Starship Technologies brings delivery robots to Talllin, Estonia
US-based autonomous delivery company Starship Technologies is launching in Tallinn, Estonia.
“We’re expanding our clean, low cost and convenient delivery service in cooperation with national grocer Selver and new dark store Bloom,” the venture tweeted this week.
Co-op partnership
In the UK, meanwhile, Co-op recently announced an acceleration of robot deliveries.
The move is part of the retailer’s plan to more than double online sales from £70 million to £200 million by the end of the year.
It is extending its partnership with Starship Technologies, which was launched by the co-founders of Skype, allowing the delivery of groceries in as little as 20 minutes.
It will increase the number of autonomous vehicles operating and delivering Co-op groceries from 200 to 500 by the end of this year, bringing them to five new towns and cities, including Cambridgeshire, and extending the service into the north of England.
Shoppers using the service will be able to chose from 3,000 grocery items.
Jo Whitfield, Chief Executive at Co-op Food, commented: “Co-op stores across the country are well placed to serve shoppers locally and a key part of our strategy is to further develop our e-commerce offer by using the competitive advantage of our store footprint to provide ultra-fast home deliveries.”
“As a convenience retailer, the ability to come into stores will always be important to customers, but we also know that they want flexible options online.”
“Our commercial strategy is focused on getting closer to where they are to provide what they need, however and wherever they choose to shop with us.”
