Online restaurant guide and food ordering platform Zomato posted a record number of orders on New Years Eve as more people in India ordered food online due to covid-induced curfews in many states. . Zomato posted an unprecedented record of more than 4,000 orders per minute (OPM) on New Year’s Eve.
Zomato founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal live-tweeted interesting stats about order numbers, order value increases, and the strain that has gripped his tech team.
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At approximately 7:53 pm, Goyal tweeted: “An incredible amount of strain on the system right now. 1.4 lakh of live ordering right now. ~ 20k biryanis in transit. And 16k pizzas; 40% of them are pizzas from extra cheese “.
Goyal also reported that people from outside India, especially from the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Turkey, were placing orders for people in India.
Goyal further added that the ordering speed in the app was the highest the app had ever seen. It started at 2,500 orders per minute at 6:14 pm and peaked to touch 4,100 orders per minute at 8:22 pm.
In December of last year, Zomato had closed $ 660 million (plus ₹4,850 crore) round of financing, valuing the company at a post-money valuation of $ 3.6 billion.
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