On New Year’s Eve, the food-delivering app Swiggy reported more than 4.8 lakh biryani orders along with 1,244 dish units ordered every minute, the news agency PTI reported.
Hyderabad ordered the most biryani during the period, according to the report, the groceries and home essentials delivery app, Swiggy Instamart witnessed 1.6 times more orders per minute compared to the high record reported during Cricket World Cup final 2023 on 19 November.
By the evening, both Swiggy’s food delivery and Instamart services surpassed the previous year’s highs, the report said.
Swiggy delivered 3.50 lakh biryani orders and dispatched over 2.5 lakh pizzas across the country last year in the same period.
“New Year’s Eve ’24 broke all records across Swiggy Food and Instamart! With the team at the stroke of midnight – could not be happier,” Rohit Kapoor, CEO of Food Marketplace, Swiggy told PTI.
“Almost a million users were active on the Swiggy app in the last hour. That’s more than the number of people who will join the gym starting tomorrow,” the app said in a post on ‘X’ at 9.50 PM on Sunday.
Swiggy Instamart in a separate post at 9.24 PM on Sunday said orders for condoms peaked at 1,722 condoms per hour in the morning.
