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In today's world, almost any activity can be carried out online. Even dating. While the idea of finding love by swiping left and right on your smartphone may sound super convenient, it often carries an element of risk. After all, the person on the other end could be anything. In a recent case, a <keyword id="20759324" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bengaluru-woman" source="keywords">Bengaluru woman</keyword> shared a chilling account of how her former <keyword id="23656848" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bumble-date" source="keywords">Bumble date</keyword> used his access at a food delivery platform to stalk her after their relationship ended. The disturbing story has drawn attention to the risks posed by data being misused by those with insider access. <h2><keyword id="20066274" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Bumble" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Bumble" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Bumble">Bumble</keyword> date gone wrong </h2> According to a <keyword id="19951562" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="LinkedIn" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="LinkedIn" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</keyword> post by Rupal Madhup, her friend's nightmare began when her relationship with a man, who worked at a food delivery platform, ended. What followed was nothing short of disturbing. The man allegedly flagged her account in the company’s system, giving him access to her real-time delivery locations. He used this information to track her movements, sending her messages like, “Why are you not ordering at your own place at 2 AM? Where are you?” and “Ordering chocolates, are you on your period?” His obsessive behaviour escalated into full-blown digital stalking, where he would question her movements and orders, leaving her shaken. What makes this incident especially alarming is how he used his professional privileges to access her personal data, turning an ordinary breakup into a terrifying experience. In today’s world, where data is valuable, this case underscores how dangerous it can be when such sensitive information falls into the wrong hands. The situation has also prompted discussions around whether digital platforms have robust enough systems to detect and prevent unauthorised access to user data. In an age where every action—from ordering food to taking a ride—leaves a digital footprint, ensuring privacy and security is more crucial than ever. <h2>Tips for staying safe while dating online</h2> As online dating becomes more common, it’s important to take precautions to protect your privacy and personal safety. Here are some tips to keep in mind: 1. Avoid sharing sensitive information like your home address or work location early on. Stick to general locations and public places until you feel comfortable. 2. Many dating apps offer safety features like in-app messaging or the ability to block or report users. Make sure to use these tools if something feels off. 3. Some apps have location-sharing features, which can expose your whereabouts. Keep these settings off unless absolutely necessary, and don’t share your real-time location with someone you’ve just met. 4. If someone is overly interested in where you are at all times or tries to pressure you into sharing personal details, consider it a warning sign and disengage. 5. Before meeting someone in person, try to verify their identity through social media or mutual connections. It’s always a good idea to get a better sense of who they are. 6. Always meet in a public place for the first few dates. This ensures your safety and gives you time to gauge the person before getting more comfortable.

Bumble date turns stalker: Bengaluru woman claims her ex stalked her using location from food delivery app

We’ve all been there: waiting anxiously as your <keyword id="20544300" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="food-delivery-app" source="keywords">food delivery app</keyword> teases you with the promise that your order will arrive "in 20 minutes." You watch in despair as the driver appears to be stuck in some alternate universe, making you wonder if your meal is actually taking a detour through a black hole. Worse yet, the order arrives with half your items missing, or, horror of horrors, your curry has decided to bathe the entire delivery bag. And when you try to reach out for some help? You're met with a <keyword id="19896299" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="chatbot" source="keywords">chatbot</keyword> that’s more interested in looping you through pre-programmed responses than connecting you with a real human. As usual, redditors are here for your rescue. Very recently, a Reddit user took to a Bengaluru sub to share a “hack” to help those who were struggling with food delivery apps and wanted the “premium experience” without paying more for it. As per the redditor, the key is to choose <keyword id="20635241" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="cash-on-delivery" source="keywords">cash on delivery</keyword> while placing your order on <keyword id="19901323" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Zomato" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Zomato" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Zomato">Zomato</keyword> or <keyword id="19896956" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Swiggy" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Swiggy" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Swiggy">Swiggy</keyword>. They went on to claim that the app would then prioritise your order over even gold customers. Further, their chatbots are more likely to connect you to a human if the delivery is delayed beyond a point or if there’s any other issue with your order. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="112865820" title="The new &amp;quot;Zomato for Enterprise&amp;quot; will directly bill your company for business-related food orders" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>“The user experience remains exactly the same — once the order is delivered you can pay via any UPI app or wallet or saved card through the app but you never again have to worry about being Zomato’s starving hostage,” u/steve7evans <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/bangalore/s/YokaI9aYfC" id="docs-internal-guid-b04dfa38-7fff-1b3e-b0be-47598d49afdf">wrote</a>. Many users shared their bad experiences with the delivery apps and <keyword id="19925749" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="customer-support" source="keywords">customer support</keyword>. While some agreed that they got the order faster than usual after opting for <keyword id="21690601" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cod" source="keywords">COD</keyword>, some felt that the experience is rather subjective. “I'm always able to connect with an agent. And I am always offered a refund generally when I complain. But I only complain in case of a genuine issue. Maybe because I don't abuse their system?” read one of the comments on the thread. However, this hack isn’t about cheating the system or stiffing hard-working delivery partners. The OP clarifies that this is about ensuring that you get the level of service you deserve, minus the unnecessary hassles. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="111758782" title="Zomato and Swiggy increase platform fee by 20% – food deliveries to get costlier" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

The “ultimate Zomato and Swiggy hack” might be opting for COD while placing your order, claim redditors!

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Research shows that ordering food for delivery has gotten expensive, yet demand remains high.</li><li>Pandemic habits and time-saving needs drive consumers to prioritize convenience.</li></ul>Convenience comes up with a pretty hefty cost these days.There's now a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ordering-food-through-uber-eats-doordash-gotten-wildly-expensive-2024-9">considerable difference in spending</a> between eating out and getting your meal delivered. But demand for food delivery has remained high — as has its price.The personal finance site FinanceBuzz did <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://financebuzz.com/compare-costs-food-delivery-apps">an experiment</a> in September and found that based on the cost to deliver an entrée, a side, and a drink from 10 popular chains on the same day within 3 miles — organizing dinner with an app such as DoorDash, Grubhub, UberEats or Postmates can cost almost double what it would to collect it yourself. This is when factoring in charges for food, fees, taxes, and suggested tips. Business Insider contacted these delivery companies for comment. Both Uber — which owns UberEats and Postmates — and Grubhub pointed out that restaurants also often set the menu prices for delivery, and these may sometimes be higher than when purchasing in-store. Still, diners aren't necessarily being deterred by the much higher prices.Last week, food delivery company DoorDash, reported an 18% rise in orders year over year in its third quarter of 2024. Revenue grew 25% to $2.7 billion in the same period.While Uber doesn't split out the results of its individual delivery companies, it saw gross bookings for its delivery segment grow by 16% year on year in Q3.So, why has delivery gotten this expensive?<h2 id="ef2204e7-2a73-4ce1-b97e-9e59db13fb63">Consumer competition</h2>"As app delivery has become more popular, apps have to pay more to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/drive-for-uber-eats-after-layoff-would-not-recommend-2024-7">drivers</a> to convince them to make deliveries for their team — with many drivers juggling multiple apps throughout their shifts," Anthony Miyazaki, a professor of marketing at Florida International University, told Business Insider."At the same time, demand for delivery pushed consumers to unknowingly compete against each other, with <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-to-tip-food-delivery-driver-doordash-ubereats-2023-7">a willingness to pay more for delivery and more for tips</a> to get their food delivered on time," he said. A food delivery driver <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-delivery-driver-gets-big-tips-declines-orders-wealthy-areas-2023-4">previously told BI</a> that he decides to accept or pass on a variety of deliveries often based on the highest upfront tips.<div type="image" title="food on a table from doordash delivery service" height="528" width="772" msid="114979379" hostid="261" sizebytes="27174"></div>This led delivery app companies to take a higher cut from restaurants and raise fees for customers, while at the same time, drivers are looking for higher tips, Miyazaki explained, which all results in a much pricier food order.Matched with inflation resulting in the soaring prices of labor and commodities, many chains — including Starbucks, McDonald's, KFC, In-N-Out, and Olive Garden — <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fast-food-price-rises-tipping-point-value-deals-combos-mcdonalds-2024-8">have increased the cost of menu items</a>.There are a couple of reasons that, despite the hikes, Americans are still choosing the ease of using an app to get dinner.<h2 id="5a6cf862-4bfe-4ddc-b330-71cd4f343f80">Creatures of habit</h2><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/changes-restaurants-pandemic-qr-codes-self-service-kiosks-2024-10">The way we dined changed</a> following the COVID-19 pandemic.But despite lockdowns coming to an end and the country gradually opening back up, people grew accustomed to the trend of ordering food."The pandemic has shifted dining habits, leading more consumers to seek out restaurant-quality meals at home," Alon Chen, CEO of Tastewise, a consumer data platform for food and beverage brands, said."Consumers now consider ordering takeout as a time-saving experience akin to dining out but in the coziness of one's living room," he said.For Miyazaki, because of the rise of streaming, more are comfortable with 'entertaining in' rather than going out for a meal."Also, with more people working from home, they're likely further from lunchtime restaurants and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/work-from-home-lunch-experts-broken-not-take-breaks-2024-9">don't feel the need to get away from the office anymore for their lunch break</a>," he said.<h2 id="ad899ce2-c371-4933-b511-e71d9133d92b">Time is money</h2>Oliver Wright, a senior managing director and the global lead for consumer goods and services at Accenture, explained that consumers feel "time-poor."This means that although <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/cutting-out-cost-of-convenience-for-a-month-2021-11">more money is spent on ordering food</a> than cooking or eating in a restaurant, the customer is saving time, he told BI.The degree to which <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-doordash-instacart-still-delivering-lots-as-consumers-pull-back-2024-8">convenience and ease are playing on consumers' minds</a> to alleviate time pressure has become especially relevant in recent years, Wright said, to the extent that people are willing to spend more if time is saved."Feeling 'time-poor' is a really dominant attribute," he said."The value of time might be very high," Chris Olivola, an associate professor of marketing at Tepper School of Business, told BI.He said that for the rational consumer, whether because of the amount of money earned per hour, how much importance is given to an activity, or the contribution being made to a company, these food delivery apps are popular because of how they assess their time.It's also about expertise, he said."You might be a good cook, but if you want Thai food and you don't know how to cook Thai, you have to teach yourself, Olivola said, "and that takes time."

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India’s appetite is increasing day by and day and the <keyword id="20676228" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="food-services-industry" source="keywords">food services industry</keyword> is on a sizzling plate, projected to grow by 10-12% annually for the next seven years, according to a recent study by <keyword id="19896956" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Swiggy" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Swiggy" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Swiggy">Swiggy</keyword> and <keyword id="19922375" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bain-Company" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Bain &amp; Company" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Bain &amp; Company">Bain &amp; Company</keyword>. This translates to a potential customer base of 45 crore people by 2030! <keyword id="20039605" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="online-food-delivery" source="keywords">Online food delivery</keyword>, in particular, is expected to grow at an even faster rate with a compound annual growth rate of 18%. Fueled by a growing population, more eating-out occasions, and a wider variety of food options, India's culinary landscape is undergoing a delicious transformation — delicious for the service providers. But what of the consumers? While the study reveals a fascinating diversity in <keyword id="22275323" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="how-india-eats" source="Orion">how India eats</keyword>, it also indicates that the top 50, or Tier 1, cities presently account for 70% of food consumption. This wouldn’t be a problem if eating food from outside weren’t basically synonymous with eating unhealthy food. To exacerbate this problem, statistics suggest that this trend will soon seep into the Tier 2 and 3 cities of the country as well. Further, 70% of consumption came from upper-middle to high income households. As per the study, GenZ and other youngsters represent a significant chunk of the food consumption pie – a whopping 40%! <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="109113406" title="Millennials and Gen Z&amp;#39;s trendy new splurge: groceries" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>Growing up in the age of smartphones and social media, Gen Z is comfortable navigating the digital world to discover new restaurants and cuisines. They're not afraid to experiment, venturing beyond traditional family favorites and trying over three different cuisines and six restaurants in a year! While GenZ appreciates good food, they also prioritise value for money. Online food <keyword id="20039606" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="delivery-platforms" source="keywords">delivery platforms</keyword> allow them to compare prices and offerings before placing an order. Furthermore, this generation is expected to dine out more often as their disposable income increases. The rise of online food delivery has revolutionized the way India eats. It has not only extended our eating hours (think late-night cravings!). With changing lifestyles, mid-meal snacking is becoming a popular trend. This opens doors for innovative brunch and evening snack options, requiring restaurants to adapt their opening hours. Delivery platforms have seen an increase in people ordering food items like chicken biryani, fried rice, butter naan, masala dosa and Margherita pizza, among other things, during odd-hours of the day and night. Convenience, taste, and price are now the holy trinity of ordering decisions. Food delivery platforms have intensified competition by making restaurant discovery and comparison a breeze. However, the rise of these food delivery platforms can have a direct impact on the health of Indians, and judicious use of them is advised. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="111758782" title="Zomato and Swiggy increase platform fee by 20% – food deliveries to get costlier" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

Swiggy report says GenZ contributes to 40% of food consumption; highlights recent trend of binge-eating

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Amazon faces pushback from residents in Texas, where it's testing its delivery drone program.</li><li>Residents are complaining about the level of noise as Amazon seeks to expand the project.</li></ul>Amazon's <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/16/amazons-drone-expansion-plans-spur-pushback-from-texas-residents.html">delivery drone robots</a> once seemed like a futuristic joke. But now, as the company seeks federal approval to expand its drone program, it's facing a fundamental challenge: They're too loud.Drones are generally loud machinery. Anyone who has tried to relax on a beach while someone flies their drone can relate. Australians have for years <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/reducing-noise-of-delivery-drones-and-rotor-powered-rideshares/">complained about the noise level</a> from Alphabet-owned drones used by Wing, a food delivery service in the area. And even locals in Nepal say the drones Sherpas plan to start using to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trash-mount-everest-drones-clean-up-sherpas-climbing-2024-8">clean up trash from Mount Everest</a> sound like "a swarm of bees."John Case, an orthodontist from College Station, Texas, where <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-drone-delivered-cookies-15-minutes-after-order-2024-1">Amazon's delivery drone experiment</a> is taking place, told CNBC that he recently encountered an Amazon delivery drone that "sounds like a giant hive of bees.""You know it's coming because it's pretty loud," Case said.Amazon is seeking approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to expand its drone delivery operation beyond College Station into Tolleson, Arizona, according to CNBC.College Station's city manager, Bryan Woods, ran tests on one Amazon drone and found it emitted noise in the range of 47 to 61 decibels, according to the report. Decibel levels of 40 to 65 are similar to a typical suburban area at night, a household refrigerator, or a business office, according to the decibel level comparison chart from <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://ehs.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/decibel-level-chart.pdf">Yale Environmental Health and Safety</a>.In May, Amazon <a target="_blank" href="https://www.faa.gov/uas/advanced_operations/nepa_and_drones/Amazon-TX-SEA.pdf">submitted a proposal</a> to the administration to increase deliveries in College Station from 200 to 469 flights a day. Shortly after, College Station Mayor John Nichols wrote in a letter that residents were getting fed up with the noise."Since locating in College Station, residents in neighborhoods adjacent to Prime Air's facility have expressed concern to the City Council regarding drone noise levels, particularly during take-off and landing, as well as in some delivery operations," Nichols wrote, according to CNBC.Amazon and Mayor Nichols did not immediately return Business Insider's request for comment.Amazon said in a statement to CNBC that it is "proud of the thousands of deliveries we've made and the hundreds of customers we deliver to" through its Prime Air drone program."We appreciate the community of College Station and take local feedback into account wherever possible when making operational decisions for Prime Air," the statement said.

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