Blinkit customer in Hyderabad paid Rs 2,500 in tips, but this city topped the tipping list on NYE

All through the New Year's Eve, the Blinkit CEO shared insights on notable consumer trends and never-seen-before order volumes.

A Blinkit customer in Hyderbad paid Rs 2,500 in tips to the delivery agent on New Year's Eve, the quick commerce company's CEO Albinder Dhindsa revealed on Tuesday.

Taking to X, he wrote, "Someone from Hyderabad just gave the highest tip of the day (Rs 2,500) to one of our delivery partners!" Dhindsa also shared that Bengaluru topped the tipping list with customers paying Rs 1,79,735 in tips.

Someone from Hyderabad just gave the highest tip of the day (2500) to one of our delivery partners!And the city which has tipped the most today is Bengaluru with a total of 1,79,735 in tips
Albinder Dhindsa (@albinder) December 31, 2024

All through the New Year's Eve, the Blinkit CEO shared insights on notable consumer trends and never-seen-before order volumes.

“We have already crossed the total number of orders we did on NYE 2023. Happened around 5 pm today!” he wrote in a separate post on X.

According to Dhindsa, the company recorded its highest-ever orders in a day, highest orders per minute (OPM) and per hour (OPH), as well as highest total tips given to delivery partners in a day. The Blinkit CEO added that the company delivered over 2.34 lakh packets of aloo bhujia, over 45,000 cans of tonic water, more than 6,000 packets of ice cubes, over 1,000 lipsticks and 762 lighters by 8 pm.

To accommodate the anticipated large (electronics/party) orders, Blinkit launched its all-electric large order fleet. Currently live in Delhi and Gurugram, the new fleet will be rolled our in other cities as well. The company's biggest order on NYE was worth Rs 64,988 in Kolkata.