Swiggy Expands Grocery Service to 125 Cities; Pickup Service Live in 15 Cities

Food-delivery platform Swiggy has at present expanded its grocery service 'Swiggy Stores' to 125 cities across Bharat. The company has partnered with several brands and retailers including HUL, P&K, Godrej, Dabur, Marico, Vishal Mega Mart, Adani Wilmers, and Cipla to deliver essentials.

"While the grocery and essentials category has always been a office of our long-term strategy of delivering hyperlocal convenience, nosotros have enabled faster ramp up for the benefit of our consumers. Extending our hyperlocal delivery offer will unlock a new dimension of convenience and safety for our consumers likewise as earnings for our Delivery Partners during these extraordinary times," said Swiggy COO Vivek Sunder in a statement.

Sunder had hinted about an imminent expansion of the visitor'south grocery services to 150 cities last month. Swiggy Stores was previously limited to Bengaluru and Gurugram. The visitor gradually started expanding the feature to tier-1 cities last calendar week.

If you're in ane of those cities, you'll see a new section named Grocery in Swiggy's home page. Tap on information technology and choose your nearby partner shop to order essential items.

swiggy store UI

Meanwhile, Swiggy has also expanded its Dunzo-like instant pick upwards and drop service Swiggy Genie to fifteen cities. The service was previously operated under the name Swiggy Go in Bengaluru.

swiggy genie user interface

To use Swiggy Genie, all you have to do is open Swiggy app, tap on the Genie section and choose "Create a Task". Enter pick up address, drop address, and add task details. The base delivery fee is Rs.xl up to 2km and the cost increases at Rs.15 per km. However, due to the current circumstances, Swiggy has express Swiggy Genie to deliver essentials (groceries and edibles).