Name: Indians get hooked on 10-minute grocery apps, squeezing small retailers
Uploaded: 2024-06-11T01:02:13-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: By M. Sriram and Dhwani Pandya MUMBAI (Reuters) – In a middle-class suburb of Mumbai, workers at SoftBank-backed Swiggy’s grocery warehouse race against time to deliver orders within 10 minutes. Their speed is tracked by the seconds on a screen that flashes red warnings for slowness. Outside in sweltering heat, Swiggy’s bikers, sporting the firm’s […]

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Indians get hooked on 10-minute grocery apps, squeezing small retailers

By M. Sriram and Dhwani Pandya MUMBAI (Reuters) – In a middle-class suburb of Mumbai, workers at SoftBank-backed Swiggy’s grocery warehouse race against time to deliver orders within 10 minutes. Their speed is tracked by the seconds on a screen that flashes red warnings for slowness. Outside in sweltering heat, Swiggy’s bikers, sporting the firm’s […]