On New Year’s Eve, Zomato’s ‘special’ delivery agent: CEO Deepinder Goyal

After a string of New Year’s Eve celebrations over the past 2 years, the country, along with the rest of the world, welcomed 2023 with gusto. So, food delivery aggregators had a busy Saturday on New Year’s Eve, with Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal himself working as a delivery boy.

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Goyal tweeted that the first delivery was to be done at the Zomato office itself. In all, he said, he placed four orders.

“Right now I am going to deliver some orders on my own. Should be back in an hour or so,” tweeted the Zomato co-founder on Saturday evening. “My first delivery brought me back to the Zomato office. Lol WUT! ” read his next tweet.

He finally returned to the office after completing three more deliveries, including an elderly couple celebrating December 31 with their grandchildren.

Asserting that orders are not slowing down, he said that in one day, Zomato delivered more orders than it did in its first three years (formed in 2008).

Finally calling it a night, the entrepreneur wished everyone a Happy New Year and thanked the customers, restaurant partners, delivery partners and his team for making the year ‘healthy’.

On the other hand, rival Swiggy also saw a busy New Year’s Eve. According to Its co-founder and CEO Sriharsha Majety.