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Within a day of announcing its new 'pure veg fleet', Zomato received media backlash with customers raising concerns over driver safety and misidentification of delivery partners in red uniforms
After facing a backlash online from a section of people over the launch of the "Pure Veg Mode" service, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal on Tuesday said the food delivery platform will "roll it back in a heartbeat" in case there is a negative social repercussions. In a long late night post on X, Goyal also sought to allay concerns that Zomato's regular fleet may be barred by some societies and RWAs. "There's an opinion that some societies and RWAs will now not let our regular fleet in. We will stay alert for any such cases and work with these RWAs to not let this happen. "We understand our social responsibility due to this change, and we will not back down from solving it when the need arises," he said. "Please note that this Pure Veg Mode, or the Pure Veg Fleet doesn't serve or alienate any religious, or political preference," he clarified. Goyal elaborated upon the reason behind introduction of the company's "Pure Veg Mode" service. "But why did we need to separate the fleets? Becaus
Zomato founder and chief executive officer Deepinder Goyal on Tuesday announced the launch of a 'Pure Veg Mode' along with a 'Pure Veg Fleet'
Meanwhile, food delivery at the end of Q3 FY24 had a revenue of Rs 2,025 crore, and Blinkit clocked Rs 644 crore
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal on Monday said the company's culture of embracing disruption and being paranoid in order to evolve and stay ahead, is driving innovation in its business. He hinted that in one year's time Blinkit could be bigger than Zomato. Goyal - who is counted among India's growing tribe of celebrity founders - said the mantra for Zomato is "how do we disrupt our own businesses" and not become complacent. Speaking at the Startup Mahakumbh event, Goyal said "Zomato has a business plan competition going within the company, which is going to offer funds to a small team which will disrupt the businesses that we are in, and that could lead to Zomato version 5 or Blinkit version 2." Blinkit - the quick commerce platform - itself is part of Zomato 'version 4' he said, adding "in one year's time Blinkit could be bigger than Zomato, so I don't know how long Zomato will have its own relevance." During a fireside chat with Info Edge founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Goyal said the
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal on Monday advised entrepreneurs to be led by passion and drive while building the company of their dreams, and cautioned that starting a venture with the sole desire of making money won't work and may lead to "bad governance calls". Speaking at the Startup Mahakumbh event, Goyal spoke candidly about how his own company prefers to be always paranoid to stay ahead. Complacency should not kick at any point of time, he asserted. "I see a lot of founders starting a lot of companies, and I ask them why did you start this company, and the answer is 'I want to make a lot of more money'...I don't think that works because that leads to bad governance calls... that's not the purpose with which you should start a company," he said while addressing a packed hall. He advised aspiring and new entrepreneurs, "You should be so passionate about something, you should be willing to risk your life for it, only then you are able to build a company of your dreams " "That's the
While Bengaluru, New Delhi, and Mumbai saw the highest number of orders among the metros, cities such as Jaipur, Chandigarh, and Ahmedabad too witnessed significant demand
Earlier, Bloomberg had reported that Zomato had made an offer to acquire Shiprocket
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Zomato Managing Director & CEO Deepinder Goyal on Tuesday clarified that the company has "absolutely nothing to do" with a viral video in which a woman is seen riding a motorcycle without helmet dressed as a delivery partner of the online food delivery firm in Indore. In a post on X, Goyal said, "Hey! We had absolutely nothing to do with this. We don't endorse helmet-less biking. Also, we don't have a 'Indore Marketing Head'." He was responding to a post by an user of X, who posted a video of a woman dressed as a delivery partner of Zomato riding a high-end motorcycle carrying the company's delivery bag. "Indore #Zomato marketing head had this idea. He hired a model to drive around with an empty zomato bag for one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening. @zomato is on a roll...," posted the X user with handle @rajivmehta19. The video had gone viral with over 15 lakh views. Goyal in his response added, "This seems to be someone just "free-riding" on our brand. Having said
Zomato that the new feature will allow customers to "seamlessly express gratitude for their food deliveries, an option that was limited to traditional dining-in experience
In FY23, the company's loss fell to Rs 971 crore from Rs 1,209 crore in 2021-22
Says more than 200 staffers have spent over seven years at the company; Many are on their second (and third) stint, and have been around since 2011 or 2012
For the Q3FY23 the company's losses widened over five times at Rs 346.6 crore. Loss for the same quarter last fiscal was at Rs 63.2 crore
Media reports say 10-minute biz struggling; company denies, says it is just being rebranded
In a farewell note, Gupta said that it was an honour for him to see the company grow leaps and bounds
Company to soon roll out delivery bags with this number printed on them, says no penalty on riders for delay in delivery, no rewards for reaching order on time
Goyal and other senior execs of the firm wear the official red Zomato t-shirt once a quarter and deliver orders, revealed Sanjeev Bikchandani of Naukri.com and an investor in Zomato