Zomato introduces new ‘food rescue’ feature to avoid wastage, Deepinder Goyal says ‘cancelled orders will now…’

A new feature by food delivery app Zomato intending to cut food wastage plans to provide cancelled orders at greatly reduced prices. The 'food rescue' plan comes amid 4 lakh orders getting cancelled a month.

Deepinder Goyal said the new initiative “food rescue” aims to tackle more than 4 lakh “perfectly good orders” cancelled on a daily basis by customers.

Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal has introduced "Food Rescue," a new feature aimed at reducing food wastage from canceled orders. Nearby customers can claim canceled orders at discounted prices, with proceeds shared between the original customer,

More than 400,000 orders are cancelled by customers on the platform per month for multiple reasons despite a no-refund policy, according to Goyal. Cancelled orders will appear for customers located within a 3 km radius of the delivery partner carrying the order.