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    • Only 1 in 25 users tip delivery partners on Zomato and Swiggy

      Industry sourced told Moneycontrol that delivery partners earned about Rs 150 crore through tips in 2025 — a figure that has stayed flat year-on-year and remains marginal when set against the scale of incentive-led payouts that drive gig incomes.

    • How much do delivery partners actually earn? A look inside the pay model for gig workers on Zomato, Swiggy

      Data show that while most delivery partners log in only intermittently, those working 8–10 hours a day, 26 days a month gross about Rs 26,500–27,700, translating to roughly Rs 21,000 in net earnings after costs

    • Asked Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa to step down twice after acquisition, says Eternal CEO Deepinder Goyal

      Zomato acquired Blinkit, then known as Grofers, in 2022 for Rs 4,447 crore, or about $568 million at the time, in an all-stock deal

    • Strike has no impact: Zomato, Swiggy, Zepto others pay over Rs 100 crore to gig workers amid record high NYE order volumes

      While food delivery companies paid out Rs 60-70 crore to gig workers on NYE, quick commerce firms paid a total of Rs 50-60 crore, a jump of at least 30 percent over a regular day, three top executives at different companies told Moneycontrol

    • Zomato, Blinkit saw record deliveries on New Year’s Eve despite strike calls: Eternal CEO Deepinder Goyal

      The record performance comes as rival Swiggy also reported a record surge in New Year’s Eve sales, despite gig worker unions claiming widespread participation by delivery workers in strike calls on December 31.

    • Quick commerce fuels record Christmas sales for D2C brands

      Sellers reported Christmas-period sales growth of about 100–150% year-on-year on quick commerce, even as a nationwide delivery worker strike briefly disrupted operations on December 25.

    • Gig worker strike disrupts food delivery, quick commerce services briefly; operations stabilise

      Disruptions were limited to specific pockets and peak hours, with food delivery seeing brief delays in parts of Gurugram before services normalised by evening, people familiar with the matter told Moneycontrol.

    • Zepto’s FY25 loss widens 177% to Rs 3,367 crore, total sales jump 129%

      The results mark a high-burn scale-up year for Zepto, coming ahead of its planned IPO filing and amid rising competitive intensity in India’s quick commerce market.

    • Zepto to confidentially file draft IPO papers on December 26

      “Zepto’s pre-filing work is done and it will likely inform all the stakeholders about the filing on December 26,” a source told Moneycontrol

    • Gig workers call nationwide strike on December 25, 31 over pay, safety and social security

      The coordinated walkout during the year-end peak delivery period may disrupt operations across food delivery, quick commerce and e-commerce platforms including Swiggy, Zomato, Zepto, Blinkit, Amazon and Flipkart, as worker groups escalate pressure over payouts, safety risks and account suspensions.

    • Quick commerce boom to fuel India's dark store surge, network to triple to 7,500 by 2030

      As of October, India had 2,525 operational dark stores spread across more than 100 cities

    • Jefferies says Zepto's IPO plans, Swiggy's Rs 10,000-crore QIP won't trigger quick-commerce price war

      Eternal-owned Blinkit continues to be the leader in the industry, with best-in-class profitability due to its growth-first strategy and aggressive store expansion, Jefferies said.

    • Data Story: Quick Commerce drives steady increase in online FMCG channel share

      While Kantar data show traditional channels still hold over three-fourths of FMCG channel share, it is declining while that of online and supermarkets is increasing

    • Blinkit, Instamart and Zepto now hold over Rs 40,000 crore in cash as quick commerce race heats up

      A Moneycontrol analysis shows that the three firms have burned nearly Rs 9,000 crore over the past year. Amazon joined the capital-raise party with an expanded $35 billion cheque for India as it doubles down on cloud, commerce and AI investments in the region.

    • We’ll build something differentiated at scale — and then make money: Amazon India head Samir Kumar on profitability

      Samir Kumar told Moneycontrol that Amazon’s edge in India will come from vast selection delivered at multiple speed points.

    • Quick Commerce: A race to finish first or a plunge to the bottom?

      The 10-minute delivery industry is seeing a rush to raise funds. The risk of hyper competition leading to unwise business decisions exists, but is not visible as of now

    • Swiggy to use nearly half of Rs 10,000 crore QIP proceeds for quick commerce expansion

      As much as Rs 4,475 crore of the proceeds are earmarked for dark stores and warehouses, with another Rs 3,300 crore-plus locked into cloud infrastructure and brand spends over the next three years, regulatory filings showed.

    • Blinkit CEO warns India’s quick commerce bubble may be close to bursting

      Global investors including SoftBank Group Corp., Temasek Holdings Pte. and Middle Eastern sovereign funds have poured billions into the sector

    • No single framework enough to regulate dark patterns, says consumer affairs minister

      The government will continue to monitor, audit and hold platforms accountable because as companies evolve, so do their tactics, Pralhad Joshi tells Moneycontrol

    • VCs double down on baby care: Peak XV Partners, RTP Global lead new funding sprint for BabyMD, Ozi and Peeko

      While Ozi is negotiating a $10 million round led by RTP Global, Peak XV Partners is in the advanced stages of investing $4-6 million in BabyMD, a startup that runs a chain of pediatric clinics in Bengaluru. Peeko has already begun engaging with investors, sources told Moneycontrol.

    • Blinkit-parent Eternal injects Rs 600 crore into quick commerce arm amid intensifying competition

      The latest capital infusion comes as Blinkit ramps up dark-store expansion and rivals Zepto and Swiggy arm themselves with fresh capital, setting the stage for the most aggressive phase of competition in India’s quick-commerce market.

    • Swiggy's H1 FY26 losses surge 109% to $178 million on heavy quick-commerce spend, finds key investor Prosus

      Despite the rising losses, Prosus – which owns 25 percent of Swiggy – said Despite the rising losses, Prosus – which owns 25 percent of Swiggy – reported strong demand trends for the January–June 2025 period. Swiggy’s customer base grew 35 percent year-on-year to 21.6 million, and gross order value (GOV) rose 43 percent on the back of food-delivery expansion and formats like Bolt

    • Quick commerce players tamp down on dark store expansion, shift focus to efficient utilisation

      While dark store expansion seems to be moderating currently, analysts believe that with quick-commerce players' latest fundraising plans, competitive intensity in the industry may see a revival in the coming quarters

    • Quick services startup Pronto relocates from Gurugram to Bengaluru to tap tech talent

      The relocation has been completed in recent weeks and involves moving tech, product and data-science teams to Bengaluru, while customer-support and certain operations functions remain in Gurugram, Moneycontrol has learnt.

    • Gig hiring jumps 25% this festive season as quick-commerce drives record job demand

      Early workforce planning, richer incentives, and stronger Tier-2 hiring helped e-commerce and logistics players manage record festive demand without major disruptions, staffing firms told Moneycontrol

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