Competition always brings benefits to customers. I am actually very often ordering food delivery. For me personally, I would prefer to grab rather than foodpanda after years of using it before switching to grab. The main point of the changes was that foodpanda never took the customer complaint seriously. I had a lot of unhappy experiences with foodpanda, and I believe it is not only me because I saw many complaints about foodpanda in the newspaper. The delivery fee for Grab is more expensive than foodpanda but is worth it. Their service is consistent, and they pay attention to their customer. Sooner or later, foodpanda will be replaced by grab even with or without a price war. I always believe that if a company provides good service and pays attention to the customer , pe
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