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Co-op has launched a 24-hour grocery delivery service in Manchester city centre

Groceries will be delivered through Uber Eats, Just Eat, and Deliveroo.

Emily Sergeant - 26th September 2024

Co-op has just launched a new grocery delivery service in Manchester city centre that’s running 24-hours a day.

In a bid to “respond to growing demand” for quick and easily-accessible groceries from consumers, such as shift workers, parents of young families, and late-night revellers in particular, the supermarket retailer has decided to begin offering 24-hour grocery delivery services in three major city centres – London, Leeds, and of course, Manchester.

It comes after new research from Co-op apparently shows that more than 40% of online shoppers would use an 11pm to 5am delivery service if it was available.

This figure then rises to around almost one in two consumers who are aged between 18-44, with the service believed to be most popular for Gen Z shoppers aged 18-24 (52.3%) out of everyone.

Co-op has launched a 24-hour grocery delivery service in Manchester city centre / Credit: Co-op (via Flickr)

he new research also revealed than an estimated six million UK adults believe the main reason they would use the extended 24-hour service if it was available to them would be due to their work pattern or their shifts.

Co-op says it’s launching the new service this month in places where there is strong online grocery demand at “non-traditional times”.

Stores have been selected based on the local demographic, a concentration of delivery driver availability, and where the premises is already staffed around the clock for replenishment purposes.

Groceries will be delivered through Uber Eats, Just Eat, and Deliveroo / Credit: Co-op (via Flickr)

Groceries will be delivered through Co-op’s e-commerce partners Uber Eats, Just Eat, and Deliveroo.

 ”Meeting the needs of our customers is at the heart of our approach,” explained Chris Conway, who is Co-op’s E-Commerce Director, as the new 24-hour service was announced.

“We focus on ease, speed, and convenience from our local stores, which are well placed in the heart of communities, and as societal behaviours including changing lifestyles and shift working are increasing, so is the requirement for online groceries to be delivered quickly and conveniently at non-traditional times of the day.”

Featured Image – Jon Super (via Co-op)