Food delivery industry recovers to 85% of pre-Covid levels: Zomato

The development comes after the company, in August, said around 40 per cent of the dining out restaurants may not reopen at all owing to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The food delivery industry has shown strong signs of recovery, clocking 85 per cent of pre-Covid gross merchandise value (GMV), according to a report by food delivery and restaurant discovery firm Zomato. 

Delhi and Mumbai are nearing full recovery (95 per cent of pre-Covid), while metros such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai are still behind the curve (nearly 80% of pre-Covid). Some cities such as Kolkata, Patna, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, and Siliguri have recovered completely and have exceeded pre-Covid levels, said the Gurugram-based startup in its 'Mid Covid-19 report II'.

"With the ongoing IPL season and the subsequent festive season, we expect food