Goyal also mentioned that he would be the last person to stop anyone from starting up on their own. “We need more entrepreneurs in our country, not less,” he added.
In an analyst call, Goyal said Zomato was already positive on cash flow with its adjusted EBITDA losses at Rs 150 crore and other income was Rs 170 crore in the first quarter of the ongoing fiscal.
The department of consumer affairs directed e-commerce FBOs to transparently show consumers the breakup of all charges included in the order amount such as delivery charges, packaging charges, taxes, surge pricing etc.
If Zomato Instant works as envisioned, it will create significant impact on Affordability (at least 50% reduction in cost to the end customer), Accessibility (reduction of delivery time from 30 minutes average to under 10 minutes), and Quality.
“We deeply care about how we do, what we do. So, the first thing we told ourselves when we thought about instant food delivery was ‘no compromises’. We narrowed down to these eight principles around which we are building Zomato instant,” added the company
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