The food service provider Zomato to provide its takeaway service to restaurants at zero commission. The food delivery platform on Wednesday said it is making takeaway service available for free to its restaurant partners to cope with the growing demand. “We will not be charging any commission, and will also forego the payment gateway charges we incur on all takeaway orders,” Zomato said in a statement. “Takeaway on our app has witnessed tremendous growth with the order volume increasing by more than 200 per cent in the last few months,” it added. 

“More than 55,000 restaurants are already live for takeaway and we are serving tens of thousands of such orders weekly,” said Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal. “To help the restaurant sector, we will also forego the payment gateway charges incurred on all such orders,” CEO tweeted. Zomato said it is at 110% of pre-Covid gross merchandise value (GMV) run rate in the food delivery business. 

The company reports that it has delivered over 13 crore orders since the first lockdown started in March, and there have been zero reported cases of COVID transmission through food or its packaging highlighting the concern on safety. 

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