Valentine's Day: Blinkit delivers 10,000 roses by 10 am on the special day of love, says CEO

According to Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa, the business has sent over 10,000 individual roses by 10 a.m. on February 14 - and this does not include the roses contained in the 1,200 bouquets distributed so far.


On February 14, people throughout the country are embracing Valentine's Day by giving presents, greeting cards, and flowers to those they care about. In fact, if the stats are to be believed, Valentine's Day celebrations began in earnest this morning.



Albinder Dhindsa tweeted that his business sold over 10,000 singular roses and 1200 bouquets on Valentine's Day. Furthermore, he called it an 'excellent start'.


Every year on February 14, Valentine's Day is observed. This unofficial holiday celebrates romantic love - a day when lovers typically exchange presents and flowers as a token of devotion.

In fact, there is a particular day dedicated to roses in the week preceding Valentine's Day (known as Valentine's Week). Every year on February 7, Rose Day is observed, although the selling of roses reaches an all-time high on Valentine's Day.


Chocolate was termed a "Love Language" by the CEO in a tweet. Along with that, he shared a graph that indicated chocolate sales were at an all-time high.


Blinkit Commerce Private Limited, previously 'Grofers', is an Indian quick delivery business. It was launched in December 2013 and is headquartered in Gurgaon. Customers deploy a smartphone application of 'Blinkit' to purchase food supplies and other necessities digitally.

FAQs

Q1. Who is the CEO of Blinkit?
Albinder Dhindsa is the CEO of Blinkit.


Q2. What was Blinkit called earlier?
Blinkit was known as ‘Grofers’.