India, May 2 -- Foodtech major Swiggy has expanded its 10-minute food delivery service Bolt to more than 500 cities across India, a day after its rival Zomato announced shutting down its 15-minute food delivery service Quick within three months of the launch.

Earlier operational in six top tier cities, Bolt has now been expanded into tier II and III cities.

"Launched in October 2024, Bolt has surged across metros as well as tier II and III towns, powered by a network of over 45,000 restaurant brands," Swiggy said in a statement.

On bringing down the curtain on Quick, Eternal's CEO Deepinder Goyal had said, "We did not see any incrementality in demand while we ran Quick as an experiment for a few months."

Meanwhile, Swiggy claims that ...