Grofers revenues jump 136% to Rs 339 million even though losses widen

Online grocery seller Grofers widened its losses further even though the company’s revenues went up by almost 136 per cent to Rs 339 million in 2016-17, indicating that the sector is still burning money towards discounts and delivery. According to the company’s filing with the Registrar of Companies sourced from business intelligence platform Paper.vc, the company’s losses grew 19 per cent over the previous year to Rs 2.6 billion.
 
The firm continued to burn cash as expenses in 2016-17 touched Rs 3.02 billion, a 26.2 per cent growth over the previous year. However, the good point is that losses