Tesco Whoosh announces Uber Eats rapid grocery delivery tie up
Tesco has teamed up with Uber Eats to help expand its Whoosh rapid grocery delivery service,
The supermarket giant launched Whoosh, which aims to deliver food and drinks in under 60 minutes, in May 2021 and it now covers 200 Express outlets across the UK.
The deal with Uber launches from 20 stores, including Edinburgh, Bradford, Portsmouth, Norwich, St Albans and Letchworth.
Tesco says that the partnership will help towards the target of offering the service from 600 locations by the end of 2022.
Alex Troughton, Head of New Verticals and Grocery at Uber Eats UK, says: “It’s clear that the needs of businesses and consumers have been rapidly evolving in recent years and that trend is accelerating.”
“This exciting new partnership will harness the best of Uber’s technology to power superfast Tesco deliveries across the UK.”
“It is proof positive of the momentum we’re seeing in our groceries and retailer delivery offer, and we’re committed to providing world class solutions to our partners.”
Zoom by Ocado
Ocado's within an hour grocery delivery service, Zoom by Ocado, has launched a second micro site, in Canning Town, East London.
In a LinkedIn post, Kieren Johnson, Head of IT at Ocado Retail, said that the facility was “built using the OSP platform (70 odd bots doing their stuff) and stocking 10k+ items for delivery within one hour. All electric delivery fleet.”
The first site was launched in 2019 in Acton, West London.
The aforementioned range of 10,000 products compares to over 50,000 from the main Ocado Retail business.
The retailer is looking for additional sites within London's M25 orbital motorway.
