India, March 5 -- Q-Commerce Wars: It's Now Goyal Vs Palicha

A war of words has erupted between quick commerce titans Zepto and Zomato. Foodtech major Zomato's CEO Deepinder Goyal kicked off a controversy after he claimed that rival Zepto alone potentially accounted for half of the estimated INR 5,000 Cr quarterly burn witnessed by the quick commerce ecosystem.

Responding to the allegations, Zepto cofounder and CEO Aadit Palicha termed Goyal's comments "verifiably untrue". While asserting that the statement of Zomato's CEO could have been taken out of context, Palicha said that truth will come to the fore once Zepto publicly files its financial statements.

So, what could have potentially ticked off Goyal's comments? With FY25 still und...