Snappy Shopper expands East of England Co-op partnership with ten new stores on platform

Snappy Shopper has expanded its partnership with East of England Co-op, bringing ten more stores onto its on demand delivery platform and increasing the retailer’s total live locations to 15 across the region.

This follows a pilot launched in November across five East of England Co-op stores.

Orders placed through Snappy Shopper will continue to be fulfilled via apartnership with Nash, which coordinates deliveries on behalf of the retailer using courier partners including Stuart, Uber Direct and Just Eat Go.

Simon Dryell, Chief Commercial Officer at East of England Co-op, says: “We’re delighted to add another 10 sites to our Snappy Shopper network. Making shopping as convenient as possible is vitally important to us as a business and this partnership with Snappy Shopper helps deliver even more convenience to our members and customers.”

As of this week, customers will be able to order via Snappy Shopper from the following East of England Co-op Food stores:

• Riverside, Dereham
• Thorpe St. Andrew, Norwich
• Gorleston-on-Sea
• Walton, Felixstowe
• Waterbeach
• Woodbridge
• Chantry, Ipswich
• Chesterwell, Colchester
• Henley Rise, Ipswich
• Stanway, Colchester

2026 RTIH Innovation Awards

On demand delivery will be a key focus area at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards.

The awards will open for entries in April. They celebrate global retail technology innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

Our winners will be revealed at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards Ceremony, taking place at The HAC in Central London on Thursday, 15th October.

Check out our 2025 winners here.

Our 2025 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The HAC on 16th October and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Tiff Stevenson.

In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “This is the awards’ fifth year as a physical event. We started off with just 30 people at the South Place Hotel not far from here, then moved to London Bridge Hotel, then The Barbican, and last year RIBA’s HQ in the West End.”

“But I’m conscious of the fact that, to quote the legend that is Taylor Swift, You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby. So, this year we’ve moved to our biggest venue yet, and also pulled in our largest number of entries to date and broken attendance records.”

He added: “This year’s submissions have without doubt been our best yet. To quote one of the judges: The examples of innovative developments across both traditional and digital retail spaces were truly remarkable.”

Congratulations to our winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Tiff Stevenson, and all those who attended our 2025 gathering.