No more
zomato food delivery
service in 225 cities..!?
Zomato, India's most popular food delivery app, has released its third-quarter earnings report in which the company posted a loss of Rs 346.6 crore. Due to this, the company has also announced that it will stop its
services in 225 small towns. Regarding this, the company said that the reception of the
service in these cities was not encouraging and therefore it was discontinued. The current slowdown in demand is unexpected, which is impacting food distribution profit growth. But despite this, they feel they are performing well in the
business to meet their profit targets, the company said in its third-quarter report.
It is worth noting that
zomato is one of the popular food delivery apps used across the country and the company has recently launched a
gold subscription to boost its profits. The company has decided to stop its
services in 225 smaller cities as it plans to lay off 800 people.
zomato will no longer offer food delivery
services in 225 small towns.
In its financial earnings report, the company said in
january that
zomato had stopped its food delivery
service in 225 cities. According to
zomato, these cities accounted for only 0.3 percent of total revenue in the
december quarter.
Commenting on the move, the company said that the response to its food delivery
service in these cities has not been very encouraging in the last few quarters and they do not think they will get a return on their investment in these cities. However, the company did not give any information about which cities its facilities were closed.