Since the beginning of the year, London has had a lot of startups enter the 10-15 minute delivery space, fulfilling orders directly from dark convenience stores (stores run by the company solely for delivery). It's insane that companies are able to deliver orders within 10 minutes! More and more keep on launching, many with aggressive new user promos. I think this is a really exciting thing, but unsure if it's a sustainable business model.
We have had the following companies launch in London (may have missed some):
Getir - 10 min grocery delivery, £15 off first order
Weezy - 15 min delivery
Dija - 10 min delivery, £10 off first order using code WELCOME10
Zapp - 20 min delivery, £10 off first order (min spend £20) using code ZAPPTEN
Gorillas - 10 minute delivery, £10 off first order using code LDN10
Jiffy - 15 minute delivery, 20% off first order + 1 month free deliveries using code WELCOME2JIFFY
Also honorary mentions to Devo and Pinga who offer same day grocery delivery from third parties such as Nisa and Co-Op.
Services such as Ocado Zoom, Waitrose Rapid, Sainsbury's Chop Chop, and Amazon Prime Now have been around for a while now, plus Deliveroo grocery delivery has massively increased in popularity, but nothing has been available as fast as 10 minutes until now. Is this something that could catch on? Do you see a future of people using these services instead of going to the corner shop? Will any of these businesses survive?
We have had the following companies launch in London (may have missed some):
Getir - 10 min grocery delivery, £15 off first order
Weezy - 15 min delivery
Dija - 10 min delivery, £10 off first order using code WELCOME10
Zapp - 20 min delivery, £10 off first order (min spend £20) using code ZAPPTEN
Gorillas - 10 minute delivery, £10 off first order using code LDN10
Jiffy - 15 minute delivery, 20% off first order + 1 month free deliveries using code WELCOME2JIFFY
Also honorary mentions to Devo and Pinga who offer same day grocery delivery from third parties such as Nisa and Co-Op.
Services such as Ocado Zoom, Waitrose Rapid, Sainsbury's Chop Chop, and Amazon Prime Now have been around for a while now, plus Deliveroo grocery delivery has massively increased in popularity, but nothing has been available as fast as 10 minutes until now. Is this something that could catch on? Do you see a future of people using these services instead of going to the corner shop? Will any of these businesses survive?
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sorted byLots of startups funded by venture capital all hoping to get big enough, fast enough to either become the monopoly or to be bought out by whoever does.
Usually terrible pay for 'self employed' workers.
Look at the accounts for uber etc. Look at amazons early accounts.
You order on the app, and they use dark stores (small stores built just for delivery, sort of mini distribution centres) to pack your order in minutes and send it out with their couriers. Everything is all about speed. (edited)
Just wanted to say another Thank you
We have been ordering from getir since I saw your discussion.
We have weekly discounts like order for £15 and get £10 off or order for £15.10 and get £15 off.
We are basically getting stuff at 1/3 price
Wow brilliant! Glad to have helped
I wish it was in all parts of London at least, most of these are just zone 1 and 2 of London! (edited)
It is all about number of deliveries within the shortest possible radius. A densely populated city, with a mostly homebound population right now, is therefore the best market.
Gorillas are paying £11.50 salary per hour for drivers + tips, so not even cutting costs there.
When you say 'salary' is that as an employee or as self employed (ie employee has to cover tax and all costs from that)?
or is competition for drivers so strong that they are being forced to pay a decent rate?
Riders are directly employed, Gorillas do not use the gig economy for couriers. I think it's more of a PR move to persuade people to choose them since they pay staff well, rather than an issue of onboarding drivers (many in the gig economy have been struggling for jobs due to an excess of drivers since pandemic job losses) (edited)
First time when I see an app only in app store /Dija/
I just want to try some of these
Thank you
Personally I can't wait to try one of these! Wondering which company will enter next, it seems like everyone is getting into this space!
It's not double the price, they are aiming to keep prices close to a typical convenience store. Corner shops are very expensive, I don't see this being much more
Why would anyone pay for this? Convenience. Quicker to order then get changed and go out then come back.
Chop Chop is far slower than these services I think they promise 60 mins delivery, also maximum 20 item limit is stupid. I would try it out but only have Sainsbury's on Deliveroo here.
For these new services, items delivered within 10 minutes with similar cost than shops or even cheaper and also cheap/free delivery, plus no substitutions as they always know what inventory they have. They aim to be quicker delivering than it would take you to get dressed, leave, shop and return home. I think it is an interesting concept and can't wait to try it out when it launches near me.
Remember the 80’s when the milk round would delivery selected groceries via message in bottle (Bread, Bacon, Juice, Sugar, Eggs etc.)
Milk and More still do this online (edited)
I know this comment is from a few months ago but Fancy is great. Delivery fee is only £2 and if you choose price marked items it isn't too bad as those are honoured (eg. Cadbury Dairy Milk Giant Buttons price marked £1 on the bag sold for £1) - some things are more expensive which is to be expected with any of these apps
Good to hear! £2 delivery very reasonable. Unfortunately I have none of these services in my area yet so can't try
I really want to try Getir because of the £15 discount but it isn't available in my area hopefully some of these services if not all will be available in your area soon
Getir has changed to £10 off now I think, but still good. Gorillas is £10 off too
Definitely still £15 as I see the adverts on social media daily. I think there's multiple first order discounts available at once
£15 off offer on getir is only available in some areas. I know Manchester is one of them. Other areas are only £10 off, which is still good if you’re only spending 10p or £1 each time.
Fortunately, even though it’s not available at my address, it is available for my brother who lives like 10 mins away from me, so I’ve been able to do orders to his address and just collect from him.
Hopefully they expand soon to include more areas.
Delivery is big business right now so not surprised. I also wouldn’t be surprised if the same company owned a few of these..
Think they cover full uk
fruitnet.com/fpj…tol
Seems a bit odd they are rolling out to places like Brighton and Bristol without having covered much of London or other major cities yet but I guess it makes a change!
Jiffy and Fancy in the UK.
They have to deliver in under 10-15 minutes so can imagine how fast they will try to be
Tesco has launched a 1 hour delivery service trial from their Wolverhampton Willenhall Express store. There is a £5 delivery cost. Bear in mind this isn't the first Tesco 1 hour delivery trial (some may remember Tesco Now a few years back) but it's the first time it is integrated into the main Tesco Groceries website.
I'm waiting for all homes to be equipped with pneumatic systems (like supermarkets used to used for money) that will send it straight to your cupboard. Might start off as an order of eggs, but it's quiche by the time you receive it.