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Week 20/01/2025

?? What’s New at Boolanga?

?? Food Delivery

Rise of food delivery empire. Today, 56,000 online food orders are delivered every minute in China (Xinhua).

Swish, a 10-min food delivery startup, settles for smaller fundraisers even as the market heats up (Moneycontrol).

Food delivery apps gets 1.5 crore orders of Mahaprasad from Mahakumbh (Times of india).

Hunger games: Competition in quick food delivery heats up (Live Mint).

Set sensible food delivery deadlines for riders, p-hailing service providers told. While we all want our food to be delivered hot and quickly to our homes, the short delivery deadlines of these orders are putting severe strain on p-hailing riders (The Star).

Food delivery app joins the mission of reducing hunger and food wastage. To minimise food waste across its value chain and addressing hunger, leading food delivery app announced its inaugural partnership with the Robin Hood Army (RHA (The Times of India)?

Swiggy incorporates a sports subsidiary to go beyond food and grocery delivery. The move is aimed at amplifying brand recall especially as sports resonate with diverse age groups (Mint).

Global Food Delivery Software Market Size, Share and Forecast By Key Players. According to the Market Research Intellect, the global Food Delivery Software market is projected to grow at a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.04% from 2024 to 2031 (OpenPR).

Swiggy, Zomato may cut back on food discounts. The burden of discounts has largely fallen on restaurants, which often pay 5–10% of order value for promotions to secure visibility (Financial Express).

Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal responds to criticism of food delivery platform’s new ‘Veg mode enablement fee’. New “Veg mode enablement fee” in Zomato has sparked outrage online, with users calling it a “luxury tax” for vegetarians (Financial Express).

Mahua Moitra demands Rs 1,220 refund from Swiggy over spoilt ice-cream. Here's how the food delivery platform responded (Economic Times).

Grubhub integrates with Olo Dispatch for wider delivery options. Olo Dispatch selects the most efficient delivery provider and is known for its automated matching technology (Verdict).

?? Q-Commerce

Zomato invests ?500cr in its quick commerce division Blinkit. Notably, the latest investment in Blinkit comes after Zomato raised ?8,500 crore in a successful Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) in late November (News Bytes App).

Just 10 mins! Amazon Now quick commerce service available in Bangalore app location? (ET Now News)

?? Grocery Delivery

Amazon expands same-day grocery delivery to Orlando. Orlando is the second city in the U.S. that Amazon is providing same-day grocery delivery, according to a news release (Observer).

Deliveroo credits grocery delivery with ‘driving growth’ for the whole business. Deliveroo believes its retail expansion into pet food, health and beauty products, and even fashion items will “pay dividends in years to come” (Marketing Week).?

Ulta taps Instacart for same-day delivery. Through the partnership, customers can receive beauty products in as little as one hour (Supply Chain Dive)

Tesco hires Deliveroo chief to lead Whoosh. Francesca Jones had spent just over three years with the aggregator app, initially in management roles for Deliveroo’s on-demand grocery offering Hop, and most recently as the company’s global head of strategy for site operations (The Grocer).

?? Delivery Tech

Crackdown on ‘ghost kitchens’ operating illegally. They are the secretive food delivery services that boomed during Covid – but now local councils and the food authority are busting ghost kitchens wide open (The Daily Telegraph)

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