Foodpanda expands to 50 Indian cities, aims to be in 100 cities by Nov-end

Ola-backed Foodpanda has expanded its delivery network to 30 more cities in India, taking its presence to 50 cities across the country.
The company said its delivery network is now active in cities like Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Dehradun, Allahabad, Varanasi, Surat, Vadodara, Aurangabad and Bhopal among others and plans to expand the network to 100 cities by the end of November.

Across these cities, Foodpanda claims to have more than 125,000 delivery partners on its platform as of now.

"While our network now covers all metropolitans and major tier 1 & 2 cities across the country, we are excited about introducing the superior food experience we bring, delivered to the doorsteps of millions of first time customers in these un-served cities" said Pranay Jivrajka, CEO at Foodpanda India.

Non-metropolitan cities like Chandigarh, Indore, Lucknow, Jaipur and Nagpur have emerged as the fastest growing markets for Foodpanda, the company said in a statement. In the next growth phase, Foodpanda said it plans to focus on the eastern and southern parts in the country.

Last week, Foodpanda acquired Mumbai-based cloud kitchen firm Holachef to build a cloud kitchen network. The company plans to launch its own brand of food products across different categories, tailored to the needs of specific customer segments.