Udaan’s daily foods business volume crosses 8000 tonnes

Udaan, India’s largest business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform, today announced that the transaction volume of Foods business comprising ofFMCG, staples, and Freshproducts on its platform has crossed 8000 tonnes per day. The volume of transaction handled on the platform in the Foods category makes Udaan the largest grocery platform in the country. This volume is greaterthan the daily food consumption of Singapore/Denmark/Finland/Norway.

The Udaan platform has witnessed a robust growth of over 500%in volume for the Foods business in the last two years. The platform has added over 50% buyers in the Foods business alone over the past six months during the pandemic. The platform has also witnessed a significant increase in repeat purchase from these buyers highlighting their confidence on the platform. On an average, the platform receives over 30 lakh orders a month in the Foods category itself across 50 cities. Overall, Udaan enables delivery of over 1.5 lakh orders daily, spread over all business verticals across 900 cities nationally.

The platform has over 15 lakh kirana shops, HoReCa,farmers, placing orders and supplying food products, making Udaan a leader in the food E-commerce business.The platform offers over 20,000 products from groceries, beverages, cereals, pulses, spices,edible oils, home & personal care categories, fresh, dairy,to a wide range of household products.

Speaking on achieving this milestone, Vivek Gupta, Head, Food Business, Udaan said, “A key challenge in the foods business is timely access to the market. The lack of strong and reliable logistics network results in a significant percentage of these products getting wasted. udaan’s strong supply-chain network spanning 900+ cities, covering over 12,000 pin codesnot only ensures timely delivery, but also provides quality and fresh products to buyers at a better price.Our partner FMCG companies get direct and easy access to over 30 lakh kirana shops and retailers nationally on the Udaan platform resulting in expansion of their target markets. The growth in food volumes at Udaan highlights the confidence of partner FMCG companies, buyers, and sellerson our platform.This is in line with our vision to transform the trade ecosystem in the country leveraging the power of technology.”