Aldi is trialling on-demand grocery home delivery in Ireland for the first time in partnership with Deliveroo.
Since yesterday, the supermarket started to offer a rapid delivery service from its East Wall store in Dublin 3, before extending the trial to Terenure in Dublin 6 on Wednesday, July 1st.
Customers will be able to order from over 140 Aldi products through the Deliveroo app. These will be picked and packed by Aldi colleagues in-store, for delivery via Deliveroo’s network of riders. This is a vital service, in particular for older and vulnerable people. All orders will be fulfilled by Deliveroo riders contact-free to ensure safe delivery for customers.
Aldi will initially offer a range of essential items, such as bread, milk and fresh produce to be delivered to customers’ doorsteps in as little as 30 minutes.
The new on-demand service has been introduced to offer customers greater flexibility and access to affordable Aldi groceries. The trial is the first major on-demand convenience partnership for Deliveroo in Ireland.
If successful, the rapid delivery service could roll out to further Aldi stores by the end of 2020.
Niall O’Connor, Group Managing Director, Aldi UK & Ireland said: “We hope the new trial with Deliveroo will provide more customers with access to great quality, affordable food at Aldi. “
“This is a new and exciting venture for Aldi and we will be constantly reviewing how we can best serve our customers and continue to provide them with the high quality products they are used to in store.”
Ajay Lakhwani, Vice-President of New Business at Deliveroo, said: “At Deliveroo, we are doing everything we can to make sure that people get the food they need and want during this unprecedented time. We are pleased to partner with Aldi Ireland and deliver even more choice to our customers.”
