Rapido's food delivery app Ownly goes live in Bengaluru
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Ride-hailing platform Rapido 's food delivery platform Ownly went live across select pin codes in Bengaluru on Wednesday. ET had reported on July 1 about Ownly's Bengaluru pilot. The company plans to scale the offering to ten cities over the next year, sources had told us then.The company is looking to take on incumbents Zomato and Swiggy by aiming to replicate its success from the ride-hailing sector, where it has dented the Uber-Ola duopoly.
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