Not about food or religion, says Zomato founder amid delivery workers' strike

Zomato delivery workers in Howrah, which is near to Kolkata, have resorted to protest saying they would not deliver food containing beef or pork.

Goyal has urged the staff not to get "distracted" by the stir which he claimed is not taking place across the state. He stated the stir is against the revision of rate cards for delivery partners which take place after order density increases.

The founder's mail has been quoted by NDTV, "Our delivery partners keep earning the same amount of money after the rate card correction, and our unit economics become better, making the business more sustainable. This allows us to expand and continue to create more employment opportunities for more delivery partners."

"Occasionally, a handful of delivery riders don't understand the rate card corrections and start protesting against the change. In this case in Howrah, instead of constructive engagement with their local Zomato execs, these riders approached a local politician and deliberately framed the issue incorrectly," Goyal wrote.

Few days ago, a Zomato user had cancelled an order as it was about to be delivered by a Muslim man. However, Zomato had strongly reacted to the reason given by the user for cancelling the order saying, "Food has no religion".

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