Zomato has launched intra-city parcel delivery app Xtreme the service will allow merchants to send and receive small parcels within the city packages can weigh up to 10 kgs with the price starting at Rs 35 aim is to leverage Zomato’s existing fleet of 3lakh+ riders for additional revenue it will compete with Swiggy’s Genie, … Read more
Earlier this month, Zomato owned Blinkit announced a revised pay structure for it’s delivery executives. Previously, they were being paid a fixed Rs 25 per delivery and peak-hour incentive of Rs 7 per trip It has now been revised to a minimum of Rs 15 per trip with a distance-based component This led to the … Read more
Zomato Gold is a periodic subscription based membership, whereby the subscribing customers get significant discounts and free deliveries from the member restaurants. Initially, it was mainly available on offline eating. However, later Zomato extended it to deliveries and that’s when member restaurants put up a significant protest because of which the scheme was altogether stopped … Read more
Trend of Co-founders and Key Employee resignations continue at Zomato. Mr. Gunjan Patidar, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the Company has now tendered his resignation. Gunjan was one of the initial employees of the Company. He had joined in 2008 and built the core tech system of Zomato. Despite being the CTO, he … Read more
Mohit Gupta, the co-founder at Zomato for last 4 and half years has resigned. Reason for Mohit’s exit – no clarity Where is he going – no one knows Is Zomato concerned – atleast not publicly. They didn’t even designate him as a Key Managerial Person (check the company disclosure in the source link). This … Read more
Quick commerce is a buzzword now-a-days and Zomato has been at the forefront of it. It has provided significant support to Blinkit (erstwhile Grofers) over the last few months. In November 2021, invested an equity of $100 mn, valuing Blinkit at > $1 bn; and In March 2022, committed debt of $150 mn to support … Read more
The order comes months after the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) asked the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to investigate the companies for breaching platform neutrality by providing priority to the exclusive contractors. Key points to note – NRAI represents more than 5,00,000 restaurants across India. Other than complaints about platform neutrality, complaint by … Read more
New age companies are not hesitant in trying radical initiatives and Zomato after continuing to struggle in it’s core business has now announced one. The Founder, Deepinder Goyal announced on Twitter about them soon getting into trials of 10 minute food delivery. Key points to note – The initiative is named as Zomato Instant. New … Read more
After investing $100 mn (Rs 750 cr) for a minority stake in Blinkit (Grofers) last year, Zomato now approves a further investment upto $150 mn (approx Rs 1,150 cr) into the Company. Key points to note: The subject investment is in the nature of loan to be disbursed in one or more tranches. Rate of … Read more