Over 100 Blinkit darkish kitchens shut in Delhi-NCR resulting from supply boys’ strike

Zomato-owned fast commerce platform Blinkit has shut down over 100 darkish kitchens in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida, and Higher Noida for the previous three days as a result of ongoing supply employee strikes, and it’s anticipated {that a} bigger variety of shops will even go offline within the coming days, in keeping with reviews.

Supply executives are opposing a change of their compensation system, which they allege will end in decrease earnings.

The media reviews mentioned that about 50-60 shops in Gurugram have closed, with extra closures anticipated in Noida and Delhi as the brand new price construction is applied.

As well as, clients within the area have been dealing with difficulties putting orders at offline shops that use the Blinkit app.

These places are presently marked as ‘quickly unavailable’ resulting from ongoing upkeep, which has prompted a number of clients to voice their issues on social media.

Blinkit operates roughly 400 darkish shops in 20 cities all through the nation, with a major presence within the Delhi-NCR area, the place half of its shops are positioned.

In the meantime, Zomato’s consolidated loss widened to Rs 346.6 crore (year-on-year) for the quarter that ended December 31, towards a lack of Rs 63 crore in the identical interval final yr, the corporate mentioned.

The corporate mentioned that adjusted income witnessed a 66 per cent progress to Rs 2,363 crore (YoY).

“We predict that the present slowdown is a consequence of some momentary components — macro slowdown for the mid-market section, growth in eating out for the premium-end, and growth in journey on the premium-end,” he mentioned within the firm’s earnings outcomes.

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