Zomato Ltd

Eternal continues to outperform Swiggy as Blinkit's scale, execution and profitability strengthen its lead in quick commerce. While Instamart is improving margins and targeting break-even, analysts expect Blinkit to maintain faster growth, with both firms benefiting from long-term sector expansion.

Swiggy Instamart now lets users top up their wallets to qualify for free delivery, highlighting a broader industry shift where digital payment ecosystems are becoming the primary tool to drive customer retention.

Rapido is launching Ownly, a food-delivery app using a subscription-led model, to challenge the dominance of Swiggy and Zomato. By onboarding mom-and-pop outlets and reducing consumer fees, Rapido aims to repeat its transport disruption in the food sector.

The company’s retreat from its standalone instant food delivery experiment marks a strategic pivot toward sustainable growth as the high fixed costs of owning the supply chain collide with the need for profitability.

Urban Company's top 5% professionals spent an average of 167 hours a month working for the platform, nearly double the hours logged by the average Urban Company ‘partner’.

The survey highlighted that many migrants who move to urban centres face loneliness and social isolation despite financial gains. This affects their mental well health and productivity at work, and can lead to early attrition, increasing costs for employers, it said.

Food-delivery platforms will need to work harder to acquire customers as speed-led marketing draws flak.