In June it revealed that it was quadrupling the number of stores fulfilled by Starship Technologies’ automated delivery robots, offering a range of over 1000 items for same day delivery.
READ MORE: Co-op partners with Buymie to expand same-day grocery delivery to 200,000 more homesĬo-op also became the first UK supermarket to partner with Buymie, seeing 200 of the company’s “personal shoppers” take orders on over 4000 Co-op products via its app. In August it announced that it was dramatically expanding its partnership with Deliveroo, which it has worked with since 2018, to offer its items from over 400 stores making it the most widely available supermarket on the app. This is the latest in a string of rapid delivery initiatives Co-op has pushed ahead with this year as it seeks to meet the unprecedented demand for home deliveries brought on by the pandemic.
The service is being tested across five of Co-op’s London stores in Hackney, Stepney and Stoke Newington, with plans to roll it out across more of the city in the near future.ĭespite only being available in a handful of stores, Pinga says the products will be available to over 1 million customers in the city. Pinga’s app will now list 500 Co-op products which its couriers will pick and deliver within 90 minutes either on foot, by electric bicycle or electric scooter.
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The Co-op is has launched a new rapid zero-emissions delivery trial with Pinga seeing hundreds of its products available for delivery in under two hours.