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NRAI plans legal action against Zomato, Swiggy over 10-min delivery apps

Both Zomato and Swiggy have defended their quick delivery services and are working to dispel fears of data exploitation

Swiggy Instamart expands to 75+ cities, unveils plans for standalone app

Swiggy Instamart will continue to be available on Swiggy's unified app

Swiggy launches Swiggy Serves; aims to distribute 50 million meals by 2030

Swiggy kickstarted partnership with a few restaurant partners such as Dana Choga Restaurants, Biryani by Kilo, Dosa Anna, Charcoal Eats, Urban Tandoor, and Foodies Cart, amongst others

Swiggy races 6% as Bernstein initiates with 'Outperform'; sees 29% upside

The northward move in the Swiggy share price came after reports suggested that global brokerage Bernstein initiated coverage with 'Outperform' rating on the Swiggy stock, with a target price of Rs 635

Swiggy launches new standalone app Snacc for 15-minute food delivery

The launch comes at a time when the food delivery apps in India are racing to deliver everything from biryani to hot beverages to customers' doorsteps in under 10-15 minutes

SNACC: Swiggy launches new app with 15-minute food delivery promise

Swiggy is following the industry trend of launching separate apps to target specific customer needs

Zomato enters 15-minute delivery race, taking on Swiggy Bolt, Zepto Cafe

Though not officially announced, the 15-min delivery tab has been added to select locations in Mumbai and Bengaluru

New Year's Eve 2025: Blinkit, Zepto, Swiggy Instamart hit record orders

While Swiggy Instamart recorded its largest order of Rs 70,325 from a user in central Goa, Blinkit reported an order worth Rs 64,988 from a Kolkata user

Zomato 2024 year-end report: Foodie spent Rs 5 lakh in a single restaurant

One meal at a restaurant cost a Bengaluru foodie an incredible sum of money. On a single bill, the unidentified foodie spent more than Rs 5 lakh, said Zomato, in its 2024 year-end report

Year ender 2024: After initial hiccups, 10-min food delivery makes a return

As the demand for convenience rises, instant food-delivery platforms that had shut down or scaled back operations in previous years witnessed renewed success in 2024. In this race, Ola Dash is the lat

Indians ordered an average of 158 biryanis per minute: Swiggy report

Swiggy said Biryani is still the undisputed dish in terms of demand for the 9th consecutive year as India ordered 83 million Biryanis, according to the delivery firm's yearly report

Disruptive 10-mins deliveries now spread to food businesses as well

At least five companies, including Zomato Ltd. and its recently-listed rival Swiggy Ltd., have unveiled or announced plans to offer quick food delivery in the last few weeks

Magicpin enters into quick commerce as 'magicNOW' with over 3,000 merchants

Hyper-local e-commerce firm magicpin has forayed into quick commerce for food delivery with the launch of its magicNow brand that will work for over 2,000 food brands and 1,000 merchants to start with, the company said on Tuesday. Unlike other quick commerce players, magicpin will not operate via dark stores for food delivery, the company said in a statement. "magicNOW is to provide fast food delivery within a 1.5 km to 2 km radius to maintain freshness and cuisine integrity, and will be initially launched in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi-NCR, and Pune," magicpin said. magicNOW will leverage the service of magicpin's logistic aggregator vertical -- Velocity. Under Velocity, magicpin acts as an aggregator of its third party logistics partners such as Shadowfax, Dunzo, Rapido, Porter, OLA, Zypp etc for the supply backend, consolidating all 3PL services under one umbrella for brands and its sellers. magicpin is currently offering Velocity to multiple brands including K

Food delivery economy crucial, generates large-scale employment: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the food delivery economy is very important for India as it generates large-scale employment. Addressing Zomato's 'Sustainability and Inclusivity: Role of the Platform Economy' conference, the Road Transport and Highways minister said that at present India has 77 lakh delivery workers and this number is likely to touch 2.5 crore by 2030. "Giving employment to 2.5 crore youths of this country is really a big thing for the country...The most important priority for all of us is to create jobs," he said. The minister also appreciated online food delivery platform Zomato for providing employment to a lot of unemployed youth of the country. He also expressed concerns about the number of road accidents and said the delivery boys have high chances of meeting accidents as they have to deliver the items in a limited time frame. Gadkari said that in India, 45 accidents and 20 deaths take place per hour. The maximum lives lost are between the age

Swiggy share jumps 9%, hits record as Axis Capital initiates with 'Buy'

The northward move in the Swiggy share price came after the domestic brokerage Axis Capital initiated coverage on Swiggy, with a 'Buy' rating and a target price of Rs 640 per share

Race for instant food heats up: Blinkit launches Bistro to rival Zepto Cafe

Blinkit, the quick-commerce grocery subsidiary of Zomato, launched its new app, Bistro, on the Google Play Store a day after Zepto unveiled Zepto Cafe

Food delivery aggregator Swiggy launches invite only membership, One BLCK

Available by invitation only, Swiggy One BLCK is offered at a launch price of Rs 299 for a three-month plan

Zepto Cafe to be launched as separate app next week: CEO Aadit Palicha

Zepto co-founder Aadit Palicha on Wednesday said the quick commerce platform's cafe offering, Zepto Cafe, will be launched as a separate app next week. In a post on social networking platform LinkedIn, the young entrepreneur highlighted the rapid scaling of the cafe service which has motivated the separate offering. "We're launching a separate app for Zepto Cafe next week! The team is shipping an MVP (minimum viable product) and iterating quickly, so it may not be perfect on Day 1, but it's worth it to launch fast :D "Zepto Cafe is scaling rapidly; we're launching 100+ cafes a month and already clocking 30K+ orders/day," Palicha wrote on LinkedIn. Zepto Cafe was launched in April 2022 as a division of Zepto, which itself was founded in July 2021 by Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra. Last month, Zepto announced the expansion of its cafe service to major cities through more than 120 cafes at stores across Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru, and soon in Hyderabad, Chennai, and Pune. "The ..

Swiggy Q2 results: Loss narrows to Rs 626 crore, revenue rises 30%

Its expenses grew 23 per cent as the company continued its quick commerce expansion

Swiggy expands 10-minute food delivery service 'Bolt' to over 400 cities

On-demand convenience platform Swiggy Ltd on Monday said it has expanded its 10-minute food delivery offering, Bolt, to over 400 cities and towns across India. Initially launched in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Mumbai, and Pune, Bolt is now active in cities like Jaipur, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Indore, Coimbatore, and Kochi as well, Swiggy said in a statement. Swiggy has expanded the 10-minute food delivery service to Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities such as Roorkee, Guntur, Warangal, Patna, Jagtial, Solan, Nashik and Shillong among others, it added. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have witnessed the highest adoption for Bolt followed by Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Punjab, it added. Swiggy said it is actively partnering with restaurants to optimise order prioritisation for Bolt orders that have food items with minimum or no preparation time. "To ensure safety of delivery partners, they are not informed of the distinction between Bolt and regular orders, a