UK News Sainsbury's is trialling 'rapid' delivery service on Uber Eats

17:45 30 october 2020

17:45 30 october 2020 Source: dailymail.co.uk

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Sainsbury's has partnered with UberEats to offer customers a rapid delivery service to the doorstep in an average time of less than 25 minutes.

The partnership launches this week in the Camden superstore in north London, and will be rolled out to nine stores across the UK in coming weeks.

Customers ordering from the app will have the groceries delivered within 25 minutes and will be able to chose from more than 1,000 Sainsbury's own label and branded products including; Taste the Difference ready meals, fresh fruit and vegetables, Free-From products and store cupboard essentials.

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The service has been introduced to offer customers greater flexibility and access to a range of convenient meal solutions, essential products and treats.

a person walking down the street: Sainsbury's has partnered with UberEats to offer customers a rapid delivery service to the doorstep in an average time of less than 25 minutes

The new partnership provides shoppers with a convenient, contactless and cash-free option when shopping for their favourite products.

If successful, the partnership may be extended to more Sainsbury's stores.

Where will Sainsbury's on UberEats be available?

In London

Balham, Earls Court, Hackney, Camden and Central London

Outside London

Manchester, Oxford, Birmingham, Brighton and Bristol.

Nigel Blunt, Sainsbury's Director of eCommerce, told FEMAIL: We are doing everything we can to find new ways to serve even more of our customers with online grocery deliveries.

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'Complementing our Chop Chop fast delivery service, which delivers groceries to customers within 60 minutes, working with Uber Eats will offer another way for customers to get Sainsbury's groceries delivered to their door quickly, conveniently and safely'.

Toussaint Wattinne, Uber Eats General Manager, said: 'I am delighted to be partnering with Sainsbury's in the UK, which will enable customers to quickly and conveniently order over 1000 items including fruit and veg, store essentials, and even flowers.

'This partnership will offer even more choices for customers using the Uber Eats app.'

The Uber Eats food delivery app is available in more than 120 towns and cities across the UK, including: Aberdeen, Bath, Belfast, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton, Swindon, Windsor and York.

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a group of people walking in front of a store: The partnership launches this week in the Camden superstore in north London, and will be rolled out to nine stores across the UK in coming weeks

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