core idea was to piggyback on Uber’s image and use its established network, Chandramouli suggests that this wasn’t a smart move as it affected Uber’s disruptor position. “I think they should have launched the food-delivery business under a different brand. Truly speaking, Uber's cab hailing app was always recognized as an innovator and leader, but by launching Uber Eats, it almost seemed like a me-too, copycat brand, losing its innovator positioning. Another risk of extending the Uber brand to this new business was that cab hailing apps business required a more involved and intimate decision of the consumer, which a food-delivery app did not,” he elaborates. Thanks to Swiggy and Zomato’s heavy funding, they had the bandwidth to innovate and offer discounts. However, their core focus is food delivery and Uber’s, on the other hand, is mobility. Das thinks this could be one of the reasons why it was sidelined and cut at the source when it fell loose. “Even though Uber Eats was launched with much fanfare, Uber couldn’t focus on it as much as its competitors. Clearly its core mobility ambitions in India were its top priority. Cab hailing companies like Ola and Uber after having burnt their fingers in this cash-guzzling sector saw more merit in focusing on their core rather than the side businesses,” says Das. Was it a smart move for Zomato? As per media reports, Uber will get a 10% stake in Zomato in a deal that values Uber Eats at $300-350 million. "It was a bad deal for Zomato I think, giving away stock worth 300 million USD, to a company struggling to stay afloat. I think Swiggy will gain from this. And for Uber, of course, this seems to be their long term strategy of buying into local food compaines," says Shubho Sengupta, Brand Consultant. "There is no economic crisis for those who order on Zomato. They are in the top 15% earners of this country," adds Sengupta. All eyes on Swiggy and Zomato While Dunzo and Food Panda also exist in the battleground, the horse race will continue between two stalwarts Zomato and Swiggy. This consolidation, experts opine, will bring some more financial discipline, nudge them to be more creative and source the much needed tech support from their parent companies.

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Shares of Info Edge (India), one of the shareholders in Zomato, on Tuesday gained over 3 per cent after the <keyword id="2066292" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="online-food-ordering">online food ordering</keyword> platform acquired the India business of <keyword id="4427948" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="uber-eats">Uber Eats</keyword> in an all-stock deal. Shares of Info Edge (India) rose 3.47 per cent to trade at Rs 2,676.10 per unit on the BSE. On the NSE, the stock gained as much as 3.2 per cent to Rs 2,675.
 Zomato on Tuesday said it has acquired the Indian business of Uber Eats in an all-stock deal that will give Uber 9.99 per cent stake in the Indian food delivery and restaurant discovery platform.
 Uber Eats in India will discontinue operations and direct restaurants, delivery partners, and users of the Uber Eats apps to the Zomato platform, effective Tuesday, as per a company statement.
 In a regulatory filing to BSE, Info Edge (India) - a shareholder in Zomato - said its shareholding in Zomato will stand reduced to about 22.71 per cent on fully converted and diluted basis upon closing of the transaction. RUJ ANS
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 All you have to do is follow these simple steps to get your free Zomato Gold subscription: <ul><li>Make sure you have both Zomato and Uber Eats apps installed on your phone. </li><li>Now open the Uber Eats app and login to your account. </li><li>Tap on the ‘Go to Zomato’ button. </li><li>In the Zomato app, login with the same email address and phone number that you’ve used in Uber Eats. </li><li>You will get three months of Zomato Gold added to your account. </li></ul>Note: This offer is only available for Uber Eats users, not existing Zomato users. However, our investigations suggest that this offer is working for existing Zomato users as well. If you are unable to claim the free Zomato Gold offer, try logging out of the Zomato app and going through the above steps once again. It is recommended that you have the latest updates of both the apps installed. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/uber-couldnt-do-what-ola-did-instead-sells-ubereats-to-zomato-to-leave-behind-swiggy/articleshow/73468841.cms">Uber couldn’t do what Ola did – instead joins hands with Zomato to leave behind Swiggy</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/ola-is-shedding-flab-getting-a-makeover-as-it-rides-to-a-big-bang-ipo-in-2-years/articleshow/72292401.cms">Ola is shedding flab and getting a makeover as it rides to a big-bang IPO in 2 years</a>

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New Delhi, Jan 21 () Zomato on Tuesday said it has acquired the Indian business of Uber Eats in an all-stock deal that will give Uber 9.99 per cent stake in the Indian food delivery and restaurant discovery platform.
Uber Eats in India will discontinue operations and direct restaurants, delivery partners, and users of the Uber Eats apps to the Zomato platform, effective Tuesday, a statement said.
In a regulatory filing to BSE, Info Edge (India) - a shareholder in Zomato - said its shareholding in Zomato will stand reduced to about 22.71 per cent on fully converted and diluted basis upon closing of the transaction.
The deal comes days after Zomato had raised USD 150 million in funding from existing investor Ant Financial, an Alibaba affiliate, at a USD 3 billion valuation. 
"We are proud to have pioneered restaurant discovery and to have created a leading food delivery business across more than 500 cities in India. This acquisition significantly strengthens our position in the category," Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal said.
Uber Eats, which entered India in 2017, has about 26,000 restuarants listed on its platform from 41 cities.
Zomato's restaurant discovery and food delivery platform has information for over 1.5 million restaurants across 24 countries and serves more than 70 million users every month.
Discussions between Zomato and Uber have been on for months. Facing stiff competition from Zomato and Swiggy, Uber Eats had been making losses.
Uber had projected an operating loss of Rs 2,197 crore in its food delivery business for the five months through December 2019, according to a valuation report prepared by KPMG affiliate BSR and was part of regulatory filings.
According to sources, Uber Eats India business contributed three per cent of the global gross bookings but accounted for over 25 per cent of adjusted EBIDTA losses for the first three quarters of 2019.
With the sale of the food business in India, Uber can now focus on the rides business and driving it towards profitability, one of the persons said.
"India remains an exceptionally important market to Uber and we will continue to invest in growing our local Rides business, which is already the clear category leader. We have been very impressed by Zomato's ability to grow rapidly in a capital-efficient manner and we wish them continued success," Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, said in the statement. SR RUP

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New Delhi, Jan 21 () Uber Technologies Inc has sold its loss-making online food-ordering business in India, Uber Eats, to Zomato in exchange for a 9.99 per cent stake in the Indian food ordering platform.
 Uber Eats in India will discontinue operations and direct restaurants, delivery partners, and users of the Uber Eats apps to the Zomato platform, effective Tuesday, the two companies said in statements.
 Neither company gave financial details.
 Started in 2017, Uber's food-delivery business in India has lagged market leaders Nasper-based Swiggy and Jack Ma's Ant Financial-backed Zomato. Another player Foodpanda, which was acquired in 2017 by ANI Technologies Ltd that also owns ride-hailing app Ola, too struggled to consolidate its user base. 
 "We have acquired Uber Eats India and with this development, we are the undisputed market leaders in the food delivery category in India," Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal wrote in a blog. "Through this deal, Uber Eats India users now become Zomato users."
 Zomato is a restaurant review, restaurant discovery, food delivery and dining out transactions platform that provides information for over 1.5 million restaurants across 24 countries and serves more than 70 million users every month.
 Goyal, who is also the CEO of Zomato, said: "We are proud to have pioneered restaurant discovery and to have created a leading food delivery business across more than 500 cities in India. This acquisition significantly strengthens our position in the category."
 Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber, said India remains "an exceptionally important market" to Uber and the firm will continue to invest in growing local rides business.
 "We have been very impressed by Zomato's ability to grow rapidly in a capital-efficient manner," he said. "Our Uber Eats team in India has achieved an incredible amount over the last two years."
 Zomato's orders per month may go up by as much as 10 million to 50 million after the deal.
 The deal marks possible consolidation in the highly competitive and price-sensitive online food delivery market where most players are in the red.
 In a regulatory filing to the BSE, Info Edge (India) - a lead shareholder of Zomato and owner of Naukri.com brand - said its shareholding in the food delivery startup will stand reduced to about 22.71 per cent upon closing of the transaction.
 The deal comes days after Zomato had raised USD 150 million in funding from existing investor Ant Financial, an Alibaba affiliate, at a USD 3 billion valuation.
 Post money valuation of Zomato is USD 3.55 billion, sources in the know of the matter told , adding that this transaction will add to a total of over 50 million orders per month on its platform, giving it around 55 per cent market share.
 On accessing the Uber Eats app, users were shown a message saying they can still use Uber Eats if they are traveling outside India.
 Discussions between Zomato and Uber have been on for months. Facing stiff competition from Zomato and Swiggy, Uber Eats had been making losses.
 Uber had projected an operating loss of Rs 2,197 crore in its food delivery business for the five months through December 2019, according to a valuation report prepared by KPMG affiliate BSR and was part of regulatory filings.
 According to sources, Uber Eats India business contributed three per cent of the global gross bookings but accounted for over 25 per cent of adjusted EBIDTA losses for the first three quarters of 2019.
 With the sale of the food business in India, Uber can now focus on the rides business and driving it towards profitability, one of the sources said.
 They also said that 245 full-time employees of Uber Eats will be affected and some of these people could be absorbed in other roles in Uber. SR AKT ANZ MKJ

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New Delhi, Jan 21 () Shares of Info Edge (India), one of the shareholders in Zomato, on Tuesday erased its early gains and settled nearly 2 per cent lower.
 Shares of Info Edge (India) rose 3.47 per cent to touch intra-day high of Rs 2,676.10 per unit on the BSE. However, it ended the day with a loss of 0.23 per cent at Rs 2,583.20.
 On the NSE, the stock gained as much as 3.2 per cent during the day to Rs 2,675. The scrip closed in red at Rs 2,545, down 1.80 per cent over previous close.
 Zomato on Tuesday said it has acquired the Indian business of Uber Eats in an all-stock deal that will give Uber 9.99 per cent stake in the Indian food delivery and restaurant discovery platform.
 Uber Eats in India will discontinue operations and direct restaurants, delivery partners, and users of the Uber Eats apps to the Zomato platform effective Tuesday as per a company statement.
 In a regulatory filing to the BSE, Info Edge (India) - a shareholder in Zomato - said its shareholding in Zomato will stand reduced to about 22.71 per cent on fully converted and diluted basis upon closing of the transaction. RUJ SHW
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San Francisco, Leading ride-hailing platform <keyword id="1042120" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uber">Uber</keyword> has laid off about 185 workers -- about 15% of total workforce -- at its food delivery service <keyword id="1744104" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="PostMates">Postmates</keyword>. Uber acquired Postmates in July last year for $2.65 billion, after it failed to buy rival food delivery service Grubhub. The company plans to further integrate Postmates' infrastructure within its <keyword id="4427948" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="uber-eats">Uber Eats</keyword> segment, reports The New York Times. The latest move will see "Postmates founder and CEO Bastian Lehmann depart the company, along with most of its executive team", the report said on Sunday. The company said that bookings in its Uber Eats division rose 135 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2020. Uber Eats now has 560,000 <keyword id="34615" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="restaurants">restaurants</keyword> on its platform, including about 30% of restaurants in the US. Uber Eats continues to remain behind its rival food delivery service DoorDash, which went public in December. Zomato last year acquired Uber's Food Delivery Business in India in an all-stock deal worth $350 million or ₹2,500 crore, Uber had 9.99% stake in the Deepinder Goyal-led food delivery platform. Uber CEO <keyword id="1550747" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dara-Khosrowshahi">Dara Khosrowshahi</keyword> had said that the Uber Eats team in India has achieved an incredible amount over the last two years. "India remains an exceptionally important market to Uber and we will continue to invest in growing our local Rides business, which is already the clear category leader," said Khosrowshahi. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/an-american-electric-car-maker-explains-why-it-took-a-different-route-than-elon-musks-tesla-tata-motors-or-mahindra/articleshow/80442243.cms?upcache=2">An American electric car maker explains why it took a different route than Elon Musk’s Tesla, Tata Motors or Mahindra</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/mrs-bectors-shares-are-down-32-from-the-peak-post-listing-analysts-say-it-is-still-overpriced/articleshow/80430865.cms">Mrs Bectors shares are down 32% from the peak post listing — analysts say it is still 'overpriced'</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/budget/news/indias-co-working-sector-wants-recognition-under-real-estate-tax-benefits-as-flexible-workspaces-aim-for-a-significant-revival-in-the-post-covid-era/articleshow/80431768.cms">India’s co-working sector wants recognition under real estate, tax benefits as flexible workspaces aim for a significant revival in the post-COVID era</a>

Uber lays off 185 employees from Postmates, two months after it acquired the food delivery startup in the US

Associated PressUber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.<ul class="summary-list"><li>Uber Eats will reportedly sell its Indian business to a local rival, Zomato, for $400 million.</li><li>According to TechCrunch, Gurugram-headquartered Zomato could receive between $150 million and $200 million of investment from Uber as part of the deal.</li><li>Zomato, which also aggregates restaurants and operates in many countries around the world, is thought to be close to finalizing a $600 million funding round.</li><li>A spokeswoman for Zomato declined to comment, while Uber did not immediately respond to Business Insider's comment request.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/international?r=US&amp;IR=T">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.</a></li></ul>Uber will reportedly sell its Indian Uber Eats business to local rival Zomato for $400 million.That's <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/15/ubereats-india-zomato/">according to TechCrunch</a>, which claims negotiations are at "advanced stages." Reports of Zomato's possible acquisition of Uber Eats' Indian business first emerged last month.Uber itself may retain ties with Zomato by investing between $150 to $200 million in Zomato and a "sizable stake" in the firm, the report adds. Business Insider has contacted Zomato and Uber for comment. Uber did not immediately respond, while a Zomato spokeswoman said the firm "doesn't comment on rumors and speculations."Though <a href="https://www.zomato.com/about">Zomato has a global presence and has existed since 2008</a>, it is headquartered in the north Indian city of Gurugram, and thereby represents a domestic competitor to Uber Eats.ZomatoZomato CEO Deepinder Goyal has grown Zomato thanks to an unusually high number of funding rounds.Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said last month that <a href="https://fortune.com/2019/11/04/uber-eats-new-growth-strategy-q3-earnings/">where his company can't reach the number one or number two</a> position in the food delivery market, it will leave.Uber Eats entered India relatively late, in mid-2017, and was never able to seriously challenge Zomato's presence, with <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/15/ubereats-india-zomato/">a source telling TechCrunch</a> that its daily orders peaked at 600,000 in comparison to Zomato's daily total of more than 1 million. Uber is also facing stiff competition in the Indian ridehailing space against local rival Ola.Zomato is also <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/22/prosus-ventures-india-food/">reported to be finalizing a fresh fundraise</a>, thought to hover in the region of $550 million. <a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zomato#section-funding-rounds">According to Crunchbase</a>, the firm - which also publishes customer reviews of restaurants - has already raised over $750 million across 15 funding rounds.The latest, <a href="http://www.kreoscapital.com/delivery-hero-leads-zomatos-new-funding-round/">a Series J fundraise of $62 million in March</a>, continued the firm's unusual approach of staging lots of incrementally larger funding rounds, without ever seeming to contemplate an IPO.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/future-of-retail?IR=T&amp;itm_source=businessinsider&amp;itm_medium=ctgr_bii&amp;itm_term=ctgr_leadgen&amp;itm_content=uber&amp;itm_campaign=future-of-retail-2"></a> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-that-died-this-decade-aim-vine-moviepass-2019-11">Tech that died this decade</a></h3>

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Food delivery platform Zomato on Tuesday refuted reports that the company is in talks with Gurugram-based grocery delivery platform Grofers to acquire it for nearly $750 million. Flush with funds, Zomato has partnered Grofers for the delivery of essential items – along with other FMCG and grocery stores -- to meet the surge in demand amid social distancing and nationwide lockdown that has now been increased till May 3. In a statement shared with IANS, Zomato said that the company has partnered with Grofers, along with other FMCG companies, local groceries stores and modern retail chains, to pilot its grocery delivery service. "We are not aware of any other conversation with Grofers," a Zomato spokesperson added. After initial hiccups, Zomato has started grocery delivery in over 80 Indian cities with supplying essentials like aata, dal, milk, vegetables and items. According to Prabhu Ram, Head-Industry Intelligence Group, CyberMedia Research (CMR), companies are looking at creative pivots to stay relevant by pursuing new growth opportunities on the back of the new coronavirus pandemic. "Expanding into near adjacencies is a given for companies, such as Zomato. From Zomato's perspective, a partnership or acquisition of Grofers would provide it a good leg-up in its competition with Swiggy to win big in the grocery delivery segment," Ram told IANS. Online food and grocery retail is expected to touch $10.5 billion by 2023, according to a recent report by Bengaluru-based market consulting firm Redseer. Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal who is bullish on online delivery of essential items, has said that their delivery network in the country is only second to India Post. "We we are putting in every effort to make sure that we put it to good use to serve the community. We'd like to thank the government authorities, grocery stores, FMCG companies &amp; other start-ups that have come forward to partner with us and support the community in this endeavor," Goyal said recently. Zomato is currently valued at nearly $3.2 billion while Grofers' valuation is around $650 million. Menlo Park, California-based Sequoia Capital is a common investor in both the delivery platforms. Zomato in January acquired Uber's Food delivery business in India – UberEats -- in an all-stock deal for nearly Rs 2,500 crore. Uber has 9.99 per cent stake in the Goyal-led food delivery platform. Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, the largest investor in Grofers, is also likely to pump in around $100 million in Zomato. Media reports said last week that Zomato has raised $5 million from British investment manager Baillie Gifford's Pacific Horizon Investment Trust. Zomato earlier raised $150 million from existing investor Ant Financial, an affiliate of Alibaba. The company has also launched the ‘Feed the Daily Wager' initiative to support and ensure meals for workers at construction sites, shops, restaurants, delivery staff, and local transport systems who earn on daily basis. As part of this campaign, the food delivery giant is providing ration kits to the daily wager communities that are currently unable to support their family's food requirement.

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