'Love you, India!': How Zomato’s Deepinder Goyal reacted to generous 'tips' & spike in deliveries on New Year’s Eve
food delivery apps have become an important part of India's New Year celebrations. Though these platforms hike delivery fees during the New Year’s order rush, each year new delivery records are set as India just loves to order food online.
Taking to X, previously Twitter, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal shared the amount the company's delivery partners received as tips in 2023.
Moreover, he also posted about the orders they delivered.
Goyal also expressed his gratitude and asserted that he is “excited about the future”.
“Fun fact: We’ve delivered almost as many orders on NYE 23 as we did on NYE 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 combined. Excited about the future!” Goyal wrote in a post he shared on New Year’s Eve. Less than half an hour later, he shared another tweet about the tips that their delivery partners received.
“Love you, India! You’ve tipped over Rs 97 lakhs till now to the delivery partners serving you tonight,” he wrote and complemented his post with three heart emoticons.
Here are the tweets shared by Deepinder Goyal:
Since being shared, both posts have garnered lakhs of reactions and views.
Here's how X users reacted to Goyal’s posts:
«That means many people are are sitting at home instead of chilling out,» wrote an X user.
“Would love to learn more about India’s tipping behaviour.
Average per order tip, what % of order value is it etc,” said another. “A big patron here! Wishing you and your team an awesome year ahead!!! Keep rocking,” added another.
“Break the records next year,” posted a third.
“Well deserved,” wrote a fourth user.
Other food and grocery delivery apps such as Swiggy, and Blinkit also saw huge traction.
Swiggy has had over 1 million users active on the app every hour. The app delivered
