Carrefour Sprint will provide 15-minute grocery supply service to Parisians solely via the Uber Eats cellular app from 9 “dark stores” – outlets closed to prospects the place staff put together orders for supply – Carrefour’s associate Cashew operated by.
see imagesUber and Carrefour plan to broaden 15-minute service to different main French cities
US-based experience hailing app proprietor Uber Technologies and Europe’s largest retailer Carrefour are launching a brand new fast grocery supply service in Paris that may prolong their 18-month partnership, the 2 firms stated on Tuesday.
Carrefour Sprint will provide 15-minute grocery supply service to Parisians solely via the Uber Eats cellular app from 9 “dark stores” – outlets closed to prospects the place staff put together orders for supply – Carrefour’s associate Cashew operated by.
Earlier this yr, the French retailer agreed to take a minority stake in newly based start-up Cashew, which operates “dark stores” throughout the nation.
Established retailers and meals deliverers face intense competitors from a crop of latest, well-funded start-up networks of “dark stores” that may ship groceries ordered on smartphone apps to the door in minutes .
Uber and Carrefour already provide 30-minute supply from almost 2,000 Carrefour shops in France which are out there on Uber’s app.
Eve Henriksson, regional common supervisor of Uber Delivery EMEA, stated, “Over the past 18 months people have come to expect fast and reliable delivery … in Europe alone we have seen a triple-digit growth in demand for grocery delivery.” in a press release.
Uber and Carrefour are already providing 30-minute supply from almost 2,000 Carrefour shops out there on Uber’s app as a part of a deal agreed final yr.
The two firms have entered into separate offers with different market gamers corresponding to UK’s Deliveroo and French grocery store chain Casino to expedite deliveries.
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Uber and Carrefour plan to broaden the 15-minute service to different main cities in France corresponding to Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lille and Montpellier within the coming weeks.
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