Indian ride-hailing firm Rapido has added its food delivery service, Ownly, to its foremost app in Bengaluru. Customers can now order meals by the Rapido app whereas additionally accessing its bike taxi, auto-rickshaw and cab companies.

Ownly was launched as a standalone app and operates throughout Bengaluru. Rapido mentioned the platform has partnered with practically 20,000 eating places.

The corporate describes Ownly as a zero-commission service as a result of it doesn’t cost eating places a proportion of every order. It mentioned the mannequin permits eating places to retain extra of their earnings whereas providing clients menu costs with out hidden platform expenses.

“Ownly was created to resolve one of many largest structural challenges in meals supply, making the enterprise work higher for eating places with out compromising buyer expertise. Our zero-commission mannequin has proven that eating places can retain extra of each order whereas clients take pleasure in trustworthy pricing with out hidden platform charges,” Rapido and Ownly co-founder Aravind Sanka mentioned.

Sanka mentioned integrating Ownly with the Rapido app would make the service accessible to tens of millions extra customers whereas supporting a meals supply system based mostly on “transparency, equity and long-term sustainability”.

India’s ride-hailing consumer base is almost twice the dimensions of its on-line food-ordering consumer base. It sees a possibility to introduce meals supply to individuals who already use its transport companies however haven’t beforehand ordered meals by an app.

Ownly makes use of Rapido’s current rider community for deliveries. It helps decrease logistics prices and enhance rider utilisation in periods of weaker demand for passenger journeys.

The mixing expands Rapido’s presence in India’s meals supply sector, which is dominated by Swiggy and Everlasting-owned Zomato.

As a part of the rollout, new Ownly customers are being supplied a 50% low cost, capped at Rs 100, on their first order.