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'Fine-dining' at home: ITC, Marriott, Taj plot their way out of pandemic

Five star hospitality chains have launched new food and delivery labels to service customers at home. Does this strengthen, or dilute their brands?

Zomato delivers two-fold jump in revenue at Rs 2,960 cr in FY20

The earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) in the last financial year stood at around Rs 2,200 crore, Zomato said in its performance report.

Swiggy integrates Scootsy to deliver premium culinary pick-ups in Mumbai

Swiggy acquired Scootsy in 2018 for around Rs 50 crore and had said at that time that the Mumbai-based firm will continue to operate as an independent app after the acquisition

Uber Technologies eyes Postmates in $2.6-billion deal, plans expansion

Postmates is alternatively exploring various paths to go public

Amazon expands its pantry service to more than 300 cities in India

In the last few months, Amazon has added hundreds of towns like Bharatpur, Bilaspur and Mirzapur to help customers order groceries online and get safe doorstep delivery.

Brands turn to packaging and presentation to gain trust, confidence

Packaging innovations that ensure safety and damage-free, clean delivery are emerging as new avenues for brand building

Are cloud kitchens and delivery the future of India's food industry?

Cloud kitchens are essentially low-cost models where kitchens in places with cheap real estate are rented out, and from which deliveries are fulfilled mostly through an aggregator.

Swiggy unveils 'Jumpstart Package' to assist restaurants in resuming ops

Swiggy said important elements such as safety kits required for implementing hygiene protocols, and business booster programmes that improve visibility will be offered at heavily subsidized rates

Tata group's IHCL to foray into home delivery of food and beverages

The Tata group's hospitality arm posted an over 24 percent jump in net profit for the year ended March at Rs 363.74 crore, as compared to Rs 296.12 crore in the previous fiscal.

From PepsiCo to Britannia, brands step up to the digital storefront

Pepsi, Coke, Britannia, Kwality Walls and a host of other brands line up for e-stores on delivery apps, rethink visual identities, and the retail experience

A brand new local world

As India goes from Lockdown 4.0 to Unlock 1.0, anxiety about health, finances and family continues to be the overriding emotion for those stuck at home

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

Zomato to show separate restaurant ratings for delivery and dining

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

Direct to home

Doorstep delivery is the biggest opportunity thrown open by the coronavirus crisis. Inevitably, new leaders will emerge in this landscape

A catalogue of wants

Here's a catalogue of some of these

MakeMyTrip partners premium hotels to launch online delivery service

With dine-in experiences coming to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic-triggered lockdown, the company aims to bring culinary experiences from top restaurants to the doorstep of customers

An unclear path

Lockdown extension will increase economic uncertainty

Covid-19 outbreak: Now, place online orders in some districts amid lockdown

Though the new guidelines clearly spell out that only delivery of essentials will be allowed in red zones, permissions for orange and green zones are still not spelt out clearly

Brands get creative with customer engagement to stay relevant amid crisis

New services, new offers, new alliances and with a little help from technology, brands reimagine their relationship with consumers

UK's competition regulator clears Amazon stake in coronavirus-hit Deliveroo

Amazon.com Inc led a $575 million fundraising in Deliveroo last May, making what the two parties called "a minority investment" and pitching it against Uber Eats and Takeaway.com