{"id":18275,"date":"2022-01-25T19:32:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-startup-railrestro\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T20:12:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:42:49","slug":"biz-startup-railrestro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/biz-startup-railrestro\/","title":{"rendered":"Food delivery startup RailRestro sees 50% decline in sales due to COVID surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trade-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-2838150807\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/get\/telegram\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101992\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/telegram-channel-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN3Epgswxc--Aw?hl=en-IN&amp;gl=IN&amp;ceid=IN%3Aen\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-123430\" src=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png\" alt=\"follow-on-google-news\" width=\"222\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/features\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/follow-on-google-news.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><p>       Kolkata, Jan 25 (PTI)  RailRestro, a leading food delivery startup catering to train passengers, has witnessed a 50 per cent decline in sales, amid fresh COVID-hit turbulence in tour and travel activities, an official said on Tuesday          Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)-authorised food partner has termed the present crisis as a &#8220;blip&#8221; and is hopeful of seeing a recovery soon, RailRestro founder and director Manish Chandra said.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_7\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"trade-183741464\"><!-- Composite Start --> \r\n <div id=\"M923760ScriptRootC1549812\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.mgid.com\/t\/r\/tradebrains.in.1549812.js\" async> \r\n <\/script> \r\n <!-- Composite End --><\/div>\n<p>        \u201cIn the third wave of COVID-19, the government has not imposed lockdown. Local businesses are running but there is an impact on the travel industry. Our sales have decreased by about 50 per cent because people are avoiding travel unless it&#8217;s very urgent,\u201d he told PTI.<\/p>\n<p>        Chandra also said, \u201cThe number of daily orders started decreasing from the first week of January from a range of 10,000 -12,000 to 5,000-6,000. Approximately, there is a 50 per cent decline in orders per day.&#8221;        The food delivery platform claimed to have served more than 30 lakh customers with 60 lakh meals till now.<\/p>\n<p>        Asked about the future, Chandra said the start-up firm remains optimistic that the intensity of the current COVID wave will be less with greater vaccination coverage and normalisation in the travel industry will be restored.<\/p><div class=\"trade-content_5\" id=\"trade-3703955266\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- in_content_2_news -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4023722985638610\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7925020301\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>        &#8220;We are working to expand our e-catering services to 300 stations in the next one or two months. 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