Kozmo.com and Zagat Survey Announce Agreement to Serve Up Surveys to Kozmo Customers

Business Wire, Oct 16, 2000

Food & Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2000

Kozmo.com announced today a marketing and distribution agreement with Zagat Survey, the premier provider of consumer survey-based dining, lodging and leisure information.

Beginning in October and over the next several months, Kozmo customers in six cities will receive a Zagat Survey questionnaire along with their Kozmo order. Participants will vote on the restaurants that they've visited in their city during the past year and then return the completed questionnaire to Zagat. All Kozmo customers who vote and return the completed questionnaire by the survey's deadline will receive a free copy of the resulting Zagat guide when it is published.

Through this agreement, Zagat will promote Kozmo on www.zagat.com, while Kozmo will sell and promote Zagat Survey products in the eleven cities Kozmo serves. Kozmo will distribute questionnaires to Kozmo customers in Houston, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston and Los Angeles.

Gerry Burdo, president and acting CEO of Kozmo.com, said, "This partnership with Zagat Survey enhances the value Kozmo delivers to our customers every day and illustrates our ability to reach a wide audience through delivery to the home or office. People nationwide rely on Zagat Survey for the most comprehensive information on fine dining. Now Kozmo customers will be able to voice their opinions about their favorite restaurants and share them with thousands of other people in their hometown."

"We are pleased to partner with Kozmo on this initiative that will help us reach even more diners across the nation. Diners trust our content because it's based on the comments of many -- not the review of one," said Tim Zagat, co-chair of Zagat Survey. "Our partnership with Kozmo extends our brand to Kozmo's time-starved customers, allowing us to create an even more comprehensive guide."

About Kozmo.com

Since launching in 1997, Kozmo.com (www.kozmo.com) has revolutionized the online shopping experience by combining the promise of the Internet with the convenience of e-mmediate delivery. We provide instant gratification by delivering thousands of items from our Web site to our customers in under an hour: videos, DVDs, CDs, books, magazines, meals, snacks, drinks, electronics, home essentials and health and beauty aids. Backed by a nationwide distribution network of dedicated employees, and guided by a proprietary fulfillment system developed by our own engineers, Kozmo now serves 11 cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and our hometown of New York.

About Zagat Survey

Zagat Survey is the world's premier provider of consumer survey-based dining, lodging and leisure information. Over 125,000 voters participate in Zagat's annual Surveys. Zagat offers content in book form, on the Internet at www.zagat.com, on Palm Pilot OS and on mobile phones at mobile.zagat.com. Besides restaurant guides available in 45 major markets, Zagat offers surveys covering airlines, car rental companies, hotels, resorts, spas, nightclubs and a host of other entertainment and shopping resources. Zagat Survey is a privately held corporation founded by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979. For more information, visit www.zagat.com.