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Online food ordering and delivery service Swiggy opened its first remote kitchen in the Marthahalli locality of Bengaluru, providing restaurant partners with space to service localities where they are not present.Dubbed 'Swiggy Access' the company is looking at the initiative to offer more choices to customers in areas where there is a mismatch of demand and supply. The company is also looking at utilising the centres to service more customers with its own in-house restaurants."Over the years Swiggy insights have helped us understand that people from several parts of our cities long for a much better selection of food, including their favourite restaurants in their neighbourhood," said Sriharsha Majety, founder and CEO of Swiggy, in a statement. "With Swiggy Access we are diversifying local palettes, bridging geographical gaps in supply and solving for variety, quality and convenience of food."Swiggy will not charge restaurants any rent for utilising the space, but will charge them ...