New Delhi: Twitter erupted with witty one-liners and hilarious memes as food delivery and restaurant aggregator platform Zomato announced acquisition of Uber’s food delivery business, Uber Eats, in India in an all-stocks deal Tuesday.
While some Uber Eats customers appeared confused and worried over the transfer of their Uber Eats credits and usage of existing promo codes, others said they preferred the app over Zomato for its offers.
Will they transfer my outstanding amount in Uber eats to Zomato ???
Don't do that da… ?#mykavalai #Zomato #Uber https://t.co/ZVqYasccuH
— Sunil (@TweetsOfSunil) January 21, 2020
What should one do with #ubereatspromocode ?#Zomato #uber
— Bhakti K. (@Buckteeee) January 21, 2020
#UberEats acquired by #Zomato I don’t like zomato ☹️ & had uninstalled Zomato coz of poor service. Besides they dont have Cash on delivery option. How stupid!! Every app- Swiggy etc has it @ZomatoIN & BTW what happened to the credits that I had in my Uber account?? @UberEats_IND pic.twitter.com/imD7tUkNIz
— Rosy (@rose_k01) January 21, 2020
Deepinder Goyal, founder and CEO of Zomato, said via Zomato’s official blog post Tuesday: “We have acquired Uber Eats India and with this development, we are the undisputed market leaders in the food delivery category in India.”
The deal, worth approximately $350 million, was done through an all-stocks transaction. Uber gets 9.99 per cent ownership in Zomato after this deal. Uber Eats has discontinued operations in India from Tuesday, redirecting all restaurants, delivery partners and customers of the app to Zomato.
Hilarious one-liners such as “Zomato eats Uber” and puns like “least complicated Uber Eats” also flooded Twitter.
We Eat @ZomatoIN
But#Zomato Eat #UberEats ?? pic.twitter.com/QjtIMvbSes— Aravind Chaudhari અરવિંદ ચૌધરી (@aravindchaudhri) January 21, 2020
#Zomato buys uber eats
Common man be like pic.twitter.com/b8ssOaXnbH— Jwalin (@Jwalin9) January 21, 2020
Some also took a dig at Swiggy, hinting that it could be next-in-line in Zomato’s line of buyouts.
Swiggy right now after zomato bought uber eats .#zomato pic.twitter.com/YEy1DkgfvN
— Furiosa on Mimosa (@FuriosaOnMimosa) January 21, 2020
Many also took the opportunity to remind people that home-cooked meals were better than takeaway food.
#Zomato may have bought #UberEats but no one can make Rajma Chawal like Mom! pic.twitter.com/OFYJbTIotX
— Anjali B. (@TheWayfarerSoul) January 21, 2020
Some loyal customers of Uber Eats expressed disappointment over the acquisition and criticised Zomato for its “delivery charges”. A few sentimental goodbyes to Uber Eats were also made.
#Zomato sucks at food delivery, delivery charges/ taxes are always high and customer care services are pathetic#UberEats was so much better
— धैर्या (@LuthraDhairya) January 21, 2020
https://twitter.com/iamdebmaj2/status/1219525812610748419
Thank you @UberEats_IND for all the good things. Luckily I ordered one last meal before its sold to Zomato ?. You will be missed #UberEats ? pic.twitter.com/zFjJ31rhMT
— Rizwan Siddiquee (@BinaryGru) January 21, 2020
HEARTBREAK https://t.co/6YVTVERCvL
— Akshay Parvatkar (@camera_wala) January 21, 2020
https://twitter.com/senpinkesh/status/1219451976695472128
https://twitter.com/imspidermonkey/status/1219454220639834113
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