Barista in advanced talks with Swiggy, another player for food delivery

Coffee chain Barista is in advanced talks with two food delivery platforms, including Swiggy, to serve the online food market, a top company official said.

Barista would sell its food items through the food delivery platforms which would be cooked at its facility and distributed by the online aggregators.

"We are in advanced stage of talks with Swiggy and one more player for dark kitchens and hopefully, we would have announcements soon," Barista Chief Executive Officer Puneet Gulati told PTI.

In October 2018, Barista's rival Cafe Coffee Day had made an announcement to join hands with Uber Eats to launch a virtual restaurant network.

Under dark kitchen, companies share their resources and increase their capacity to serve the food delivery market.

Barista would add around 40 more stores in the next three months taking its count to 250 by the end of this financial year, said Gulati.

The company, which is eyeing a network of around 500 stores in the next two-three years, would expand in ..