Hertfordshire / UK. (tesco) British Tesco PLC has announced it is extending its same day online grocery delivery service across the entire UK, making it the first retailer to offer nationwide same day grocery delivery.
Tesco launched same day grocery delivery in London and the South East in 2014 and is now extending the service to over 300 stores across the UK, covering over 99 percent of UK households. This is the biggest reach of any retailer in the UK, stretching from the Shetland Islands in Scotland to Cornwall in south-west England.
- Nationwide rollout of same day delivery will be complete by the end of August.
- Same Day Delivery is available seven days a week in London and the South East and six days a week (Monday to Saturday) across the rest of the UK.
- Same day Flexi-saver home delivery slots are available from 3 GBP and one hour slots from 4 GBP.
- Order by 13:00 for delivery from 19:00.
- Tesco delivered its first online order back in 1984 when Jane Snowball from Gateshead ordered groceries to be delivered from her local store. Since then its online grocery service has evolved to offer a variety of options, including home delivery, Click and Collect and Delivery Saver – a loyalty scheme to help regular online customers save more. In June Tesco further enhanced its grocery delivery service by launching Tesco Now, which offers deliveries within an hour to customers in Central London.
Customers can order by 13:00 to have their shopping delivered from 19:00 onwards and receive an unlimited number of items. The new service is priced between 3 GBP and 8 GBP but is free for a limited period to members of Tesco’s online delivery membership scheme, Delivery Saver.
Same day deliveries are proving increasingly popular with Tesco seeing an 18 percent growth in demand for the service so far this year.
Earlier this year Tesco also extended its Same Day Click+Collect service to 300 locations across the UK and today’s announcement means it is the only retailer to offer both Same Day grocery delivery and Click+Collect nationwide.
Adrian Letts, managing director of Tesco Online said: «Customers tell us they like getting their shopping delivered quickly and conveniently, and with our same day delivery service they can now order by lunch to get their shopping delivered for their evening meal». He adds: «We’ve seen the service grow in popularity since we launched it in London and the South East so we’re really excited to be rolling it out to customers nationwide».
