NE BUSINESS BUREAU
CHENNAI, FEB 18
Food aggregator and food delivery giant Swiggy is betting big on setting up 5,000 cloud-kitchens across the country soon, said Chief Operating Officer (COO) Vivek Sundar here on Tuesday.
Addressing at the “Dynamics of Disruption – Let’s Swiggy and Way Too Cool,’’ an interactive session organised by the FICCI Ladies Organisation, a part of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Vivek Sundar said that the company was mulling to establish 5,000 cloud-kitchen for restaurants in such a way that food can reach 99% of the consumers within 10 minutes of the reach from the time of ordering.
Swiggy Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sriharsha Majety had already announced that the company is quickly scaling up “pods” that house cloud-kitchens for restaurants in a way that they are “within a 10-minute reach of 99% of their consumers,” during October last year.
Swiggy had already invested about $ 24.5 million in its cloud-kitchen business – Swiggy Access, and plans to pump in another $ 10.5 million into it by March this year.
Waycool reaching out hygienic farm-fresh produce to consumers: Sanjay Dasari
While addressing the audience, the Waycool Co-founder Sanjay Dasari said that they are reaching out to hygienic and farm-fresh produce to the market at an affordable rate to consumers and remunerative price for the farmers too.
In reply to a question, Sanjay explained the steps taken to increase agriculture production from testing the soil on a realtime basis and advise the farmers on right inputs like fertilisers and manures for the crops at right time to maximise their harvest.
Incidentally, the Waycool has recently opened a new store “Sunny Bee’’ in Alwarpet in Chennai.
FLO to spread knowledge of the transitioning of food industry: Deepali Goyal
While welcoming the audience, the FLO Chairperson Deepali Goyal said that FLO intends to spread the knowledge of the transitioning of the food industry today as part of its series of talks on disruption in various industries. The core activities of FLO revolve around women and their overall development and empowerment at various levels.
As a business organization run by women, for women, FLO is hosting talks to facilitate entrepreneurship and share business knowledge with its members, she added.
