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Hyderabad: After successfully piloting a long-haul drone for delivering medicines and other diagnostic needs, drones are now being used by food and grocery delivery companies. And Hyderabad-based startup Marut Dronetech is playing a vital role in providing drones to the food and grocery delivery company Swiggy. The logistics and delivery platform Swiggy had announced that […]
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Bengaluru: Online food delivery platform Swiggy on Friday announced it has acquired Dineout, a dining out and restaurant tech platform, for an undisclosed sum. Dineout, which serves millions across its network of 50,000 restaurants in 20 cities, will continue to operate as an independent app post the acquisition. “Times Internet and the founding team should […]
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Hyderabad: Swiggy has temporarily shut its pick-up and drop-off service Genie, as the company reportedly struggles to hire a delivery workforce and keep up with the demand. According to media reports, the Genie service has been unavailable for the past few days, mainly in major metro cities of Hyderabad, Benguluru and Mumbai. “Due to operational […]
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New Delhi: Swiggy has entered into a partnership with Garuda Aerospace to begin trial runs using drones to deliver groceries in Delhi-NCR (National Capital Region) and Bengaluru, Karnataka. The pilot project will assess the viability of using drones in Swiggy’s grocery delivery service Instamart. The drones will be used to replenish inventory between seller-run dark […]
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New Delhi: Online food delivery platform Swiggy on Monday announced the launch of an industry-first-accelerator programme for its delivery executives to transition into full-time, managerial-level jobs with a fixed salary and additional benefits. The programme, named “Step-Ahead” is aimed at giving an opportunity to those executives who want to move from their current flexible engagement […]
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Bhopal: In an alleged video which appeared on social media, a woman was seen beating up a delivery boy of online food website ‘Swiggy’ with shoes on a busy road in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district on Friday. The enraged woman beat the delivery boy in front of the people and kicked him with her shoes. […]
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New Delhi: Bike taxi aggregator platform Rapido on Friday said it has raised $180 million led by online food delivery service Swiggy. Rapido said the funds would be used to bolster technology, strengthen its teams and reach a larger audience in metros, tier 1, 2 and 3 cities to ensure last-mile connectivity. The Series D […]
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Hyderabad: Swiggy Instamart users now have the chance to return the bags that they get every time they order groceries. In an initiative announced on Wednesday across 19 cities, Swiggy has made its Instamart bags returnable. Since its launch in August 2020, Swiggy Instamart has grown to lead the market by doing millions of orders […]
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Hyderabad: Popular actor Naga Chaitanya has embarked on his entrepreneurial journey with the launch of his cloud kitchen brand ‘Shoyu’ through an exclusive partnership with Swiggy. Operating in a cloud kitchen format, Shoyu offers pan-Asian cuisine, including a wide range of delectable Japanese dishes made available to customers in Hyderabad through Swiggy. Paying due attention […]
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New Delhi: Leading online food delivery platform Swiggy is set to acquire Times Internet-backed dining out platform Dineout for close to $200 million, reliable sources said here on Monday. Dineout was also in talks with leading fintech platform Cred but Swiggy has apparently won the race. Sources told IANS that Swiggy-DineOut talks are now in […]
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Hyderabad: If you are a food lover or regularly order food online, you are going to feel the pinch when you place your next order with food aggregators such as Swiggy or Zomato. Effective January 1, food aggregators will have to collect and deposit tax at five per cent, as food vendors who are currently […]
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Hyderabad: Delivery partners and cab drivers who constitute app-based gig workers have witnessed a decline in their take-home earnings during the second wave of the pandemic. As per the Fairwork India Ratings 2021: Labour Standards in the Platform Economy report there was a decline in take-home earnings of workers across platforms as increases in work-related […]
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Hyderabad: As 2021 draws to a close, Swiggy delves into 2021’s most interesting ordering trends in India. In its sixth annual StatEATstics report, the online food ordering and delivery platform revealed that the most binged snack of the year was the desi samosa with about 5 million orders on Swiggy. Also, Pav Bhaji was India’s […]
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Hyderabad: Soft, succulent pieces of chicken coated with masala is added to layers of rice along with other spices and cooked on slow heat for hours… If this made you drool, then you must have guessed the dish by now. Yes, we are talking about the quintessential Chicken Biryani. This dish is not just Hyderabadis’ […]
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Bengaluru: Online food delivery platform Swiggy on Thursday announced to invest $700 million (over Rs 5,250 crore) in its express grocery delivery service Instamart that delivers groceries in 15-30 minutes — at a crucial time when its closest rival Zomato discontinued its in-house grocery delivery services. Launched in Gurugram and Bengaluru in 2020, Swiggy Instamart […]
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Hyderabad: What could large enterprises like Adani Wilmar, Swiggy and JSW have in common? They all use the same HR technology platform that has been developed by three Hyderabad-based entrepreneurs. Darwinbox, which is a city-based HR technology startup have served over 600-plus clients since 2016 and has over 10 lakh users on its platform. The […]
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Hyderabad: Delivery executives working with the food aggregator Swiggy are organising protests, demanding better work conditions and benefits. The delivery executives are attending to their duties by wearing black badges and have threatened to further intensify their stir after December 5 if their demands are not met. Shaik Salauddin, founder State president Telangana Gig and […]
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Swiggy One is a single-tier membership programme that offers unlimited free deliveries from over 70,000 popular restaurants along with unlimited free Instamart deliveries on all orders above Rs 99, the company said.
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Such food delivery apps will now be required to collect 5 per cent GST, or Goods and Services Tax, from consumers instead of the restaurant they pick up orders from, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.
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Commences trials to increase the deployment of electric vehicles in its delivery fleet across Hyderabad, Bengaluru and New Delhi
