Zomato flushed with orders on New Year’s Eve

Image Source : FILE PHOTO Zomato flushed with orders on New Year’s Eve
With Covid-19 protecting many revellers indoors even on New Year’s Eve, meals supply platforms appear to be having a tough time assembly the sudden spike in demand, with orders on Zomato alone going as much as over 3,200 per minute on Thursday night.
“Our order velocity right now is the highest we have seen in our life so far (approximately 2500 orders per minute (opm)). Surpassed India vs Pakistan day wala opm. And it’s only 6pm! I hope our tech lives through this,” Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal mentioned in a tweet.
About 45 minutes later, the orders per minute reached 3,200.
The knowledge revealed that Indians are ordering pizzas and biryani in large numbers from meals supply platforms.
“Curfews across various cities, intended to keep people inside their homes and safe will further boost food delivery demand tonight. I strongly urge our customers to order early if possible, and not wait until the last minute,” Goyal mentioned.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday ordered the imposition of evening curfew within the nationwide capital on December 31 and January 1 from 11 p.m. to six a.m.
The Odisha authorities has imposed evening curfew throughout the state from 10 p.m. on Thursday to five a.m. on Friday to limit New Year eve celebrations.
Zomato on Wednesday mentioned it delivered 22 biryanis each minute in 2020.
The variety of orders for pizza additionally elevated steeply over the months as knowledge from Zomato confirmed that from 4.5 lakh pizza orders in May, the numbers shot to over 17 lakh orders in November.
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