Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal recently responded to a LinkedIn post, criticizing the food delivery platform for an extra fee on vegetarian food deliveries. LinkedIn user Rohit Ranjan shared a post highlighted the new “extra charge” on vegetarian orders, calling it a “luxury tax” on vegetarians. He expressed his frustration, saying Zomato had turned vegetarian food deliveries into a “premium subscription plan.” Following the backlash, Zomato CEO replied to the post, saying the company will remove the fee and “fix what’s needed to fix in the team so that such s**t doesn’t happen again.”
Here’s what the LinkedIn user wrote
Sharing a screenshot of his bill, Ranjan wrote, “Being a vegetarian🌽🥬🥑🥝 in India these days feels like curse! Zomato’s latest masterstroke—introducing an “extra charge” for the veg enablement fleet—has officially turned us into a premium subscription plan.
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He also thanked rival food delivery platform Swiggy for its equal treatment of all food options.
“Thanks, Zomato, for proving once again that being veg is now a luxury tax!l Zomato, Deepinder Goyal hashtag#herbivores hashtag#luxurytax hashtag#vegetraiantax hashtag#curse Thanks Swiggy for treating us equally,” he added.
What Zomato CEO replied
Replying to the post, Goyal said “This is absolutely stupid on our part. I am super sorry for this. This charge will be removed today itself. Will also fix what’s needed to fix in the team so that such s**t doesn’t happen again.”
Rajan replied tp Goyal saying “Deepinder Goyal Thank you once again to stepping in and saving us! What truly surprised me during this journey was successfully driving this idea from the ideation phase to execution while also securing senior stakeholder approval.”
