McColl Retail : partners with Uber Eats to launch from over 400 stores

McColl's partners with Uber Eats to launch home delivery of convenience goods

from over 400 stores

15 December 2020

McColl's Retail Group, the leading neighbourhood retailer, has today announced a partnership with Uber Eats to offer home delivery of everyday convenience goods from over 400 stores to neighbourhoods across the UK.

As the growing demand for home delivery of groceries continues at pace, a range of 500 daily essentials from over 400 McColl's stores will be available on-demand via the Uber Eats app by the end of March 2021. Uber Eats is the number one Food and Drink app in the UK, having been downloaded 1.5 million times*.

Customers will be able to order a wide range of high-quality convenience products from McColl's, including groceries, soft drinks, confectionery, snacks, beer, wine, toiletries and household goods.

Whether the need is breakfast, lunch, dinner or late-night snacking, customers will be able to purchase goods morning, day and night via the Uber Eats app for delivery in as little as under 30 minutes, in line with local store opening times.

The partnership builds on the existing home delivery trial with Uber Eats announced by McColl's in December 2019, and represents an important milestone as McColl's progresses its strategic change programme by further enhancing its customer offer, supporting the neighbourhood communities it serves, and making it as easy as possible for customers to get their daily essentials.

According to recent data from Kantar** in the UK grocery sector, one in five households now order groceries online, with online's share of all UK grocery spending reaching 12.5%. A record 5.9 million people purchased groceries online in Britain during the month of October***.

McColl's expects to offer 135 stores via the Uber Eats app ahead of Christmas, with 400 stores on the app in total by the end of March 2021. In line with health and safety guidance, all deliveries will be a contact-free service, ensuring the safety of customers.

Jonathan Miller, Chief Executive of McColl's, said: "We are delighted to be partnering with Uber Eats as we develop our customer offer to meet the growing demand for last-mile home delivery of high-quality convenience goods across the UK. The partnership is in line with our strategy to further strengthen our customer offer by making it easier than ever for customers to get their daily essentials, as well as helping to attract the younger generation of customers."

Toussaint Wattinne, Uber Eats General Manager, UK:

"We are very excited about this new partnership with McColl's that will bring everyday convenience goods directly to people's doors. During the pandemic, demand for everyday essentials has grown exponentially, and with this partnership we hope that more people will be able to safely and quickly get access to all their daily essentials."

*According to App Annie, July - September 2020

• Source:https://www.kantarworldpanel.com/en/PR/Holding-title
• Sourcehttps://www.kantar.com/inspiration/fmcg/2020-uk-shoppers-keep-a-close-eye-on-christmas-as-lockdowns-return

Enquiries

McColl's

Tim Fairs, Customer Director [phone]

Headland (McColl's media enquiries) Ed Young, Rob Walker, Charlie Twigg [phone]

Uber Eats

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About McColl's Retail Group

McColl's is a leading neighbourhood retailer, with an estate of around 1,300 managed convenience stores and newsagents. We operate McColl's branded convenience stores as well as newsagents branded Martin's across the UK, except in Scotland where we operate under our heritage brand, RS McColl. Our dedicated colleagues serve five million customers every week, and we are the largest operator of Post Offices in the UK.

About Uber Eats

The Uber Eats food delivery app is available in more than 250 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.