Quick commerce is app-based delivery of groceries and essentials in around 10-20 minutes, using small local dark stores instead of one big warehouse. Speed com…
Albinder Dhindsa and Saurabh Kumar launched Grofers in December 2013 as a scheduled online grocery-delivery service — years before instant delivery was technically or co…
Pandemic lockdowns forced millions of households to order groceries online for the first time. Swiggy launched Instamart in 2020, applying its existing food-delivery rid…
Stanford dropouts Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra founded Zepto in July 2021 after their earlier venture, KiranaKart, showed that relying on third-party kirana stores c…
On 13 December 2021, Grofers renamed itself Blinkit, pivoting fully from scheduled grocery delivery to dedicated quick commerce under the tagline 'Let's Blink It.'
Zomato and Blinkit agreed to merge in March 2022; the all-stock deal, valued at about $568 million, completed in June 2022, giving Blinkit access to Zomato's delivery-fl…
Flipkart Minutes launched in August 2024. Swiggy's ₹11,327 crore IPO listed on 13 November 2024 at a roughly 7.7% premium, giving public investors their first direct sta…
Amazon began piloting Amazon Now in January 2025. The same month, Dunzo — once valued at $775 million — shut down after failing to raise enough funding, leaving Reliance…
Zomato's board renamed the listed company Eternal Limited, reflecting how central Blinkit had become — the quick-commerce arm generated about 75% of consolidated revenue…
On 13 August 2026, Maharashtra's FDA inspected 86 online food establishments and suspended 14 licences across Blinkit, Zepto and Instamart, after a viral video appeared…
Blinkit led with about 46% of order share in January 2026, ahead of Instamart (24%) and Zepto (22%). Zepto pushed its planned IPO from mid-2026 to February-May 2027 afte…
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