Zomato, an online food discovery and ordering platform have acquired a Bengaluru-based startup TongueStun Food, which aggregates caterers and restaurants for office canteens. Deepinder Goyal, co-founder & CEO, Zomato said in a blog post, “Welcoming TongueStun to Zomato — I am thrilled to announce Zomato’s acquisition of TongueStun.”

“This Bangalore-based startup is the biggest player in the corporate cafeteria sector, currently active in 6 cities (Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, and Gurgaon/Noida). It caters to 1500+ companies which include a number of large organizations like IBM, Accenture, E&Y, Sony, Genpact, 3M, Mindtree and Deloitte.” he further added.

He also claimed, “Tonguestun is the largest player in the segment. On a daily basis, more than 150,000 meals are provided to office-goers thanks to TongueStun’s affiliation with 1000+ food partners.”

Tonguestun was founded by Manjunath Ramakrishnan in 2012. For Zomato, the acquisition of TongueStan marks its 12th such deal, as the Gurgaon-based company had earlier acquired hyperlocal logistics startup, Runnr, last year to add more firepower to its delivery services in its intense fight with Swiggy.

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