Online Food Delivery

The platform witnessed a 350 per cent increase in the delivery of OTC medicines through Swiggy Genie, present in 65 cities across the country,

Despite being classified as an “essential service”, Zomato said it has been operating at 30% delivery capacity because it has been facing issues across the cities due to lockdown.

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic throughout the world, Zomato said that it will extend the paid Gold memberships by two months at zero additional cost.

While restaurant traffic goes down due to self isolation, ironically pizza chains - especially those with an emphasis on delivery could be a rare sector that sees more business during the pandemic

The consumers will view a concise menu on their phone and select their choice of food

Uber Eats is also launching daily marketing campaigns to promote delivery from local restaurants, especially those that are new to the app.

This is indeed a huge step taken to help combat the outbreak of Coronavirus.

The food delivery platform has raised the monthly subscription service charges for existing super members, which earlier cost Rs 79, to Rs 149.

In FY2017-18, Foodpanda, owned by ride-hailing major Ola, had registered loss of Rs 227.95 crore.

Under this partnership, Swiggy’s delivery personnel uses Bounce’s ride-hailing service to pick up and drop customers when food delivery orders are low.