Title – Feeding the hungry surfers: www.justeat.in Subject area – Services marketing. Study level/applicability – This case can be taught effectively to MBA/MS students. The case provides students with an opportunity to closely examine various marketing activities and to understand how problems associated with intangible services can be dealt with by using effective integrated marketing communications. Case overview – On March 1, 2011, JustEat, the world's largest and premium online food ordering and table reservation portal, acquired a 60 per cent stake in India's premium online food ordering and table reservation portal – Hungryzone. Following this, Hungryzone was rebranded as JustEat.in. Ritesh Kumar Dwivedy, Founder and CEO of Hungryzone and now the CEO of JustEat.in, soon faced some challenges that cropped up as a result of this new development. Rebranding and the scalability of operations with the existing resources were the major causes of concern. To overcome these problems, JustEat.in undertook several marketing initiatives and in the process implemented innovative ideas like JustConnect Terminal; introduction of the global JustEast mascots Belly and Brain to replace the existing mascot Aloo Patel of Hungryzone; and various innovative promotional activities to promote JustEat.in. The case highlights the issues and challenges faced by the management. Finally some significant challenges yet to be resolved are posed. What should be done to deal with the problem of poaching of customers by partnering restaurants? How should JustEat.in ensure that the partnering restaurants do not perceive it as their competitor in spite of the fact that registering with JustEat.in helps increase their revenues by 10-15 per cent? How should JustEat.in convince popular restaurant chains to register with it keeping in mind the fact that they are already facing excess demand situations? Expected learning outcomes – The case is designed to enable students to understand: the concepts associated with delivering services through electronic channels; communications and the services marketing triangle; key service communication challenges; the integrated services marketing communication mix; strategies to match service promises with delivery; and the services branding model. Supplementary materials – Teaching notes are available; please consult your librarian for access. Close