Deepinder Goyal, the founder and Group CEO of Eternal, which runs Zomato and Blinkit, in a letter to the shareholders announced that he is stepping away from the top executive role and handing over the reigns to Albinder Dhindsa. Goyal will move to the position of Vice Chairman He said the decision is driven by … Read more
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal shared a fact sheet detailing the average income of the company’s delivery partners, among other details, following a recent exchange with popular YouTuber Dhruv Rathee on X (formerly Twitter). The move came after Rathee questioned the company’s pay practices and called for transparency around gig workers’ earnings, prompting Goyal to publicly … Read more
Swiggy and Eternal (formerly Zomato) told stock exchanges that India’s new labour codes, rolled out Friday with immediate effect, would not have any “material impact” on their business. But analysts say the math points the other way: once the mandated contributions kick in, the Code on Social Security 2020 (CoSS), levy is likely to push … Read more
In a win for the restaurant industry, Zomato has agreed to share customers’ phone numbers with eateries after seeking consent from users, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) said. The restaurant industry had been at loggerheads with food delivery platforms – Zomato and Swiggy – over their refusal to share consumer data, which the … Read more
India’s tax department has ordered Zomato to pay 8.04 billion rupees ($94.8 million) in taxes and fines for non-payment of certain taxes from 2019 to 2022, the food delivery platform said on Thursday. The order directs Zomato to pay 4.02 billion rupees in outstanding taxes and an identical amount as penalty, which totals to more … Read more
Along with it’s Q2 FY 25 results,. Zomato’s board has approved a QIP raise. QIP is for Rs 8,500 cr Raise is to strengthen the balance sheet As per Company – “While the business is now generating cash (vis-a-vis a loss making business at the time of IPO), the company believes that it needs to … Read more
Reshuffling of businesses continue at Zomato. After announcing the purchase of Paytm’s ticketing business, the Company has now shut down inter-city delivery service ‘Legends’ The service was suspended in April this year and was relaunched in July. The Company then had tweaked the model to deliver pre-stocked items from other cities with a shorter delivery … Read more
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