Food Aggregator News
Food tech firms face fee cut demand
Restaurants, on average, pay 20% of the order value as commission to the aggregators, apart from offering discounts
2 min read1 Aug 2020Are students delivering your food as part-time partners of Swiggy?
At least 37% of Swiggys part-time delivery partners are students working to fund their education, a Swiggy survey saidThe survey also revealed that 28% are saving money with the goal of buying a house or car of their own
1 min read9 Jan 2020Ant Financial-led funding boost may put Zomato back in the saddle in race with Swiggy
The funding—the largest so far—comes at a time when Zomato is faced with NRAI’s ‘logout’ campaignFormerly known as Alipay, Ant Financial Services Group is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group
2 min read8 Oct 2019How initial discounts can get you hooked to a product or service
Unsustainable initial ‘deep discounts’ are typically meant to tap into behavioural biases that people haveOnce lured in by initial discounts, people might stay because they’re simply unwilling to make the effort to switch
4 min read1 Sep 2019Policy for food aggregators continues to be ambiguous
Some experts say food delivery falls under the ambit of e-commerce guidelinesRegulators have unofficially exempted food apps from policy for marketplaces, say those privy to talks
2 min read22 Aug 2019The revolt against food delivery apps
Ordering in is now an indispensable part of daily life. That’s why restaurants are getting that sinking feeling
9 min read21 Aug 2019Uber Eats eyes small town India to boost food orders
Uber Eats is eyeing young professionals in metros and joint families in smaller towns to increase its footprintUber Eats is currently available in 38 cities
2 min read14 Jul 2019Zomato introduces tamper-proof packaging in 10 cities
The packaging will be 100% tamper proof — once the food is sealed, it can only be opened by cutting off the top-end strip, Zomato saidIn the first phase, this packaging will be introduced in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Nagpur and Vadodara
1 min read20 Mar 2019Popular Topics
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared