Many restaurants are also exploring expansion through cloud kitchens with the dine-in business capped at 50% seating capacity leading to expectations of a surge in online orders as consumers remain wary of stepping out. The cloud kitchen business was deeply impacted by the lockdown, resulting in a sharp dip in order volumes. These food-tech unicorns are now working with restaurants to help them resume operations by offering their cloud kitchen facilities. Swiggy, which has shut and relocated many of its non-profitable cloud kitchens in May, is also re-looking at its cloud kitchen strategy to solve supply gaps in its operations. Swiggy has also invested ₹250 crore into Swiggy Access, its cloud kitchen brand.

Source: Mint June 09, 2020 19:30 UTC