Zomato has acquired TongueStun Food, a Bangalore-based online food caterer and aggregator for corporate spaces. The deal was reportedly a cash-and-stock deal valued at $18 million. A Zomato spokesperson told MediaNama that the "capabilities" of the TongueStun app will be included within Zomato; and that the foodtech startup, which has so far focused on reaching individual customers directly, will follow the TongueStun model to cater to corporate workspaces. Over time, we will also include the capabilities of the TongueStun app within Zomato, thus providing another very high frequency use case for our users – that is to order food for pickup from their cafeterias using the Zomato app. .... with the help of TongueStun we hope we’re able to delight our users at their workplaces as well. This market is very high frequency, and customers are very sticky - as they…
