Blinkit to focus on top 8 cities for dark stores

Zomato’s management on Monday emphasised that Blinkit will continue to focus on top eight cities, including Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru, to expand its dark store network and penetrate deeper into the urban markets. Of the 75 new stores Blinkit added in Q4, 80% were in these eight cities. Blinkit now has 526 dark stores across India and plans to double the number to 1,000 in the next 12 months.Increasing store penetration in these eight cities will boost the segment’s gross order value by nearly 4 times, the company said.