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Zomato faces backlash after announcing plans to deliver food in 10 minutes

Food-delivery giant Zomato Ltd is facing a backlash on social media for its plans to roll out a 10-minute food service

Zomato ends 66% higher against issue price; m-cap crosses Rs 1-trn mark

The market capitalisation of the company touched Rs 1.08 trillion in intra-day trade today

How hyperlocal delivery firms are helping a new breed of home chefs thrive

Well networked, they deliver packaged food swiftly, at the right temperature and under stringent hygiene and safety protocols; they also reach medicines, clothes and documents to the customer

Swiggy is closing $800-mn fundraising round, CEO informs employees

Falcon Edge Capital, Think Investments, Goldman Sachs are among the new investors in the food delivery platform whose valuation is nearing $5 bn

Swiggy announces Covid-19 vaccine cover for 200,000 delivery partners

Swiggy, the on-demand delivery platform on Wednesday announced that it will vaccinate over 2,00,000 delivery partners against Covid-19

How Ankit Nagori is finding the right ingredients for Eat.Fit to succeed

A failed venture, a tryst at Flipkart and the blow of the pandemic all provided learnings to the IIT grad, who is now well on his way to make his enterprise a success story

Swiggy revamps 'Super' premium subscription service

This comes in a bid to deliver greater value to more users

India's food-tech start-ups adding exciting new flavors to home-cooking

An entire section of working professionals, students and even senior citizens are dependent on home food service providers for their daily meals

Zomato to pay more to delivery partners, absorb fuel price rise impact

Swiggy also planning fuel-related incentives for riders

Zomato revises delivery partner remuneration to accommodate fuel price hike

The firm said it restructured its delivery partner remuneration to factor in the fuel price hike, a move that will increase their earnings by 7-8 per cent

Zomato's valuation crosses $5.4 billion, after raising $250 million

Ahead of its expected IPO, investors such as Kora, Tiger Global and Fidelity have made fresh investments in the Deepinder Goyal-led foodtech company

Traders' body urges govt to probe Chinese investments in Indian startups

In a letter to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, CAIT shared a list of 141 prominent Indian startups claiming they have significant Chinese investments

Zomato's FY20 revenue grows 105% to $394 mn, loss rises 6% to $293 mn

The Gurugram-based firm had cut 13 per cent jobs in May due to the impact from Covid-19

Dhindsa explains how Covid-19 lockdown proved to be opportunity for Grofers

Grofers co-founder Dhindsa has made a name for himself in the food delivery sector

Drone operators gear up as DGCA grants permission for delivery trials

The 13 consortia that have been made the cut need to perform long-range flying tests for 100 hours each and submit the reports to the aviation regulator by the September last week

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