BigBasket opens central warehouse in Hyderabad

Online grocery retailer BigBasket.com announced the start of same day delivery of orders in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad with the opening of a central warehouse.

This is the third city after Bangalore and Mumbai to have this facility. In the coming months, the company expects to establish its presence in Pune, Chennai and the National Capital Region.

“The opening of the warehouse is a significant milestone for our operations in Hyderabad,”  BigBasket.com chief executive officer, Hari Menon, stated in a press release here on Friday.

“Same day delivery has now become a necessity for today’s time-strapped customers and we expect most of our customers to use this service consistently,” he added.

According to the company, BigBasket is currently getting more than 5,000 orders per day and is growing at a rate of more than 30 per cent a month on the back of a rapidly-expanding customer base of more than 70,000 in Hyderabad.

With a catalog of over 10,000 products, including fresh fruits and vegetables, grocery and staples, meats, personal care, and home and kitchen products, the company stated that it delivered everything a household may need.

Started in December 2011, BigBasket.com runs its own end-to-end logistics. From procurement to warehousing to delivery, a fleet of their own delivery vans and a team of 500-plus people manage everything in-house.