// Central England Co-op rolls out app that allows shoppers home deliveries in less than an hour to over 100 stores
// The deliveries are also done through eco-friendly electronic vehicles
// It’s part of an ongoing partnership between Central England Co-op and Snappy Shopper
More than 100 Central England Co-op stores are now offering eco-friendly home deliveries in under one hour.
The retailer’s ongoing partnership with Snappy Shopper allows customers to order their grocery shop via a dedicated app and have it delivered to their door within the hour.
Shoppers choose items using the app which are then picked and packed at a nearby Central England Co-op store by local staff before being delivered to them via a special electronic vehicle.
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The app also allows for people to click and collect their shopping from nearly 50 stores.
Central England Co-op said the service is now available from selected stores in the following areas: Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Derby and parts of wider Derbyshire, Lichfield, Fradley, Alrewas, Nottingham, Kettering, Stafford, Burton and wider East Staffordshire, Leicester and Leicestershire and parts of Suffolk.
Customers ordering via the Snappy Shopper app have access to over 5000 products and can request delivery within the hour seven days a week.
All prices will be the same as in store, although there is a £3 charge for delivery.
However, members can enjoy free delivery until the end of the year provided they have a special code to use on the app.
Central England Co-op and separate from and independent of the larger grocery chain the Co-op.
It employs over 7800 staff across 400 stores in 16 counties in the East and West Midlands, Yorkshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
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