Fascinating 2020 trends from Zomato 🧵
A person from Jalgaon, Maharashtra ordered 369 pizzas this year
A person from Bengaluru emerged overall topper, having placed 1,380 orders this year (4 orders a day)
I'm feeling a lot better about myself after seeing all this
Pizza and India
May - 4.5 lakh plus orders
July- 9 lakh
Sept - 12 lakh
Nov - 17 lakh
Guess this would have peaked during IPL, when people also felt more comfortable ordering in compared to the first few months of Covid
Biggest order:
Order amount- Rs 1.99 lakh (after discount of Rs 66K)
Smallest order: Rs 10 (after discount of Rs 39)
Zomato delivered 22 biryanis every minute in 2020.
Most imp: Veg Biryani was ordered 19 lakh times
Pls note @jarshadnk
People in Delhi seem to love momos - they ordered more momos than Mumbai, Punè and Bengaluru combined
Gulab Jamun emerged favorite dessert, with over one lakh orders. Mumbai ordered the maximum number of jamuns.
Darjeeling emerged as the city that spent the most on every order, clocking an average value of Rs 500
Chandigarh ordered the most at midnight .
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On December 29th, 1945, Muhamed Husein Hasham Premji, registered Western India Vegetable Products Limited after buying an oil mill in Amalner, Maharashtra. His son, Azim Premji would go on to build a diversified conglomerate worth billions, and give most of it away 🧵
Few would have imagined that a company that made vegetable and refined oils would go on to become a conglomerate that today houses a listed software giant, Wipro and an unlisted Wipro Enterprises- which has its consumer care, infrastructure engineering and medical equipment biz
21-year old Azim Premji returned to India in 1966 after his father's sudden demise, to take charge .Premji diversified the company to hydraulics, soaps and lighting. He spotted the IT opportunity in the late 70s and 80s, and forayed into making computers after IBM exited India.
Delivery trends from @DunzoIt for 2020 🧵
Over 3X condoms were ordered during the day compared to night
Top wellness orders
Chennai - sanitary pads
Jaipur- pregnancy tests
IPill - Blore, Pune, Gurugram, Hyd, Delhi, Mumbai
Top grocery orders
Blore - onion
Pune - milk
Chennai- potato
Delhi - soft drinks
Hyd - milk
Pune ordered 2x more Maggi than Mumbai
Delhi, Chennai and Jaipur ordered more coffee than tea.
Top food orders
Blore - Chicken biryani
Pune - Misal pav
Gurgaon- aloo tikki burger
Mumbai - dal khichdi
Jaipur- samosa
Chennai- idli
Sometime in 1976, Mrs Rajini Bector began making ice creams with a hand churner at her house in Ludhiana.. The initial response encouraged her to buy an oven that cost Rs 300 then 🧵
Two years later, her husband Dharamvir became her first investor, giving her a capital of Rs 20,000 that helped her launch a full-fledged bakery business.
This fledgling venture became Mrs Bectors Foods, which sells Cremica biscuits and bakery products under the English Oven brand today. It's also the largest supplier of buns/bread to chains such as Burger King, McDonald’s and Dominos Pizza.
In March this year, @sequoia Coronavirus the Black Swan of 2020. Cut to December & they have ended the year as the most active investor in India in terms of the number of deals by volume, according to data from @ventureindia 🧵 timesnownews.com/business-econo…
According to data from Venture Intelligence, startups in India raised $10.6 Billion across 648 deals in 2020, the lowest in 4 years.. in terms of the value of deals. While the amount raised by startups is lower, the year also saw the emergence of 10 unicorns.
TOP VC INVESTMENTS IN INDIA (2020)
Zomato
Oyo Rooms
Byjus
Ecomm Express
Dream11
Cars 24
Zenoti
RBI has sounded a warning on unauthorised digital lending platforms/mobile apps in its circular today.
"Legitimate public lending activities can be undertaken by Banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) registered with RBI....
and other entities who are
regulated by the State Governments under statutory provisions, such as the money lending acts of the concerned states. Members of public are hereby cautioned not to
fall prey to such unscrupulous activities & verify antecedents of the company.....
Moreover, consumers should never
share copies of KYC documents with unidentified persons, unverified/unauthorised Apps. Report such Apps/Bank Account information associated with the
Apps to concerned law enforcement agencies or use Sachet portal
(sachet.rbi.org.in)
Fun facts from Swiggy's year-end report 🧵
Veg, Chicken, Mutton or Aloo - a Biryani was ordered more than once every second in 2020. Chicken Biryani is most popular dish followed by Masala Dosa, Paneer butter masala, Chicken Fried Rice and Garlic breadsticks.
Top 5 cities
Bengaluru
Mumbai
Chennai
Hyderabad
Delhi
Top 5 desserts in Nov
Choco Lava
Gulab Jamun
Butterscotch mousse cake
Rasmalai
Brownie