Southern-Co-op trials home delivery service

The trial, which launches on 28 September, offers residents who live Chichester and Portsmouth the option of having their shopping delivered in as little as 60 minutes.

There will be more than 1,700 different products available to order, including bread, milk, soft drinks, snacks, groceries, pet food, baby care, household products, magazines, newspapers, and alcohol.

The service will cost £3, plus a 4% service charge payable to Snappy Shopper, and will be available from 9am to 8pm seven days a week.

Andrew Farndell, head of trading and format at Southern Co-op, said: “We’d started looking at ways to offer a delivery service to our shoppers at the end of last year but, when lockdown hit, we had to focus all our efforts on keeping the shelves stocked, supporting our store colleagues and putting new measures in place to protect people from Covid-19.

“We know some of our colleagues went above and beyond and delivered essentials in their local neighbourhoods but we just didn’t have the capacity to roll this out everywhere. So it’s both a relief and a pleasure to be launching the trial in Chichester and Portsmouth with the hope it can be rolled out wider later on this year.”