Walmart's Flipkart quietly builds food delivery challenger in India

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Flipkart, the Indian e-commerce company owned by Walmart, is developing a food delivery service in India. It has extended access to the service to thousands of its employees ahead of a planned public launch. The move positions Flipkart to compete with established food delivery players in the country. The article reports the development based on the expanded employee rollout, though details beyond this are limited in the source.

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