(Reuters) -Indian food and grocery delivery platform Zomato said on Thursday it will rename the company to "Eternal" and unveiled a new logo, a move that comes more than two years after it began using the new name internally.

Deepinder Goyal’s rebranding of Zomato to Eternal has caused a stir on social media, with users expressing sadness and confusion. Goyal explains that the name change reflects the company’s expansion,

The Zomato app and brand name will remain unchanged. Blinkit grew materially larger than Zomato’s food delivery business in the past year. A number of analysts estimate that Blinkit will grow to account for as much as 70% of the group’s value in the coming year.

The announcement sparked a wave of reactions on social media, with many users expressing confusion about whether the change would affect the Zomato food delivery platform.

As Zomato rebrands as Eternal to reflect its expansion beyond food delivery, Invezz examines how rebrands by giants like Google and Facebook have performed.

Zomato's announcement to rebrand its parent company to Eternal took the internet by storm. As the the move left netizens guessing about the fate of their favourite food delivery service, Zomato has shared clarification on the matter.

The board of directors at Indian online food delivery company Zomato has approved renaming the company as Eternal. The move was disclosed by the company in a recent Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) filing with the stock exchange.

"When we acquired Blinkit, we started using 'Eternal' internally to distinguish the company from the brand/app. Today, with Blinkit, we feel that something beyond Zomato is driving our future," Goyal said.