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Grocery Shopping Apps: Who is Getting the Bigger Slice of the Pie?

June 6, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Grocery Shopping Apps: Who is Getting the Bigger Slice of the Pie? | FOOD & GROCERY | , , , ,

Want to pick up some groceries for the week, but don’t have the time? There are a number of apps that can help you with that – BigBasket, Grofers, ZopNow and AmazonNow are a few of the choices…READ MORE

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Patanjali to drive hard into ecommerce, in talks with Amazon, Flipkart, BigBasket

May 22, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Patanjali to drive hard into ecommerce, in talks with Amazon, Flipkart, BigBasket | FOOD & GROCERY | , , , ,

Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, the hottest company in India’s consumer products markets, is in talks with Amazon, Flipkart, and BigBasket, among others, to stitch partnerships that will help it grow its sales on the internet…READ MORE

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BigBasket looks to scale B2B business with SnapBizz partnership

April 27, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on BigBasket looks to scale B2B business with SnapBizz partnership | FOOD & GROCERY |

Grocery delivery startup BigBasket is looking to scale up its B2B business. It has partnered with retail tech company SnapBizz as it looks to push its private labels into more kirana stores in the country…READ MORE

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BigBasket setting up separate warehouses for supply to hotels, restaurants

April 20, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on BigBasket setting up separate warehouses for supply to hotels, restaurants | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

BigBasket is setting up separate warehouses to cater to businesses such as hotels, restaurants and caterers, a move that will increase sales of private labels…READ MORE

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Flipkart announces second innings with grocery; can it fight Amazon and Big Basket?

April 11, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Flipkart announces second innings with grocery; can it fight Amazon and Big Basket? | FOOD & GROCERY | , , ,

Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamoorthy has said that the e-commerce marketplace is planning to get into the grocery segment. Kalyan divulged this at a TiE event in New Delhi while making his first public appearance since taking over as CEO in January. He, however, gave no specifics of the plan in terms of how and when…READ MORE

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BigBasket in talks to raise $150 million for expansion

April 4, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on BigBasket in talks to raise $150 million for expansion | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

As part of that earlier financing, BigBasket recently secured nearly $16 million from existing investors including Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj Capital, Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Bessemer, US-based investment firm Sands Capital, and the World Bank’s International Finance Corp…READ MORE

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India’s top two grocery startups – Bigbasket and Grofers – aren’t merging

January 24, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on India’s top two grocery startups – Bigbasket and Grofers – aren’t merging | FOOD & GROCERY | , , , ,

On-demand grocery startups Big Basket and Grofers say they are not merging, irrespective of what media reports  claim. Big Basket CEO Hari Menon and Grofers CEO Albinder Dhindsa responded to an article in The Times of India, which said the companies have held merger talks, though the discussions are in a preliminary stage and have moved slowly…READ MORE

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BigBasket clocks 3-fold growth; sales jump 231 per cent to Rs 563 crore

January 5, 2017 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on BigBasket clocks 3-fold growth; sales jump 231 per cent to Rs 563 crore | FOOD & GROCERY | , ,

Supermarket Groceries, which runs India’s largest online grocery store BigBasket, grew three-fold in the fiscal ended March 2016, clocking sales of over Rs 500 crore, indicating the growing preference of consumers for buying groceries online…READ MORE

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BigBasket to expand private labels, products in next three months

December 22, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on BigBasket to expand private labels, products in next three months | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

Online grocer BigBasket plans to expand its private label offerings to non-food categories and offer more items under its existing private brands over the next three months, a move that is likely to help the company widen its lead over rivals…READ MORE

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Bigbasket said to be looking to raise $150 million next year

November 18, 2016 |by indiafood forum | Comments Off on Bigbasket said to be looking to raise $150 million next year | FOOD & GROCERY | ,

The formal fund raising process will begin after March 2017, may be Bigbasket’s last round before an IPO…READ MORE

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