Bengaluru-based Swiggy has expanded its 10-minute food delivery service, Bolt, to over 400 cities cities and towns across India.
In the first phase, Bolt was launched in October in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Mumbai, and Pune.
Bolt is now active in cities like Jaipur, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Indore, Coimbatore, and Kochi as well.
Swiggy, in a statement, said that it has expanded the 10-minute food delivery service to Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities such as Roorkee, Guntur, Warangal, Patna, Jagtial, Solan, Nashik and Shillong among others.
The massive expansion of the rapid food delivery service by Swiggy comes at a time when startups are increasing their presence in this area.
Swiggy said it is actively partnering with restaurants to optimize order prioritisation for Bolt orders that have food items with minimum or no preparation time.
The company stated that the delivery radius for Bolt is limited to 2 km as of now, which also increases familiarity and enables faster delivery.
The speed of delivery is optimized by prioritising delivery executives closest to Bolt outlets, it added.
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Bolt prioritizes dishes that retain taste, freshness, and quality during delivery. It delivers food from more than 40,000 participating restaurants with a range of over 10 Lakh items to choose from, it added.
