June 9th, 2023: According to Swiggy, during the IPL season 2023, 212 orders of this winner food dish were received every minute. Who's this Star?
According to Swiggy, biryani was the most popular ordered food in 2022 for the seventh consecutive year. The IPL 2023 final between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans was postponed to the second day, which happened for the first time in this 16 season old competition, Swiggy reported that amid the cricket craze, Biryani had become a popular dish. 212 biryanis were ordered on the food delivery service every minute, the company said in a tweet on Monday, totaling an astounding 12 million orders (1.2 crore).
The tweet received comments like, “Biryani Super kings” and “What a strike rate,” after the company revealed the data of their sales.
Swiggy reported a 30% increase in orders during the 2020 IPL, with chicken biryani, butter naan, and masala dosa becoming the top three most popular items. The company also mentioned how popular the IPL special menus, particularly the combinations, were. Hyderabadi Biryani received 76.2 percent of orders, followed by Lucknowi Biryani at 14 percent and Kolkata Biryani at 9.8 percent, according to a Twitter survey by the company.
Also, on New Year's Eve 2021, Bawarchi, one of Hyderabad's best-selling biryani restaurants, supplied two biryanis each minute, and to fulfill demand on December 31, 2022, it prepared 15 tonnes (13608 Kg) of Biryani. According to Swiggy, 2.28 orders were placed for biryani per second in 2022, making it the most popular meal for a record-breaking seventh consecutive year.