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The emission-free home delivery service, which has been serving the community in and around Wootton Fields (NN4) since November, will roll-out to Co-op’s Barry Road (NN1) store in Northampton on 18 February.
Residents can order groceries through the Starship Food Delivery app, choosing from a range of more than 1,000 food or drink items from the Co-op. Stores act as micro-distribution hubs locally, with orders picked from the Co-op store, with robots travelling up to three miles from the store.
Chris Conway, head of ecommerce at Co-op, said: “We continue to look for new ways to innovate and expand access to our products and services in order to deliver a truly compelling offer locally.
“The robots have proved to be popular in Northampton, and by offering the home delivery service from our Barry Road store we can further increase availability and choice to meet community shopping needs – delivering quality and value quickly, easily and conveniently is core to Co-op’s approach.”
The retailer said the most popular items delivered by robot include: milk, eggs, bread, bananas and cucumbers.
