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Dineout celebrates the onset of cricket season with their 4th edition of ‘Predict & Win’, promotes #KheloIndiaKhaoIndia

Sep 19, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Dineout, #Mr. Ankit Mehrotra, #Predict & Win, #Unlock 4.0

As restaurants across the country re-open for business with Unlock 4.0, Dineout – India’s largest dining and restaurant tech company has unveiled the 4th edition of their popular app gamification campaign Predict & Win for the upcoming T20 cricket season. For a country whose religion is cricket, this game season will revive a sense of entertainment and hope after almost 6 months of lockdown and boredom. With the theme of #KheloIndiaKhaoIndia, they are sending out a clarion call to the entire nation where both cricket fans and non-fans can participate to win big.

Dineout is using this opportunity to re-engage and retain customers to their platform and also help their restaurant partners bring back business. Users can participate by predicting the winning team and match scores for every match on the Dineout app to win up to Rs. 450 daily. The winnings can be used by participants to pay restaurant bills and receive discounts on dine-in, takeaway and home delivery across 10000 #SafeToEatOut restaurants, thereby providing the much-needed footfall push at restaurants. They are also giving weekly grand prizes like Club Mahindra 3N/4D Holiday packages, 1-year subscription of cure. fit live membership and Skullcandy Uproar Wireless Headphones to leaderboard winners. To increase the participation in the game, one can invite friends and family to play along and their combined winnings can help win in case of a tie.

Check out their video where they are promoting the cricket season with #2020KaCureT20: https://youtu.be/dSHcvaXxa-I

Announcing the official launch of the 2020 edition of Predict & Win, Mr. Ankit Mehrotra, CEO & Co-Founder – Dineout said, “Indians generally find their escape from their daily lives through 3 avenues – Cricket, Food & Cinema, and there has never been a longer lay-off from these popular means of entertainment. With travel and cinema not opening any time soon, Dining out will be the biggest means of leisure in the near future! Moreover, Indians can not wait to return to restaurants and watch their favourite cricketers and teams in action again to return to the good times with Dineout’s Predict & Win.”

Dineout’s Predict & Win first started in 2018, was a pioneer in creating app gamification for sporting events, the first one being for the Football World Cup. In their last edition, the campaign attracted close to 42 lakh predictions and a whopping Rs. 104 crore cashback was given by Dineout. This year, with safety and hygiene being the utmost priority, Dineout is ensuring discovery of restaurants with #SafeToEatOut tags, contactless dining services along with instant discounts using their digital payment service Dineout Pay.

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Dineout equips Home bakers and chefs with Digital menus and Home Delivery Services

Sep 8, 2020 by Gouri Achary 0 Comments #Ankit Mehrotra, #CEO & Co-Founder, #Dineout

The pandemic has led to a surge in demand for home-cooked food and a consequent rise in demand for food prepared by local home cooks/bakers. Dineout’s B2B arm, ‘inresto’  will allow Home cooks to share the digital menu link with their customers via the Order Food button on Instagram and Facebook profiles, Whatsapp and SMS allowing them to place orders in a few clicks. Customers can make the payment online and can also get food delivered at their doorstep using the link making the entire journey seamless for both, the Home baker and the customer. 

Once the customer places an order through the link provided by the home chef, the order confirmation is sent to respective Home cooks on immediate basis and to the delivery executive to fulfill the order. Customers receive the notifications via SMS and can track the delivery in real-time. For delivery, ‘inresto’ is integrated with logistics partners such as Dunzo and Shadowfax making Home Cooks self-sufficient and independent of aggregators. 

Along with enabling delivery logistics for Home Cooks, order widget solutions from inresto also promotes ordering through Instagram and Facebook. By adding a button on Instagram profile and stickers on stories, the widget allows Home Cooks and restaurants to get direct orders from Instagram and Facebook. The widget gives Home Bakers the opportunity to retarget their customer base through the data collected and helps them manage their economies better by saving on commissions. The order widget provides payment integration for Home Chefs by making the entire payment experience digital and hassle-free.

Ankit Mehrotra, CEO & Co-founder, Dineout, said, “We’re excited to serve diners with home-cooked meals with the convenience of doorstep deliveries through our order widget solution for Home Cooks/Bakers. Our White Labelled solution will help Home Cooks connect with more customers without worrying about the logistics of delivery and payments.”