In France, Carrefour has launched a new ‘essentials’ delivery service in the Paris area, called Les Essentials Carrefour. The baskets are set at a maximum price of EUR 5 per day per person and consist of basic foodstuffs such as rice, pasta, and milk. There are also larger weekly subscription boxes available.
In Spain, supermarket group DIA is partnering with on-demand shopping app Glovo and converting its stores to warehouses. The company has now converted 11 of its stores into areas for preparing online orders and hired an additional 1000 people as pickers and delivery drivers. In addition, DIA is working with Glovo, to add a new channel for distributing orders. The service will be available either through DIA’s site or Glovo’s app.
In the UK, Morrisons has teamed up with DPD to ship a food box offering GBP 30 worth of basic, everyday groceries with a GBP 5 delivery charge and next-day delivery available at no extra cost. Customers can order two boxes per order.
Every day we send out a free e-mail with the most important headlines of the last 24 hours.
Subscribe now