Swiggy and Zomato, India's top delivery platforms, are branching out beyond core food and grocery services. Swiggy's 'Yello' marketplace and Zomato's concierge model lead new initiatives
Deepinder Goyal-led Zomato clarified to the BSE that although the CCI initiated a preliminary investigation in April 2022, no findings or orders have been issued against the food delivery platform
To curb food wastage, Zomato's 'Food Rescue' initiative allows cancelled orders to appear on the app for customers located within 3 km of the delivery partner holding the order
The CCI documents are not public, in line with its confidentiality rules, and were shared with Swiggy, Zomato and the complainant restaurant groups in March 2024
The CCI found that Zomato signed 'exclusivity contracts' for lower commissions, while Swiggy promised business growth to restaurants listing exclusively on its platform
The Rs 2,000-crore acquisition was finalised in Q2, with Shreyas Srinivasan leaving Insider in August and marking his last day at Paytm on Monday
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal on Monday said the company has delisted the vendor responsible for putting "incorrect packaging date" on mushroom packets that were found during an FSSAI inspection at the Hyperpure warehouse in Hyderabad. During the inspection, a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) team had reportedly found future-dated mushrooms at the warehouse concerned. Goyal clarified that the incorrect packaging date on the 90 button mushroom packets was due to a "manual typing error on the vendor's side". "Hello all - just want to clarify that the fssai team noted that 90 packets of button mushrooms had incorrect packaging date - these were already identified by our warehouse team and were rejected during an inward QC. This is not usual, and was due to a manual typing error on the vendor's side. Still, the concerned vendor has been delisted from our database. At Hyperpure, we have stringent inward guidelines and tech systems that helped our teams to identify this ..
India's quick commerce sector has seen an astonishing growth rate, with sales increasing by more than 280 per cent over the past two years
Swiggy does not want a bad IPO, a source said. Its last funding round, led by Invesco, valued it at $10.7 billion in 2022
Zomato has communicated that its festive season hike is temporary, whereas Swiggy has not offered any such clarification
Zomato said that hiking platform fees was not a rumor, as the source of information mentioned in the article is the Zomato mobile application itself.
With a reported order volume of 647 million in FY23, the Re 1 increase could add Rs 65 crore to Zomato's annual revenue
Zomato reported a 388 per cent year-on-year rise in second quarter net profit at Rs 176 crore, from Rs 36 crore in the year ago period
The company has also received approval from its board of directors to raise up to Rs 8,500 crore via QIP of equity shares
The company also approved raising up to Rs 8,500 crore via the issue of shares in a qualified institutional placement
Goyal, who has long expressed interest in health and wellness, has previously invested $10 million in Alpha Wave-backed Ultrahuman-a startup that makes health tracking wearables
In Q2, investors will monitor any change in guidance from Zomato/Blinkit and the 'District' scale-up strategy
The levy of such a fee is part of the state govt's draft notification on Platform-based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024
Zomato share price: Zomato's fundraising plans come ahead of rival Swiggy's initial public offering (IPO)