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The ride-hailing company is gradually ramping up its food delivery business and at least one of the two major players has blinked in response. How credible is the threat?

The status quo in the Indian food delivery market that has gone uninterrupted for a while may be under pressure.
Rapido, the ride-hailing company that announced its intention to enter the food delivery market in June last year, is gradually ramping up. In March 2026, the company moved its food delivery vertical, called Ownly, out of the pilot stage and rolled out the service across Bengaluru. The service has picked up momentum since then, with “order volumes more than doubling over the last 60 days”, says a spokesperson for Ownly. For context, Ownly was clocking 5,000 average orders per day …
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