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Zepto

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Zepto is a grocery and consumer-product rapid-delivery company founded on the idea that faster delivery could lead to better, rather than worse, unit economics. In other markets globally, rapid delivery from dark stores has been associated with high valuations and high burn rates. Zepto’s foundational idea is that faster fulfillment improves both customer retention and unit economics by increasing order density per store and labor efficiency per rider. To support this, the company has built a network of more than 1.1K dark stores across India’s largest cities as of 2026 and uses routing software and demand forecasting to keep average delivery times near 10 minutes.

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