Coronavirus, or COVID-19, has deliberately affected the whole world including India also. Every one of us is highly affected by this ongoing pandemic situation. As the coronavirus tends to spread with human-to-human contact, the Governments of various nations have imposed social distancing to be followed strictly. Citizens are bound to limit their outings and stay indoors.
“Latest statistics by Worldometers reveal that approximately 4.2 million people have been infected with the virus with a total death counts now raised to 2.87 lakhs, and the numbers increasing at a rapid pace.”
Quarantine has completely changed the way we where operating. Be it work or education everything has changed drastically. While the vendors have closed down their shops and businesses have shut down their offices to work from home, the market is moving online at rapid phase. In this time of lock-down situation, there has been seen massive popularity & demand for food & grocery app.
Indian Grocery Delivery Market
When it comes to Indian grocery delivery market, few major players have been delivering to metro cities of India for years. BigBasket and Grofers are the leading online delivery players catering to the primary Indian grocery market. BigBasket grocery delivery has incredible orders on the list currently for which it has to suspend its services in the particular cities for the specific dates. Also, numerous items are running out the stock for which the customers have to wait. The entire scenario is crucial, but the delivery portals are managing it with the best of their manpower and resources.
India Fights COVID-19 Situation In A Smart Way
India is leading currently in the way the country has managed to fight back with the coronavirus pandemic. Indian Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi has been appreciated by every political and democratic person across the world. He managed to control the coronavirus scenario by imposing the lockdown in the country. Correctly, when the confirmed coronavirus cases across the nation far less than the European countries.
To be noted: In India, the lockdown is further extended to 30th May 2020. This will again bring rise to the online grocery deliveries as customers would store up the grocery and essential items for the upcoming weeks. Also, it is to be interpreted that even after the lockdown is over, people would prefer buying online for safeguarding themselves.
Contactless Delivery Feature
Many grocery delivery brands came up with innovative delivery options to avoid the spread of the coronavirus infection. Currently, BigBasket also offered the contactless delivery where the delivery person rings the bell, drops the delivery items outside the main door and leaves. This is one of the best ways to avoid the infection as there is no personal contact between the receiver and sender.
Swiggy Launches With Grocery Delivery Segment
Swiggy has finally joined the grocery delivery segment in India, allowing the delivery of groceries in 125 Indian cities. The application segment is added in the existing app, and it shows to the customers, whose location is valid for the grocery delivery service.
To help the nation with the ease of grocery home delivery, the brand has partnered with the following MNCs. Hindustan Unilever Ltd., P&G India, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., Dabur India Ltd., Marico Ltd., Vishal Mega Mart Pvt. Ltd., Adani Wilmar Ltd. and Cipla Ltd. All the major grocery delivery brands are partnered with Swiggy, and this can help other grocery delivery brands to manage their order availability as well.
Swiggy COO Vivek Sunder On Grocery Delivery Segment
“While the grocery and essentials category has always been a part of our long-term strategy of delivering hyper-local convenience, we have enabled faster ramp up for the benefit of our consumers”.
Zomato Market Services
Zomato has recently partnered with Vishal Mega Mart and other leading FMCG for the delivery of groceries in the different Indian cities. The brand has recently launched Zomato Market Services that will be taking care of the grocery home delivery.
In the selected cities, the renowned food delivery brands and other brands have also started up with the grocery home delivery. The primary brand players that have recently entered the grocery delivery market during the pandemic are Swiggy, Zomato, Paytm, Shopclues and Dominos. The other brands such as Grofers, Amazon, BigBasket and Flipkart continues to deliver groceries across the country.
The Future Of Grocery Delivery
Grocery delivery has currently emerged as one of the successful delivery segments. There is no doubt that the rise of grocery delivery will prove as an essential segment in the history of the world economy. The future of any on-demand delivery business is safe for the coming years. It is because people are moving ahead with the technology.
Do You Wish To Develop An On-Demand Grocery Delivery App?
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Grocery delivery app comes in three different apps. The first app for the customer, second for the grocery outlet and third for the delivery person. Apart from the three apps, we help with an admin web dashboard for managing the grocery delivery channel.