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Grab Philippines continues to widen its geographical footprint as it offers its food delivery service GrabFood to more cities and municipalities in the provinces of Bulacan (Meycauayan, Marilao, Bocaue, Malolos, Baliuag, San Ildefonso, San Miguel, and Pulilan), Cavite (Tagaytay, Maragondon, Amadeo, and Gen Emilio Aguinaldo), and Laguna (San Pablo, Santa Cruz, Santa Maria, Sinoloan, Mabitac, Famy, Pakil, Pangil, Paete, and Magdalena). This comes after regular feedback from residents in these areas, requesting for Grab to offer its services so that they too can have access to everyday value, safe and hygienic food delivery service as well as livelihood opportunities.
As many Filipinos continue to stay at home due to the continuing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, GrabFood has been their partner for their everyday meals and cravings. With GrabFood now available in more areas across the country such as Bulacan, Cavite and Laguna, more consumer can easily discover new and exciting Food and Beverage (F&B) concepts within these areas or simply order from a wide range of popular fastfood chains. Apart from providing everyday value and convenience to consumers, GrabFood's expansion will create much-needed livelihood opportunities for local merchant and delivery partners - contributing to the socio-economic recovery within these areas.
Grab Philippines will extend its support to help merchant partners go and thrive online to local businesses in new areas. Local business owners can look forward to actionable insights that will help them better tailor their business offerings and seize untapped market opportunities, online tools and solutions to help them better digitalize such as the Grab Online Shop and Campaign Packages, as well as programs like Grab's Annual Merchant Conference, Grab Merchant Academy, and the upcoming financial literacy program in cooperation with the IFC, to help their business become more resilient and thrive amidst changing market conditions. Grab Philippines will also welcome delivery partners from new cities and municipalities to get vaccinated in the Grab Makati Vaccination Center. Delivery partners will also benefit from Grab Philippines' partner support programs such as the GrabCare Package, an assistance program for driver and delivery partners ranging from calamity aid, hospital assistance, emergency top-up and educational assistance for their children; and Ka-Grab Kamustahan Sessions, a virtual town hall meeting attended by Grab Philippines representatives and driver and delivery partners to help address the ladder's challenges and brief them on relevant business updates.
Safety and hygiene will continue to be a key priority on the Grab platform. To help minimize the risk of contacting COVID-19 through the platform, Grab Philippines is implementing GrabPerfect in the aforementioned new cities and municipalities. GrabPerfect is a robust suite of tools, policies and procedures aimed to ensure utmost safety and health practices across the Grab platform. As part of GrabProtect, all food deliveries in Bulacan, Cavite and Laguna will continue to observe a contactless delivery policy for the benefit of both consumers and delivery partners. As part of Grab's ongoing efforts in raising the safety and hygiene standards in the Philippine food delivery industry, merchant and delivery partners in Bulacan, Cavite and Laguna will undergo food safety and hygiene training from specialized learning modules co-developed by the Food Safety and Hygiene Academy of the Philippines (FoodSHAP) and Grab Philippines. These modules will include proper food handling and delivery as well as proper sanitation of delivery vehicles and gears.
