Online delivery app Foodpanda to launch its services in Visakhapatnam

One of the leading food delivery apps, Foodpanda, is making its way to 13 new cities including Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

Foodpanda India CEO Pranay Jivrajka said, “We are in the midst of a fast-paced nationwide expansion with an ambition to serve a billion Indians. Foodpanda is also learning from Ola’s extensive experience of building hyperlocal solutions to solve unique local challenges.”

He also added, “Being a part of the Ola platform, Foodpanda will explore opportunities to synergize its services and efforts of delivering superior food experiences to cater to a wider pool of customers across these cities.”

The mentioned 13 new cities are  Jaipur, Chandigarh, Kanpur, Lucknow, Indore, Ahmedabad, Nashik, Nagpur, Mysore, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Visakhapatnam, and Coimbatore. And already, the company made a partnership with 5,000 delivery partners.

The company is under plans to hire around 60,000 delivery riders in the next two months to better seamless delivery experience.

As of now, it networks in 7 cities namely Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Pune.

Internationally, the delivery marketplace spreads across 193 cities and works with over 15,733 delivery riders. It has also partnered with over 27,095 restaurants globally.