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Swiggy Questions What Ed Sheeran Eats To Netizens, Gets Singer's Reply
Latest tweet on singer Ed Sheeran on Swiggy, became a major attraction, as many netizens replied to the question related to the singer. Notably, to gain attraction, Swiggy asked netizens what Ed Sheeran eats. However, what the platform didn't expect was a respond from the singer itself. What's Ed Sheeran eating here? Wrong answers only," wrote Swiggy, to which Sheeran said, "Chips WITHOUT ketchup?"
Tags: Ed Sheeran, Swiggy, Food Post, Twitter, Bizzare Post
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Hyderabad Man Creates Record, Orders Idlis Worth Rs 6 Lakhs In A Year
A Hyderabad man, who seems like a fan of idlis created a record after he spent Rs 6 lakhs on ordering idlis in one year. In a survey of March 2022-2023, the food delivery platform Swiggy revealed that a user ordered 8,428 plates of idlis alone. Furthermore, on World Idli Day, Swiggy also shared an analysis, that Swiggy delivered 33 million idli plates in one year in Indian states.
Tags: Idli, World Idli Day, Hyderabad Man, Swiggy, South Indian Breakfast
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"Don't Send Muslim Delivery Boy," Requests Hyderabadi Swiggy Customer, Netizens Reacts
A Swiggy customer from Hyderabad made a bizarre request, instructing not to send Muslim boy for delivery. The bigotry request created controversy, with demands of action against the customer by the food delivery app. Amongst netizens, Shaik Salauddin, head of an organisation of workers gig economy shared the request and tweeted, "We are here to deliver food to one and all, be it Hindu, Muslim, Christian,… read-more
Tags: Food Delivery, Muslim-Hindu, Bigotry comment, Swiggy, netizens
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Swiggy Delivery Partner's Drench In Rain Video Goes Viral
A video of Swiggy's delivery partner drenched in rain is going viral on social media platforms. The harsh weather and monsoon have become a problem for delivery partners, of food/grocery delivery apps like Zomato, Swiggy and others. The video shared as a reel on Instagram gained over 1 million views, with netizens demanding a raincoat or some privileges for the delivery partner, working round the clock.
Tags: Swiggy, Delivery Partner, Drench In Rain, Viral video, World Bank
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Cricketer Shubham Gill Urges Elon Musk To Buy Swiggy
In a tweet that has gone viral, cricketer Shubham Gill urges Elon Musk to buy Swiggy. In the heavily shared tweet, Gill complained, "Elon musk please buy swiggy so they can deliver on time." And he also tagged the multi-billionaire in the tweet. The Swiggy team was quick to reply, writing "Meet us in DM with your details, we'll jump on it quicker than any acquisition."
Tags: Swiggy, Elon Musk, Twitter, Entertainment, Viral
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Swiggy, Zomato Suffers Nationwide Outage; Social Media Flooded With Complaints
Zomato and Swiggy, India's two largest food delivery apps, suffered a nationwide outage, on April 6. The 30-min outage was reportedly caused by an Amazon Web Services snag, that several online platforms rely on. Social media was flooded with complaints from customers, stating that the apps are not functioning. Delivery partners also raised complaints saying that food was not able to be delivered due to the outage.
Tags: ZOMATO, Swiggy, Food Delivery, App Outage, food
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Swiggy Sets New Record, Receives 9,500 Orders Per Minute
Online food delivery platform Swiggy thanked its customers after it received 9,500 orders per minute, breaking the last record of 5,500 food orders per minute. The company made the record on new year's eve, on December 31. ''OPM reaches most 9,500 level by early dinner itself, which is almost 1.7x of last year's peak,'' said Swiggy. Reportedly, it shaw the jump of 80% in the number of new users.
Tags: Swiggy, recorD, Order Per Minute, New Year, Food Delivery
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Bengali Actor Trolled For Tagging PM Modi In Complaints About Swiggy
Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee turned to Twitter to publicly express his worries regarding food delivery applications on November 6. He penned an open letter and uploaded it on his Twitter account, complaining about a delay in one of his Swiggy orders. In the letter, he mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. His complaint was severely harassed by Twitter users, who mocked his problems.
Tags: Twitter, prosenjit chatterjee, Food Delivery, Swiggy, Prime Minister
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Swiggy Grants 2-Day Paid 'Period' Leave To Female Delivery Agents
Swiggy announced that it will provide a two-day paid monthly period leave to its regular female delivery agents, on October 20. The delivery agents can take the said leaves voluntarily in the month. This decision was made to ensure comfort to the female delivery partners. Notably, more than 99% of the females working in the firm are below 45 years of age, and almost 89% of them have a child.
Tags: Swiggy, PERIOD LEAVES, India, health care, periods
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Swiggy, Zomato To Charge GST On Food Deliveries: GST Council
The GST Council has decided that starting from 1st January 2022, Online Food Delivery Businesses like Swiggy and Zomato are required to collect 5% GST from their customers. This transition is meant to simplify the tax administration. Revenue secretary Tarun Bajaj explained, "There is neither a new tax nor extra tax, the tax earlier payable by restaurants, now will be payable by aggregators to prevent revenue leakage."
Tags: GST, GST Council Meeting, Swiggy, ZOMATO
Courtesy: Hindustan Times
