Orders on Blinkit were skyrocketing on New Year’s Eve, as India prepared to ring in 2025. India's collective NYE shopping list was enormous and startling as per a post shared by Albinder Dhindsa, the CEO of app-based grocers, Blinkit, on X.com.
The highest-selling item was: 1,22,356 packs of condoms.
Next was 45,531 bottles of mineral water.
Some 22,322 Partysmart pills were sold. It's an herbal supplement to help with hangovers.
Packs of Eno salts moved very well too -- 2,434 were purchased.
Here's an interesting item on this best-selling NYE list: 2,34,512 packets of Aloo Bhujia.
Blinkit sold 45,531 cans of tonic water.
This was expected: 6,834 packets of ice cubes.
Sticks of lipstick sold that evening: 1,003. Lots of hot lips.
And 762 lighters.