Page 8 - Food Delivery In India

Restaurants turning to tech-aided food delivery to minimise health risks

Food delivery giants such as Swiggy and Zomato are also aggressively coming up with new technologies and innovations to address the huge disruption in their business models

Amazon forays into food delivery, sets up direct fight with Swiggy, Zomato

Tech giant's food delivery service comes when major players in the space are reeling from Covid-19 impact

Swiggy starts home delivery of alcohol amid lockdown; begins from Ranchi

To ensure safe delivery of alcohol in compliance with applicable laws, Swiggy has introduced measures such as mandatory age verification and user authentication to complete deliveries

Zomato to show separate restaurant ratings for delivery and dining

Firm also working on weeding out fake or paid reviews using machine-learning algorithms

Amazon takes on Swiggy, Zomato; rolls out food delivery services in India

Amazon launched its Prime services in India in 2016 and already offers services such as video and music streaming as well as grocery delivery in many cities across the country

Jubilant FoodWorks: 'Delivery is king', but overall sales crucial for stock

Firm expects softness in dairy prices to offer comfort

Consumers reluctant to visit restaurants amid Covid-19: LocalCircles Survey

87% citizens do not want to visit a restaurant in the next 30 days; 25% consumers say they will order restaurant food via food delivery apps

Swiggy follows Zomato, lays off 1,100 as coronavirus dashes business

Swiggy said the core food delivery business has been severely impacted and will stay impacted over the short term, but is expected to start growing again after that

Rebel Foods woos consumers with temperature check of staff, healthy food

With over 350 kitchens, Rebel Foods said it is able to deliver food across the nation even under the current circumstances

Before change in FDI rules, Chinese invested millions in Indian tech firms

Between January and April 2020, Chinese companies and US hedge funds raised their stakes in Byju's, Paytm and many other billion-dollar Indian technology companies

New feature on Zomato lets users monitor temperature of delivery partners

The startup is already doing contactless delivery where customers can opt to allow the delivery partner to leave the package outside their home, ensuring no human-to-human interaction

Tamil Nadu govt prohibits food delivery to contain spread of Covid-19

In the list of commercial and private establishments that are exempted from restrictions include e-commerce, pharmaceutical, and other essentials

Technology flavours the click and bait game at Zomato and Swiggy

From delivery-only restaurants to mapping every minute of the delivery process, brands lean in on tech and not just discounts, to woo users

Zomato bolsters its ship with UberEats as Indian food-tech scouts a shore

In a tough environment, Zomato's expensive purchase shows how its strategy is different from Swiggy's as both compete to attract Softbank amid global investors' proxy food wars in India

BrandWorks: Swiggy partners eateries to launch exclusive delivery brands

The aim is to cater to a gap in the food delivery requirement of particular areas

India's online food delivery industry to touch $8-bn mark by 2022: Report

Peer or network advocacy (52%) played a critical role in drawing people to try online food ordering for the first time

Restaurants likely to fight back as food ordering apps plan commission hike

While restaurants are trying to confirm the rise in commissions, they feel they might have to stop using these services altogether if there is an increase.

Swiggy to invest Rs 75 crore in two years for cloud kitchen expansion

The food-tech firm already has 1,000 cloud kitchens in 14 cities, the highest by any player

Trouble cooking? GrubHub, Uber Eats get pushback from restaurants on fees

But some restaurants think otherwise and have begun pushing back against what they see as the relationship's unfair distribution of profits

Ola bets big on food biz, to launch portfolio of in-house food brands

Ola's food business will focus on becoming a food-first company with a massive kitchen infrastructure and a slew of brands