A social media post showcasing an engagement ceremony where the couple ordered food online for their guests has sparked a wave of hilarious reactions. Users shared memes and comments, poking fun at the unconventional approach and the potential impact on the catering industry.
A Zomato customer, Himanshi, ordered a vegetarian meal from EatFit but received chicken biryani instead. She took to social media, tagging Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal and other stakeholders, expressing her frustration and highlighting the blunder during the holy month of Sawan. Both Zomato and EatFit have apologized and offered refunds, but Himanshi demands accountability and action against the responsible party.
Zomato has relaunched its ‘Intercity Legends’ service, allowing users to order food from popular restaurants in other cities. The service, now called ‘Legends’, has a minimum order value of Rs 5,000 and allows users to customize orders with dishes from various restaurants. All orders are delivered the next day, chilled, and purely based on orders.
Online food delivery platform Zomato has been hit with another GST demand notice, this time for Rs 9.45 crore from the Karnataka tax authorities. This comes after similar notices from Delhi in recent months, raising concerns about the company’s tax compliance. Zomato, however, maintains its stance, claiming a strong case and plans to appeal the order.
A suspected outbreak of botulism, a rare and potentially fatal food poisoning, has sickened over 120 people in Moscow, with at least 30 in intensive care. The outbreak is believed to be linked to salads distributed by a popular online delivery service, which has temporarily suspended operations. Authorities are investigating a possible breach of consumer safety standards.
A Pune man claimed to have found a piece of chicken in a plate of paneer biryani he ordered from the online food delivery app Zomato, adding that his “religious sentiments were hurt”. Zomato replied promptly to Pankaj Shukla’s post on X (formerly Twitter), which featured a photo and a video of the biryani. In the post, Shukla, a vegetarian, said he received a full refund for his order but had still decided to write it.
ButcherBox, the popular meat delivery company, has announced its first acquisition: Truffle Shuffle. Truffle Shuffle offers easy-to-follow cooking classes and premium truffle-infused products. The acquisition will empower ButcherBox customers with culinary skills and expand the company’s product line. Truffle Shuffle’s founders, Jason McKinney and Tyler Vorce, bring a wealth of experience from Michelin-starred restaurants and the hit TV show, ‘Next Level Chef.’ This move is seen as a logical extension to ButcherBox’s mission of making cooking more accessible and enjoyable for home cooks.
Zomato is reportedly testing a feature that would allow customers to pay an additional fee for faster food delivery. The company is also increasing its platform fee, which is a fixed charge on every order. These changes are part of Zomato’s efforts to retain customers amid increasing competition.
Swiggy, the Bengaluru-based food and grocery delivery giant, has received the green light from its shareholders to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) that could raise up to $1.25 billion. The company plans to issue fresh equity shares worth up to $450 million and sell existing shares worth up to $800 million in the IPO. Swiggy is reportedly in talks with anchor investors for a pre-IPO round that could bring in an additional $90 million. The company has yet to file its IPO prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.
To streamline order deliveries, Zomato introduces a paid priority delivery service, with customers opting to pay an additional fee for faster delivery times. Additionally, the platform fee is increased by 25%, now at Rs 5 per order, and Zomato’s intercity delivery service, Legend, undergoes revisions.
