Just Eat teams with Booker Wholesale to offer rapid delivery to convenience stores

Just Eat and Booker Wholesale have partnered to offer delivery to thousands of Symbol group convenience stores in the UK.

Operators of Londis, Premier, Budgens and Family Shopper will be able to offer customers a range of fresh food, everyday essentials, drinks and tobacco delivered to the door, within 25 minutes.

As part of the agreement, Booker Wholesale’s sales team will promote Just Eat delivery to their store customers as a preferred partner.

Retailers can also sign up via the Booker Retailer Bulletins. Once the site is live on the platform, the site can then begin receiving orders from the Just Eat app and website.

The latter’s delivery network is capable of servicing over 3,000 Symbol group stores.

Amy Heather, Strategic Accounts Director at Just Eat, comments: “Consumers are increasingly looking to have anything and everything delivered to the door - not just their favourite takeaway. That’s why convenience stores are among the fastest growing sectors for delivery.”

“Our position as the UK’s leading food delivery app coupled with Booker Wholesale’s scale means we’re well positioned to help Londis, Premier, Budgens and Family Shopper retailers capitalise on this surge in demand. It’s an exciting next step in the expansion of our grocery offering.”

Just Eat first began offering on-demand grocery delivery late last year, launching with a partnership with Asda.

Since then, convenience operators One Stop and Co-Op Central England have teamed with the platform, meaning that Just Eat now offers over 1,500 SKUs of grocery products, typically delivered within 25 minutes.