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Now, JioMart is asking users to use WhatsApp to order groceries for a delivery time of a few hours to a day
This facility will offer customers a wide-variety of close to 400 regional grocery products across more than 100 categories including household supplies, staples, tea, snacks and beverages
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BigBasket served a total of 8.5 million households enabled by a fleet of 35,565 delivery partners
Controlling about a third of India's online grocery market, Bigbasket was acquired by Tata last year
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The fresh-food category, witnessed a surge in demand, especially from tier-2 and -3 cities
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In August, Swiggy said it had witnessed a 16-fold growth in orders in the 12 months to June, with Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad ordering more items than the whole population of Canada
Also, despite heightened competition from quick commerce players, revenue of food and grocery retailers will be higher by 38% over FY20
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Some 62,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables were ordered on Instamart during the past year. This is the weight of about 15,500 Asian elephants, Swiggy said
New e-commerce players have set a hawk-eye focus on the latest dynamic trends to ensure success for years to come
BigBasket expects GMV to grow 30% to Rs 13,000 cr in FY23 with quick commerce push; will scale up offline stores from 90 to 695 in a year, will double footprint to 70 cities
Flipkart Grocery currently offers 7,000 products in 1,800 cities covering 10,000 PIN codes, served by 23 fulfilment centres spread over an area of 2.75 million sq ft
Due to limited financial and operating data, and intense competition, we forecast Blinkit to turn profitable only by FY27. Thus, he path to profitability for Zomato may get extended from FY25 to FY26
The online grocer plans to expand its footprint to 70 cities this fiscal year, from about 37 now.