Swiggy, Bigbasket plan to expand liquor delivery footprint across states

Cities like Delhi NCR and Mumbai, have introduced online tokens where the consumer needs to sign up on the online portal of the states' 'respective liquor distribution agency and place an order

After a maiden foray into liquor delivery, food and grocery platforms, bigbasket and Swiggy are looking at expanding their footprint across more states as well as within the states where they are operating at present.

While Swiggy (Bundle Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) has been an early mover in the category and has started liquor delivery in West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand, bigbasket (Innovative Retail Concept Private Limited), this month received the nod from the West Bengal government to commence home delivery of liquor.

"We look forward to partnering with other state governments as and when the opportunity arises and regulations permit