The hottest food delivery industry news

Swiggy Instamart sells 581 chocolates, 324 roses per minutes on Valentine’s Day: ‘Bull run’. According to data shared by Swiggy co-founder Phani Kishan, the platform processed orders at a staggering rate during peak hours—581 chocolates and 324 roses per minute. Drawing a comparison with the stock market, Kishan described the surge as a ‘bull run’ for love (Moneycontrol).

Zepto world’s second most downloaded app in food and drink category. Zepto, the Indian quick commerce startup, last year became the world’s second most downloaded mobile app on mobiles in the foods and drinks category, according to data Sensor Tower released recently.

Meituan launches lifestyle and food app Yami. The app’s slogan is “Let’s find great restaurants together”, emphasising Meituan’s ambition to build a foodie community.

Just Eat Takeaway.com confirms that it will proceed with its intention to cease operations in France following a consultation period which was first announced in July 2024 and recently completed

Estonian ride-hailing and food delivery startup Bolt said on Thursday it had hit 2 billion euros ($2.11 billion) in annual revenue, as the European rival of U.S.-based Uber opens new tab grows its global presence and prepares to go public

October online grocery sales grew among each of the three fulfillment methods Brick Meets Click and Mercatus track

DoorDash Inc reported its first-ever quarterly profit as a public company and beat revenue expectations for the third quarter of 2024

Uber Eats is enhancing its food delivery platform with the launch of Lists, a new feature that introduces a social element to ordering takeout

Last week we had an opportunity to visit Glovo for their first “Glovo Next” event where Oscar Pierre, Daniel Alonso Moreno and Shiro Theuri presented how the team is reimagining food discovery and social sharing with new features, which will take your food delivery experience to the next level

The global food delivery market is intricately tied to population dynamics, economic output, and per capita income levels worldwide.