Zomato to hit 100 city mark; to hire 5,000 delivery staff

Online food aggregator, Zomato, is launching its online ordering and food delivery services in 30 more cities over the week, and will have a presence in 100 cities in the country. Zomato is also hiring over 5,000 delivery partners in these new cities, further strengthening its 1.5 lakh partners strong last mile delivery fleet, the company said in a statement.

The new cities will include Puducherry, Jamshedpur, Ambala, Meerut, Haridwar, Bhavnagar, Ujjain, Puri, among others, the company said.

“We have experienced an overwhelming reaction to our expansion across all of our businesses – Gold, food delivery and supply. The number of Gold memberships sold in Manila and Jakarta within a week is beating early numbers of Delhi and Mumbai. HyperPure has had great reception, and we are opening up our next centre in the NCR in a couple of weeks. The Food@Work business has also been expanding into new markets. And of course, the food delivery business is ramping up really well with the growth in main markets, as well as the reception in tier II tier III cities,” said Deepinder Goyal, founder and CEO, Zomato.

According to Mohit Gupta, CEO-Food Delivery at Zomato, the company will be the first to hit the 100 city mark and will continue to invest heavily to lead geographical penetration, in the food delivery market in India.

“We have seen market share grow in our main markets through the festive season and have plans for growth in December as well,” said Gupta.

Source:-https://retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/food-entertainment/food-services/zomato-to-hit-100-city-mark-to-hire-5000-delivery-staff/66894163

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