Zepto expands cafe service to major cities; eyes Rs 1,000 cr revenue run-rate by 2026

Quick commerce level Zepto connected Monday announced the rollout of its cafe work successful large cities and said it targets a gross run-rate of Rs 1,000 crore by 2026. It volition service implicit 120 Cafes astatine stores crossed Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and soon successful Hyderabad, Chennai, and Pune, a institution connection said.

"We person cracked 10-minute transportation with high-quality nutrient mentation processes, which is wherefore we are seeing beardown lawsuit love. Over the past year, our squad has meticulously researched and sourced state-of-the-art instrumentality for our cafes, including java machines that employment handcrafted brewing techniques," Zepto CEO Aadit Palicha said.

Serving the conception of a speedy repast for today's fast-paced municipality lifestyle, the online cafe features a divers paper with implicit 148 items, including freshly brewed chai, coffee, all-day breakfast, pastries, and savoury snacks, promising a 10-minute transportation service, it added.

Zepto Cafe was launched successful April 2022 arsenic a part of Zepto, which itself was founded successful July 2021 by Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra.

"The effect has been phenomenal, with Zepto Cafe present achieving an (estimated) Annual Run Rate (ARR) GMV of Rs 160 crore with conscionable 15 per cent of our expanding acheronian store web with proven portion economics.

"As we grow into caller cities and motorboat 100-plus caller cafes each month, we are connected way to execute an ARR of Rs 1,000 crore by the adjacent fiscal year," Palicha said. ARR refers to the projection of upcoming gross implicit a longer clip play (usually 1 year) based connected antecedently earned revenue.