January 10th, 2018Food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy today said it has expanded its services to Chandigarh and has tied up with over 250 restaurants in the city.
The startup, which has gained a substantial market share and was last valued at USD 400 million when Naspers led a USD 80-million investment in May, said it will soon expand to...
December 24th, 2017Nutritionist Nikhil Dhurandhar, who was responsible for Aamir Khans wrestler looks in "Dangal", has come out with a book for fitness lovers and those aspiring for a healthier body.
In "Fat-loss Diet", Dr Dhurandhar seeks to bust diet myths with facts over fads and provides a plan designed specifically for Indians.
The book covers a...
July 8th, 2017Drums Food International, the parent company of Epigamia Greek yogurt, today said it has raised Rs 90 crore in a series-B round of funding.
The round was led by Belgium-based consumer focused private equity group Verlinvest and venture capital firm DSG Consumer Partners, with participation from InnoVen Capital, it said in a...
July 6th, 2017Jumbotail, an online marketplace for food and grocery, today said it has raised USD 8.5 million (over Rs 55 crore) from Kalaari Capital and existing investor, Nexus Venture Partners.
The company plans to utilise the funds for strengthening its technology platform and enhancing operational capabilities, Jumbotail said in a...
May 21st, 2017Alibaba Health is buying controlling shareholder Alibaba group's health food and nutritional products businesses for HK$3.8 billion ($488.3 million), further developing it into Alibaba's healthcare flagship platform.
Alibaba Health will buy Ali JK Nutritional Products Ltd from Alibaba Group in a deal to be settled by the issue of 1.19...
May 18th, 2017Online restaurant guide and food ordering app Zomato today said about 17 million user records have been stolen from its database.
The stolen information contains user email addresses and hashed passwords but no payment information or credit card data has been stolen/leaked, Zomato said in a blogpost on its website.
The startups...
April 13th, 2017Online grocery store BigBasket today said it plans to invest Rs 50 crore over the next 12 months to scale up revenues coming from hotels and restaurants segment.
The company, which started supplying grocery to hotels, restaurants and caterers (HoReCa) segment from June last year, aims to clock a revenue run rate of Rs 500 crore from...
March 19th, 2017Fast-food major McDonald's on Saturday assured its customers that its website and app does not store the bank account related data after an independent blog claimed that the company is leaking personal data of more than 2.2 million users.
"We would like to inform our users that our website and app does not store any sensitive...
March 6th, 2017
Bringing to you something that holds equal stature in Agra as Taj Mahal
In the government-led contest “Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat”, a winner had suggested the idea of uniting India by the virtue of exchanging cultural knowledge between different states. A nation where food is considered as a reflection of the culture, one cannot...
February 1st, 2017OneLoyalCard.com, a Delhi based restaurant reservation & deals platform has acqui-hired Pocketin, a year old startup which was also operating in the same space. Pocketin’s entire team along with its founders will join OneLoyalCard at their office.
This move will help strengthen OneLoyalCard’s technology and quicken its...
December 26th, 2016Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy today said street food vendors across the country needed to be trained to undertake cashless transactions, as he interacted with them at the end of a national street food festival here.
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship awarded certificates to the...
October 20th, 2016Facebook Inc said users in the United States would be able to order food through the Facebook pages of restaurants starting on Wednesday as part of its efforts to connect users and businesses.
Users will also be able to get quotes from businesses, buy movie tickets and book appointments at spas and salons, Facebook said in a blog...
