Logistics platform prioritizes interest of delivery partners

LEADING online food and grocery platform foodpanda partnered with Pag-IBIG Fund to ramp up efforts to provide “Ka-panda” delivery partners access to government benefits and social protection.

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Rizalino Acuzar and Pag-IBIG Fund communications. Gone are the days of SMS messaging and client calls on the landline. Everything now, even communications, is mobile. Many companies are consolidating, but keeping everyone connected is a hurdle when lacking the tools required to support change.

CEO Marilene C. Acosta welcomed delivery riders into the growing membership of the Home Development Mutual Fund.

“We believe that our delivery riders, whose service and perseverance have been vital in our daily lives, particularly during the pandemic, deserve the best that Pag-IBIG Fund can offer,” Acosta said. Under the agreement, Ka-panda delivery partners and the delivery freelancers of other online platforms will have better access to Pag-Ibig benefits, including the Regular and MP2 Savings programs and affordable home loans.

Businesses that have clear knowledge of their purpose tend to negotiate their terms with suppliers, especially tech and software providers, the communications expert says.

“And what we’ve done is we’ve brought together these help desk technologies to IT service management, making it easy for organizations to manage and support employees and customers. And then we’ve also bought the business communications capabilities together to form now what is go to so we have that within sort of the single brand and the single housing,” Brown says. What is available in Southeast Asia,

Many SMBs are quite wary of software vendors and the set of disruptive products they offer, mainly due to their inability to stretch finances and bring the software they need to level up.

Many SMBs are struggling as hybrid work isn’t easy and security is a big challenge. They always think about ways where they can save money, which in many ways, is similar to other countries within Southeast Asia.

“There’s a lot of pressure on prices, inflation is really continuing to rise. So it’s getting more and more difficult for SMBs to do things. And so SMBs want to save money. They need to think about how they can consolidate the IT stack, save money there and think about how they can still continue to engage their customers the right way. And that’s definitely the proposition that GoTo provides is helping them consolidate, save and be able to engage with your employees through business communications and IT management and support,” Brown says.

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During the ceremonial launch of the “Pag-IBIG Asenso Rider Raffle Promo,” foodpanda Logistics Philippines president Lhecks De Castro urged Ka-pandas to take advantage of the initiative.

“This is a good opportunity for our Ka-pandas and all delivery freelancers to realize the importance of securing their future and retirement,” he said, commending Pag-IBIG for recognizing and reaching out to the freelance delivery service sector.

Aside from Pag-IBIG, the leading online food and grocery platform has been working with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to ensure that Ka-pandas have access to affordable house financing, health insurance, and availment of other government services and benefits, despite being individual contractors.