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swiggy
Living
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Swiggy India now opens Stores to deliver everyday needs

India’s food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy Tuesday said it has launched ‘Swiggy Stores’ moving beyond its core food delivery segment to provide access to consumers items across multiple categories. The company will deliver from these stores “in…

swiggy
Food
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Restaurant association questions deep discounts on Swiggy, Zomato

The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) on Tuesday said it has raised concerns over deep discounting and data masking by food ordering and delivery startups such as Swiggy, Zomato and Ola’s Foodpanda. According to a report, The restaurants’ body…

Food delivery
Living
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Woowa Korea gets $320 million from overseas

Woowa Brothers, the operator of the popular food delivery app Baedal Minjok, said Thursday that it succeeded in securing $320 million from major foreign investors including Sequoia Capital, famous for investing in leading tech companies such as Apple and…

swiggy
Food
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Food delivery start-up Swiggy raises US$ 1 billion from venture funds

Leading food ordering and delivery start-up Swiggy has raised US $1 billion (Rs 7,000 crore) venture funds from existing investors led by Naspers, to strengthen its technology and hire talent, it said on Thursday. “Swiggy will use the funds to bring more…

deliveroo
Food
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Deliveroo is opening first restaurant in Hong Kong

A Deliveroo restaurant has opened in Hong Kong in a trial which, if successful, could see its own-branded eateries opened globally. Called Deliveroo Food Market, the outlet will serve as both a kitchen for delivering online orders, and a customer-facing…

Indian Food
Food
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Zomato India to expand food delivery business to 100 cities

Online restaurant guide and food ordering firm Zomato on Friday said it is expanding food delivery services to 100 cities over the next week. The company’s food delivery services are currently present across 93 cities and lists over 75,000 restaurants on the…

goviet 3
Food
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Rivalry heats up in Vietnam’s food delivery market

Last week, a sea of red filled the inside of a milk tea shop in Ho Chi Minh City instead of regular young customers usually found in such places. GoViet drivers were queuing up to purchase food ordered by customers over its online delivery app Go Food, which…

chowman chinese food restaurant
Food
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Plum food delivery to cut entire staff

Food delivery startup Plum has laid off its entire staff, casting doubt on its continued operations in Singapore and its home market of Hong Kong. According to a report, Plum co-founder Desmond Clinton Cheung, who is also the company’s GM, said full-time…

ubereats
Food
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Uber Eats appoints Alia Bhatt as India brand ambassador

Uber Eats, the food delivery arm of ride-hailing major Uber, Thursday said it has appointed actor Alia Bhatt as its brand ambassador in India. India is the first country for Uber Eats globally where the company has appointed a brand ambassador, Uber Eats said…

Food
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Swiggy to engage 2,000 women for food delivery

Leading food ordering and delivery start-up Swiggy on Tuesday said it would engage about 2,000 women as delivery personnel by March 2019. “About 2,000 women will join our delivery team by March next year. Over the last few months, we have been working on…

swiggy
Food
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Swiggy India expands services in 16 new cities

Food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy Thursday said it has expanded its presence in the country by launching services in sixteen new cities across India. The new cities include Thrissur, Tirupur, Warangal, Aurangabad, Agra, Mangalore, Manipal, Jalandhar,…