Co-op launches delivery app Peckish
After an initial 30 store trial last year, the company is rolling out the service to thousands of independent retailers in the UK.
Co-op has launched a new rapid delivery grocery app, ‘Peckish’, offering this service to thousands of independent retailers looking to serve their customers and communities online.
Peckish will enable small, often family-owned, independent grocery businesses, shops and other co-operative retail societies to provide an online grocery shopping and delivery service to their local customers. The app overcomes barriers that independent retailers face when moving to sell online, including cost, scale and resource.
The company is making an initial £1 million investment for year one on Peckish, following a successful 30-store trial last year, and is targeting a first year sign up of over 1,000 stores.
“The growth and popularity of quick commerce in the UK is exceptional, as consumers appetite for a convenient grocery delivery service in as little as 30 minutes from ordering, increases almost weekly. The ‘shop local’ sentiment is strong amongst consumers, and Peckish can help more retailers connect quickly online with their customers, providing greater consumer choice locally, and promoting healthier and more viable high streets and communities,” said Matt Hood, Co-op Food Managing Director.
Shoppers can use Peckish to choose their shop from the range of products the individual retailer has selected to put online.
Retailers select the price – enabling them to match in-store prices and can choose whether to deliver the online orders themselves. In addition, they can also choose for it to be managed through Co-op’s order management system and delivered locally through Co-op’s delivery partners, including Just Eat and Uber Direct.
