Swiggy Continues Rapid Expansion; Launches Operations In 8 New Cities

Food ordering and delivery platform, Swiggy on Monday announced the strengthening of its presence in eight new cities namely Dehradun, Pondicherry, Mysore, Vijayawada, Nasik, Guwahati, Kanpur, and Ludhiana. Offering choicest food options in these cities, Swiggy will enable a wider number of existing and new consumers. "Over the years, Swiggy has played an instrumental role in making food ordering and delivery more accessible, reliable and convenient for consumers across the country," said Vivek Sunder, COO, Swiggy.

"It has been very encouraging to see thousands of Swiggy app downloads even before our launch in new cities. Expanding to these eight new markets is very important to us. It means that even more people can have a delightful experience as the food from their favourite local and national restaurants get delivered to them at Swiggy's lightning fast speed," added Sunder.

Earlier, Swiggy announced its launch in Vadodara and Surat, making a successful foray into Gujarat post-debut in Ahmedabad last year. After becoming the go-to food delivery app in Ahmedabad, Swiggy also started its services in Surat. Prior to its launch, 'The Diamond City' had the maximum pre-launch downloads compared to any other city Swiggy has recently launched in.

ABOUT SWIGGY

It is co-owned by entrepreneurs, Nandan Reddy, Sriharsha Majety and Rahul Jaimini. An online food ordering and delivering company, Swiggy started only in 2014 and is based out of Bangalore. It provides a one-stop solution for online food needs - coordinating with restaurants in the city and making it easier to get the food delivered, hot and fast. With a 'No Minimum Order' policy, Swiggy is hugely popular among people all over India. It has its own personal line of food delivery people. According to the company, each person is assigned just one order, so that the order placed can be delivered in minimum time with maximum customer satisfaction.

By expanding its services to more than 10 cities in the early past, Swiggy aims to cover and dominate the industry in the coming future.