China hits food delivery platforms with 3.6 bln yuan fine for 'ghost' deliveriesChina has imposed hefty fines on seven major e-commerce platforms for serious food safety breaches. Companies like Taobao, Meituan, Pinduod...
17 Apr, 2026, 05.00 PM IST
Robots, drones could slash global food delivery costs to $1 per order, Barclays saysAutonomous food delivery robots and drones could cut costs by several dollars to as low as $1 per order, a shift that could unlock billions...
15 Apr, 2026, 05.30 PM IST
Chinese food delivery giants surge as regulator, state media call end to price warShares of delivery platform Meituan surged on Wednesday after Chinese state media and the regulator urged the industry to end a bleeding ...
25 Mar, 2026, 12.21 PM IST
China probes competition among food delivery platforms to curb price warChina will investigate cutthroat competition among food delivery platforms operated by tech firms such as Meituan and Alibaba, aiming to r...
09 Jan, 2026, 06.31 PM IST
Chinese food delivery company Meituan's profit slides as competition intensifiesMeituan has nearly 70% of China's delivery market but the company warned that the defence of its customer base will prove expensive in the ...
27 Aug, 2025, 06.41 PM IST
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan beats quarterly revenue estimatesMeituan, which has an app that provides services as varied as bike-sharing, ticket-booking and maps, reported revenue in the three months t...
30 Nov, 2024, 11.02 AM IST
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan beats revenue estimatesMeituan, which has an app that provides services as varied as bike-sharing, ticket-booking and maps, reported revenue in the three months t...
28 Aug, 2024, 02.48 PM IST
Great Wall of China hikers can now enjoy takeout delivered by droneTourists hiking the Great Wall of China can now have lunch delivered by drone, thanks to Meituan's new service. Launched recently, this fir...
23 Aug, 2024, 02.07 PM IST
China's Meituan to buy artificial intelligence firm Light Year from cofounderThe deal comes at a time when AI has captivated investor interest across the globe, prompting a flurry of investments or acquisitions by bu...
29 Jun, 2023, 09.41 PM IST
Tencent plans to divest $24 billion Meituan stake: sourcesTencent, which owns 17% of Meituan, has been engaging with financial advisers in recent months to work out how to execute a potentially lar...
16 Aug, 2022, 12.09 PM IST
China launches antitrust probe into food delivery giant MeituanThe State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said in a statement that its investigaton is focused on the practice whereby a compan...
26 Apr, 2021, 04.08 PM IST
China delivery giant Meituan raises $10 billion to build a warchest for drones, self-driving carsThe robust demand comes as Chinese regulators crack down on technology giants for a range of violations from monopolistic behaviour to flou...
20 Apr, 2021, 01.48 PM IST
How a newcomer is dishing out a tough time for AlibabaA gruelling fight between market leaders Meituan and Alibaba is reshaping life for billions of shoppers in China’s busiest cities
29 Mar, 2019, 11.28 AM IST
Global hedge fund Coatue in talks to buy stake in SwiggyThe move comes less than two months after South African media giant Naspers and Chinese ecommerce firm Meituan-Dianping invested $100 milli...
29 Mar, 2018, 03.28 PM IST
This little-known Chinese startup just hit a valuation of $30 billionWang started Meituan.com in 2010 as a group-buying site similar to Groupon Inc., where people can get discounts by buying electronics or re...
20 Oct, 2017, 08.33 AM IST
Why biggest China internet deal between Dianping and Meituan didn’t need two sets of bankersBoutique investment bank China Renaissance Partners advised both discount site Meituan.com and restaurant-review service Dianping.com on th...
08 Oct, 2015, 05.38 PM IST
China’s Meituan said to agree to $15 billion Dianping mergerTwo Chinese startups separately backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. have agreed to a merger that will create a $...
07 Oct, 2015, 11.09 AM IST