A PARTNERSHIP between Grab and Unilever highlights the bigger responsibilities of both companies during this pandemic. While Grab has been instrumental with bringing our essentials right at our doorstep, the hygiene products of Unilever have been helping us keep the virus at bay. To ensure the utmost safety and hygiene at every stage of the food delivery life cycle, Unilever will be providing GrabFood merchant partners and delivery partners with hygiene kits, which includes Lifebuoy sanitizer and Cif multi-purpose cleaner. The products will be used by the partners in their respective restaurants or stores, whether for quick personal sanitation by staff members and drivers, or deep cleaning protocols within the establishment.

“Building trust across communities and consumers is a way to move forward from the challenging situation that we’re all facing right now. With our well-loved and effective hygiene and sanitation brands like Lifebuoy and Cif, we hope that families and individuals continue to trust and rely on the safe meal delivery services of Grab Philippines,” said Ed Sunico, Unilever’s VP for Communications, Southeast Asia. This campaign aligns with Unilever’s Malasakit for All, an effort launched in March 2020 to support communities, partners, and employees during these times. Among the initiatives included are providing hygiene relief packs to hospitals, NGOs, and affected groups nationwide.

The Safer Meals Philippines campaign also aligns with Grab’s broader safety and hygiene program — GrabProtect, which includes a robust suite of policies, steps, and tools to ensure safety and hygiene across the Grab platform. This would include the encouragement of cashless payments, and contactless deliveries between customer and driver. “Keeping our communities safe is core to everything we do at Grab, and we are fortunate to find a partner in Unilever that shares this philosophy and be able to make a difference through our Safer Meals Philippines campaign. At the onset of the community quarantines, we have witnessed our demand in food delivery double as Filipinos rely on food delivery services to provide them with nourishing and comforting meals while staying at home,” said EJ Dela Vega, GrabFood Philippines Head.

“We must remain committed to doing so — safely and hygienically. We believe that by working with Unilever to raise the bar of safety and hygiene in the food delivery industry — apart from providing safer meals to our customers, we continue to protect the lives and support the livelihoods of the many communities who depend on us in these trying times,” said Mr. Dela Vega.

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