The ease in regulations for online delivery of liquor has given last-mile delivery companies such as Amazon, BigBasket, Swiggy, Zomato etc. another channel to earn revenue and cope up with the Covid impact on their businesses
Grofers services remained suspended in other cities including Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai etc. The company had closed operations on Wednesday due to restrictions amid Coronavirus lockdown.
The nationwide lockdown announced by PM Modi on Tuesday for three weeks has caused confusion on the ground as delivery personnel of healthcare products, food, daily essentials from companies including MilkBasket, Zomato, Grof
BigBasket currently competes with SoftBank and Tiger Global backed Grofers, Amazon Fresh and Amazon Pantry, Flipkart Supermart etc in the grocery play. Swiggy and Dunzo have also been in the grocery segment.
Online grocery delivery firm BigBasket has raised $150 million (approximately Rs 1,000 crore) in the latest round of funding led by a new investor, the Dubai-based private equity player Abraaj Group.