Zomato launches 'large order fleet' to serve gathering of up to 50 people

Food delivery platform Zomato on Tuesday launched a large order fleet with an aim to deliver orders for gatherings of upto 50 people. Zomato's Chief Executive Deepinder Goyal posted in X that the fleet will be all-electric. However, he did not specify the number of vehicles in the fleet.

Today, we are excited to introduce India's first large order fleet, designed to handle all your large (group/party/event) orders with ease. This is an all electric fleet, designed specifically to serve orders for a gathering of upto 50 people. pic.twitter.com/RCH6v0kxfn

— Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) April 16, 2024

Zomato's large order fleet

Zomato had been planning to enter the catering business by leveraging its network of restaurant partners as part of a broader strategy to service large orders. This also comes at a time when the company is looking to expand its business in various use cases of food delivery. In the X post, Goyal mentioned that work in the vehicles is still in process and Zomato is adding important enhancements to them – like cooling compartments, and hot boxes with temperature control.

Having said that, these vehicles are still “work in progress”, and we are in the process of adding important enhancements to them – like cooling compartments, and hot boxes with temperature control – to ensure everything arrives just the way you like.

— Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) April 16, 2024

In June 2023, the food delivery platform had introduced the multi-cart feature, allowing users to order from multiple restaurants at the same time. In its December 2023 quarterly earnings call, the firm said that it expected monthly transacting customers to play a key role in driving growth, along with new customers.

Such large orders were earlier served by multiple regular fleet delivery partners, and the customer experience wasn’t what we really aspired for. These new vehicles should solve most of the problems our customers face while placing large orders on Zomato.

— Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) April 16, 2024