UberEATS Launched In India, Gives Tough Fight To Zomato, Swiggy

After much anticipation, Uber has finally launched its food delivery app UberEATS in India giving a tough competition to other prevailing apps like Swiggy, Food Panda as well as Zomato. Mumbai was chosen as its first destination to get started. Currently, UberEATS has partnered with as many as 200 restaurants in and around the Financial Capital of India.

Bhavik Rathod, Head of UberEATS India told: “The introduction of UberEATS in India, with Mumbai as the first city to go live with its food delivery service, is a major step in our global expansion strategy.”

He also added saying that they are looking to scale up its services to other cities like Chennai, Kolkatta, Bengaluru as well as Chennai.

Food prices will be set by the restaurants according to the dishes and UberEATS plans to charge a minimal amount of Rs.15 per delivery, moreover, there is no minimal order size. The app will be serving on all the seven days a week and at all times of the day.

UberEATS in an interview told that it will take a minimum of 35 minutes to deliver the food, with 20 minutes for preparation and 15 minutes for delivering.

Restaurants all over the city can partner with Uber without having to hire professionals of their own. Basing this app, the restaurant managers can control the availability of dishes on the menu and also monitor the number of orders.

Uber too confesses that it will help restaurants to generate more revenue and assist them with data analytics to make faster deliveries.

Headquartered in San Fransisco, California and the United States, UberEATS was launched in 2014 by the same Travis Kalanick and Garret Camp.

What is pending is to see how this newly launched app manages to deliver food on given time despite having unsolvable traffic issues on the Indian roads.