Uber launches UberEATS in Delhi; partners with 200 restaurants at launch

UberEATS. Reuters.[/caption]"Partnering with over 200 restaurants in South Delhi, Delhiites can now order their local favourites from restaurants like Barista, Moti Mahal, Pita Pit, and Dimcha," Uber said in a statement.Earlier this year, Uber had launched UberEATS in India starting with Mumbai. It then extended the service to Gurugram in June. UberEATS is Uber's attempt to bite into the food delivery market that is currently dominated by the likes of FoodPanda, Swiggy, and Zomato in India.Started in 2014 as a small delivery pilot in Los Angeles, UberEATS was later launched as a separate mobile app in Toronto in December 2015. Since then, it has been expanded to 27 countries covering over 45,000 restaurants globally, including India.Previously, the global ride-hailing platform Uber had begun its food delivery business in Mumbai, under UberEATS and had partnered over 200 restaurants."The introduction of UberEATS in India, with Mumbai as the first city to go live with its food delivery service is a major step in our global expansion strategy," Bhavik Rathod, head of UberEATS India had told PTI.He had also added,"We are looking to scale to other big cities including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata among others going forward, but we don't have a timeline at present."