Swiggy Instamart sells 581 chocolates, 324 roses per minutes on Valentine’s Day: ‘Bull run’.

🍕 Food Delivery

Yemeksepeti has once again won the title of “Turkey’s Most Favourite Brand”. With its user-friendly infrastructure, wide range of restaurants and superior customer service, Yemeksepeti was chosen as “Turkey’s favorite brand” in the “Online Food Ordering” category of the “Turkey’s Lovemarks” research in 2024 (Cumhuriyet).

Rapid grocer Gopuff using Morrisons supermarkets as daytime dark stores. The trial sees Gopuff orders picked, packed and dispatched from Morrisons stores (The Grocer).

Booker launches rapid delivery service for symbol retailers. Booker has been piloting the system in Budgens Abridge, near Romford in Essex, and is set to add a further three pilot stores over the next two months (The Grocer).

Deliveroo Expands Partnerships And Delivery Services Across The UK. New alliances with Co-op and pet stores highlight growing convenience for consumers (The Pinnacle Gazette).

Uber sues DoorDash, alleging anti-competitive tactics. Ride-share giant Uber filed a lawsuit Friday against DoorDash, accusing the delivery outfit of stifling competition by intimidating restaurant owners into exclusive deals (Techcrunch).

Get to know the types of users and products that buy the most on Valentine’s Day: from flowers to adult toys. Each of the groups has particular characteristics that determine their consumption habits and preferences when choosing how to celebrate Valentine’s Day (Infobae).

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).

Uber Eats teams with Avride to bring food delivery to Jersey City. Uber Technologies has teamed with Avride in a multiyear partnership to bring Avride’s delivery robots and autonomous vehicles to Uber and Uber Eats (ROI).

JD.com enters the food delivery market to challenge Meituan. The Chinese e-commerce giant is stepping into the sector, intensifying competition with Meituan. (Momentum Asia). 

Uruguay passes a new law to regulate digital platform workers. The legislation introduces new protections and standards for gig economy workers. (América Retail).

Swiggy plans to standardize its 2% collection fee. The company is working on a pricing adjustment, but the changes won’t happen in the near future. (NDTV Profit).