Aldi UK trials grocery delivery service with Deliveroo

Aldi UK is partnering with Deliveroo to test out grocery home delivery for the first time.

Starting this week, it will offer a rapid delivery service from a store in Nottingham, before extending the trial to seven more stores across the East Midlands in June. It is also considering a roll-out to further locations by the end of 2020.

Customers will be able to order from over 150 Aldi products through the Deliveroo app. The retailer will initially offer a range of essential items, such as bread, milk and fresh produce.

Giles Hurley, CEO at Aldi UK & Ireland, pictured above, says: “This is a new and exciting venture for us and we will be constantly reviewing how we can best serve our customers and continue to provide them with the high quality products they are used to in store.”

Lidl

Aldi’s discounter rival, Lidl, meanwhile, has rolled out InPost UK parcel lockers at 24 stores.

This includes sites in London, Birmingham and Manchester and allows shoppers to collect online orders and also send parcels. InPost UK has partnered with carriers such as Hermes, DHL Express and DX and retailers like Boohoo, JD Group and Holland and Barrett.

Jason Tavaria, CEO at InPost, says: “With current lockdown guidance limiting how and when people can leave the house, it is vital that they are able to maximise each trip and not make unnecessary additional journeys.”

“Installing delivery lockers at one of the UK’s best loved supermarkets allows them to do this and also provides a useful, contact-free outbound resource at a time when many Post Offices are closed.”

He adds: “The positive feedback we’ve already had from customers shows they’re open to change, with trip-chaining becoming more common and demonstrating the demand for greater integration between how people work, shop and play.”