Blinkit’s new dark stores ramping up faster than before

The latest batch of dark stores or micro-fulfillment centres set up by Zomato’s quick commerce arm Blinkit are reaching contribution break-even in two months, on an average, compared to the nearly six months it took for the older stores, the company said in its shareholder letter on Thursday.

“The average time taken for newly launched stores to reach a volume of 1,000 orders per day (at which point stores typically start to achieve contribution break-even), has consistently reduced from an average of 5.8 months for our cohort of new stores added in Q4FY23 to about two months for our most recent cohort of stores opened in October 2023,” the company said.