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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
TopicOnline food delivery

Topic: Online food delivery

Food delivery volumes now at pre-Covid peaks, says Zomato, as high as 120% in some cities

Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal says the food delivery sector in India might continue to grow at 15-20 per cent every month.

Why the visually challenged are signing petitions addressed to apps such as Zomato, Swiggy

Recent Change.org petitions have drawn attention to the problems visually challenged users face while using popular delivery apps such as Dunzo, JioMart, Grofers and others.

Social security soon for freelancers, Zomato-Swiggy delivery personnel, Ola-Uber cab drivers

Labour ministry accepts parliamentary panel’s recommendation to set up social security fund for gig and platform workers, to be paid for by aggregators.

Delhi HC says can challenge extended Covid quarantine, but asks people not to rush to courts

The Delhi HC verdict came on a petition filed by a man who came in contact with a pizza delivery agent who tested positive for Covid.

Swiggy could shut many of its cloud kitchens, lay off over 500 workers as sales slump

Layoffs are likely to take place next month from the cloud kitchens across 10 tier 1 and tier 2 cities, which operate Swiggy-owned Homely and The Bowl Company.

Coronavirus inspires zero contact, only delivery from Swiggy, Zomato, Domino’s, McDonald’s

Food aggregators are letting customers request their delivery to be left off at the doorstep rather than being directly handed over.

From McDonald’s to Patanjali, an IAS officer explains how FSSAI is making food safer

In 2018, it was because of FSSAI's directives that 10,500 non-compliant food vendors were delisted by food delivery services like Zomato, Swiggy and UberEats.

3 months after Zomato row, Hyderabad man refuses food from Muslim delivery agent

While placing the order, the customer, who has been booked, had requested that the food be sent by a Hindu delivery agent and not a Muslim.

Uber ex-CEO Kalanick invests in India’s cloud kitchen market with Rebel Foods

Cloud kitchens, much like cloud-computing services, have become a popular business model for food-delivery providers minus the expense of real estate and service staff costs.

How Zomato went from food industry fairytale to ‘evil corporation’

In the battle between restaurants and aggregators, only a successful Zomato is earning all the wrath.

On Camera

Jana Sangh leader VK Malhotra brought Advani to Delhi, kept the party afloat after 1984 setback

Unlike his colleagues from the time of the BJS, several of whom became governors and held other constitutional posts, Malhotra chose to lead a quiet and simple retired life after the massive 2014 victory of the BJP.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.