Grofers

Grofers
Private
Industry Internet
Founded December 2013
Headquarters Gurgaon, India
Area served
 India
Services E-commerce
(Online shopping)
Number of employees
 2,000 (June 2016)[1]
Website grofers.com

Grofers is an Indian on-demand online grocery delivery service.[2] It was founded in December 2013 and is based in Gurgaon.[3][4] As of 2016, the company has raised about $165.5 million from investors including SoftBank and Sequoia Capital.[5][6] In early 2016, Grofers reduced its workforce by ten percent and reduced its operations from 26 cities to 17 cities.[7]

The name Grofers is a portmanteau of "grocery gophers".[8] Customers of the company use a mobile application to order groceries online. Grofers employees then secure the items from local stores and deliver the items to the consumer.[9]

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References

  1. ↑ Sn, Vikas; Chanchani, Madhav (June 29, 2016). "Grofers lays off 10% of employees, withdraws 67 campus job offers". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Shrivastava, Aditi; Chanchani, Madhav (July 13, 2016). "After a year of rapid growth, Grofers aiming to achieve operational break-even by year end". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Sen, Sunmy (May 23, 2016). "It's Grofers vs BigBasket in the grocery delivery app war". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Grofers has had a good run so far, aims at operational break-even by year end". Business Insider. July 13, 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Shu, Catherine (January 5, 2016). "Indian Hyperlocal Delivery Startup Grofers Pulls Out Of 9 Cities". TechCrunch. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Ganguly, Paloma (November 26, 2015). "Delivering groceries, Grofers bags big bucks from SoftBank". Tech in Asia. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Saligrama, Anirudh (August 15, 2016). "How Grofers Is Battling Legal Notice That Was Served By Students". TechStory. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Local heroes". The Economist. January 14, 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Prabhakar, Anu (May 25, 2014). "Gone in 90 minutes". Mid Day. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

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