Grofers put offline sales, beauty biz employees on furlough due to lockdown lossesA Grofers spokesperson told ET 70 team members of its ancillary business dealing with non-essential categories were affected.
21 Apr, 2020, 08.00 AM IST
Big improvement in availability of essential goodsThe availability of essential goods in offline stores and on online platforms showed a marked improvement in the two days that ended April ...
07 Apr, 2020, 08.48 AM IST
BigBasket and Grofers to hire 12,000 staff to meet demand surgeE-commerce companies have been facing a major manpower shortage, as migrant workers have returned to their native places, amid the virus ou...
04 Apr, 2020, 10.39 AM IST
Zomato smells opportunity in groceries, pings Grofers, BigBasketThis is a major step towards diversification and a move to keep demand high at a time when most businesses are registering a slowdown. Onli...
20 Mar, 2020, 01.36 PM IST
Grofers breaks even in Delhi, Kolkata; other cities on courseThe firm has scaled up the number of orders in Delhi and Kolkata. It draws in 45,000 orders in New Delhi at an average ticket price of Rs 1...
18 Dec, 2019, 08.10 AM IST
Grofers to add 700 kirana stores onto network, eyes $1 bn revenue by year-endThe Kirana stores are converted into Grofers-branded stores label products that are usually priced 30-40 per cent less.
29 Sep, 2019, 03.01 PM IST
Abu Dhabi Capital Group backs GrofersGrofers is expected to be valued at around $700 million after this fund-raise.
16 Jul, 2019, 10.53 AM IST
Grofers converting grocery shops into its brand storesThis is Grofers’ second stint in brick-&-mortar format; in 2017, it opened tuck shops at Oyo properties.
26 Jun, 2019, 06.12 AM IST
SoftBank Vision delivers $60 million to GrofersThe investment comes at a time when competition in the the online grocery delivery space is heating up, with well capitalised firms such as...
01 Mar, 2019, 09.40 AM IST
Grofers narrows loss to ₹258 crore in FY18About two years ago, the company changed its business model to inventory-led from a hyperlocal delivery start-up.
22 Feb, 2019, 08.40 AM IST
SoftBank-backed Grofers aims to garner $2.5 billion in revenue by 2020The company, which has recently completed five years of its operations, has a revenue run rate of USD 360 million (about 2,500 crore) curre...
25 Dec, 2018, 04.20 PM IST
Rolling back services helped us thrive: Albinder DhindsaEverytime a customer placed an order, inevitably some products wouldn’t be available at the retail stores we had tied up with. This created...
03 Jul, 2018, 08.20 AM IST
Our original assumptions were a tad off the mark: Grofers' Albinder DhindsaWhile convenience may explain why more and more people are turning to grocery delivery apps today, it is but just a fraction of the real re...
13 Oct, 2016, 10.00 AM IST
After Rs 800 crore funding round led by SoftBank, Grofers now valued at Rs 2,664 croreGrofers’ latest fundraise, its third this year, marks an over three-fold increase in the company’s valuation in about four months.
27 Nov, 2015, 01.24 PM IST
American doughnut chain Dunkin Donuts joins hands with Grofers to deliver donuts at your doorstepAmritesh said the move will help Dunkin’ in its packaged foods initiative as well as its regular donuts delivery.
03 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Firms like Grofers and PepperTap urge retail partners to set-up exclusive warehousesGrofers said it has access to 23 dark stores in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru and aims to have 50 in place by the end of this year.
09 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Startups eye delivery space: Young firms like Delyver, Grofers deliver a whole range of servicesA customer can log on to their respective smartphone app or website for placing orders from listed local stores and restaurants.
10 Jan, 2015, 07.31 PM IST