foodpanda to
enter into a partnership with IRCTC
- Passengers can pre-order their meals,
chosen from a variety of options available for delivery at the opted
station
- Passengers to order meals at-least 2 hours in advance of the train
arrival, delivery to be aligned
with train arrival time at the selected station
- foodpanda to fulfil delivery at the
stations through its own delivery arm
- Consumer can choose the payment mode
to be prepaid or COD
foodpanda, India’s
largest online food ordering platform proposes to associate with Indian Railway
Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a subsidiary of the Indian Railways
that handles the catering, tourism and online ticketing operations of the Indian
railways. The association will enable consumers to order meals of their choice through
foodpanda’s aggregator model, and allow them to order from a wide variety of cuisine
options. To ensure that food reaches consumers in the best condition, foodpanda
will deploy its own delivery fleet to fulfil all deliveries.
The pilot of
this proposed association is being planned to be launched at the New Delhi
Railway station and after successful roll out in the metro city, the service
will be extended to more cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune and Chennai in due
course of time. The customers will have the choice to order meals at-least 2
hours in advance of the travel. The delivery will be aligned to the train
arrival time at the station and consumers can pay for the order in advance
online or make on the spot cash payment as per their convenience.
Speaking about
the association, foodpanda CEO Saurabh Kochhar, Said, “Foodpanda is an innovative business model which caters to an
important consumer need. Our association with IRCTC will be an offering which
addresses a huge consumer need prevailing for years. For long, consumers had
limited food options to choose from while travelling with Indian railways but
the newly launched e-catering service by IRCTC (approved by Ministry of
Railways) is set to change the way Indians eat while travelling. We are excited
to begin action with the Delhi station by December and are looking forward to
extending this offering to other stations like Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune and
Chennai in due course of time.”
Mr.
Robin Kalita, Director, Catering Services, IRCTC, “At IRCTC, it
has been our endeavour to extend best possible services to our passengers. Food
forms a very important part of the travel experience and IRCTC takes immense
care to offer healthy and hygienic food to its travellers on-board. With
progressing times, we aim to offer wider choices to our consumers and are extremely
thankful to foodpanda to have offered partnership with
us. We are happy that we will be able to offer wider food choices to our
consumers with this association and once our pilot project is successful, we
will extend the service to more locations.”
About foodpanda
foodpanda makes the process of
ordering food for delivery fuss-free, fast and fun. With
menus from 12000+ restaurants across 200+ cities in India available on its
cutting edge app & website, foodpanda, along with its partner brands
Tastykhana.in & JustEat.in, is helping people discover and order
great food every day.
For more information, please contact:
Rashika Yadav/ Garima Sharma
+91 9873471608/ +91 9899175275
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