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In this photo taken on January 8, 2020, home chef Rashmi Sahijwala, 59, works to prepare a dish in her kitchen in Mumbai. (Photo | AFP)

Cloud cooking land: Indian housewives become gig economy chefs

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23 Jan 2020 1:27 PM

Called 'What the Falooda', the web extension highlights profanity and hurtful words in the complaint system and sober it down with food to make it less harsh.

Swiggy's new 'What the Falooda' web extension gives foody twist to bad words

While the approach is interesting to promote kindness, early users are reporting issues with the extension.

18 Jan 2020 11:05 AM

The above findings are derived from Swiggy’s order analysis for the last 12 months (January 2019– 30 October 2019) across 500+ cities that Swiggy is present in.

Swiggy’s mouth-watering StatEATistics report reveals India’s food ordering habits

The analysis is pan-India for the period between starting Jan 2019 until Nov 2019.

30 Dec 2019 10:02 AM

For instance, Swiggy recently lowered the minimum payment per order to an executive from Rs 35 to Rs 15.

Swiggy delivery men seek more pay

One executive, on condition of anonymity, explained how the delivery assignment system was rigged against them.

18 Dec 2019 2:55 AM

Chinmayi Sripada.

Singer Chinmayi Sripada slams Swiggy man for asking woman to wear dupatta

The woman faced a backlash on social media after she tweeted about the incident.

26 Nov 2019 12:50 PM

Swiggy has created over 8,000 direct and indirect jobs in the restaurant industry through its cloud kitchen initiatives over the last two years.

Swiggy brings over 1000 access kitchens on board; invests Rs 250 crore

Swiggy becomes the first food delivery aggregator in India to set up over 1,000 cloud kitchens for its restaurant partners.

22 Nov 2019 11:36 AM

UberEats has not been able to expand itself to the size of Swiggy and Zomato.

Uber India gets more than Rs 1,700 crore from parent

Zomato and Swiggy have recently raised funding to compete in the high cash-burn business of food delivery.

13 Nov 2019 3:20 AM

The goal was to bring together a peer-group of innovators, who could share their insights and learnings and outline their vision for the role technology will play to make our lives more convenient.

Swiggy hosts Gigabytes, a hyperlocal innovation summit

Technology and AI to help bring the vision of solving convenience to life.

19 Oct 2019 11:30 AM

One can see the various restaurant, cuisine at one place & get the favourite food cuisine from anywhere on the application.

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The hoteliers are holding discussions with Unique Dotz, which introduced an online app-based system, 'Foodoyes,' at the state-level.

Kozhikode: Online platform on trial to take on food apps

Traditional hoteliers bat for indigenous network Foodoyes.

06 Sep 2019 2:13 AM

Like Swiggy Stores, Go will be part of the Swiggy app.

Bengaluru and Hyderabad can now reap the benefits of ‘Swiggy Go’

Swiggy Go enables the convenience of Swiggy’s delivery through the fastest intra-city pick-up and drop network.

05 Sep 2019 1:43 PM

Bengaluru will be the first city in the country to experience Swiggy do the last-mile delivery for everything.

Swiggy launches pick-up and drop service 'Swiggy Go'

All the deliveries for Swiggy Go and Stores will be made by Swiggy's dedicated fleet.

04 Sep 2019 1:59 PM

Phone-based ordering used to account for 20 per cent of the total sales and this has come down to 5 per cent.

Food apps have increased restaurant sales by 30 per cent

The listings on these apps and online platforms increase their visibility, which in turn lead to increased walk-ins for dine-ins.

04 Sep 2019 2:02 AM

The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) on Tuesday said that food aggregators have agreed to redesign their schemes to rein in deep discounts offered to customers.

Food app discounts to end soon

The idea of scoring a discount should make guests feel special and not give them a sense of beating the system.

21 Aug 2019 1:48 AM

Launching a logging out campaign in protest against dine-in schemes, around 1,200 restaurants in major cities had reportedly delisted from the dine-in programmes of food aggregators, saying that deep discounting offered by the platforms was unsustainable and was hurting their business.

Online food platforms to redesign schemes to check deep discounts: NRAI

NRAI stressed on need to 'detox' the ecosystem from the addiction of deep discounts that has crippled the industry.

20 Aug 2019 5:14 PM

The Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) said it has been receiving complaints from restaurants about food technology platforms like Zomato, Swiggy, Nearbuy, Dineout Prius Heights, EasyDiner and Magicpin. (Photo: DC)

Pressure mounts on food apps to reduce discounts

Last week, around 1,000 restaurants from across the country had decided to pull out of membership and restaurant reservation apps.

20 Aug 2019 2:41 AM

Calling for a review of all their discounting schemes, the federation said as a technology partner, by merely hosting its members' inventory, FSAs cannot hold sway and arm twist the traditions and aspirations of millions of entrepreneurs in India.

FHRAI asks food service aggregators to review discounting schemes or face protests

FHRAI in a statement said it has asked food service aggregators to engage in a 'fruitful dialogue' to arrive at a win-win outcome for all.

19 Aug 2019 6:39 PM

Meesho has built a network of more than 2 million sellers across 700 towns in India and created a disruptive distribution channel for 15,000 suppliers in traditional manufacturing hubs.

Indian e-commerce platform Meesho raises USD 125 million in Naspers-led funding

The company has a mission to create 20 million entrepreneurs by 2020.

12 Aug 2019 3:27 PM

Amazon is aiming to launch the new service delivering from restaurants ahead of India’s month-long festive season (Photo: ANI)

Amazon plans imminent launch of online food delivery service in India

The Seattle-based company is working with local partner Catamaran, founded by IT industrialist Narayana Murthy.

30 Jul 2019 12:20 PM

Amazon is working with local partner Catamaran, founded by IT industrialist Narayana Murthy, and has begun hiring staff for the new operation, the sources said. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Amazon plans to launch online food delivery service in India: sources

Amazon is aiming to launch the new service delivering from restaurants ahead of India’s month-long festive season.

29 Jul 2019 7:45 PM

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