India celebrated the New Year eve with a wave of excitement, the Indians hosted house parties and celebrations took center stage on New Year’s Eve. The data from India’s top quick commerce and food delivery platforms like Swiggy, Blinkit, Zepto and other reveals a night of stocking up on party essentials like chips, soft drink, ice cubes, and other things to set up the festive mood across India.
Albinder Dhindsa, CEO of Blinkitand Phani Kishan A, co-founder Swiggy and Swiggy Instamart shared the information on X giving updates on the most ordered item from their platforms.
This NYE, Bhubaneswar and Mangaluru are stealing the spotlight as our busiest new cities! 🎉
Top orders? Chocolates, chips, & soft drinks. Celebrations are in full swing already!
A user in Bhubaneswar is already prepping for the new year having bought 12k worth protein bars 💪
— Phani Kishan A (@phanikishan) December 31, 2024
What Indians ordered on 31st December
Snacks led the pack as the top party staples. Blinkit reported 2.3 lakh orders of aloo bhujia packet by 8 PM on 31st December whereas Swiggy Instamart saw a skyrocket graph in the chips order. 853 chips per minute were ordered on the platform around 7:30 PM. The top trending searches on the platform was milk, chips, chocolate, grapesand paneer.
Ice cubes and cold drinks were other party essentials that flew off the virtual shelves. Quick commerce platform Blinkit oflivered 6,834 packets of ice cubes by 8PM whereas BigBasket recorded a 1290% increase in ice cube orders.
Apart from this Non-alcoholic beverage also saw a boom, with BigBasket reporting a 552% increase in sales, while disposable cups and plates saw a 325% rise. The soda and mocktail sales followed suit with over 200% growth.
Apart from these items people also aggressively purchased condoms, i-pillSlice cake, and Ale on New Year eve
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