Natalie Berg on U.K. grocery e-commerce trends

Is the rapid delivery market ripe for disruption? I must admit I hadn't heard of Weezy, Dija, Tegir, Zapp and Gorillas until very recently. If, like me, you're wondering what these somewhat unconventional sounding brands have in common, it's this - they want to deliver you groceries in 15 minutes or less.

I very briefly went on BBC 5 Live this morning to discuss these trends along with Weezy founder Kristof Van Beveran but my connection cut out after the first question! So I've decided to put together a video to share these insights with all of you.

What do you think? Is there demand (we want it and want it now... but what about our local shops?) and can this model ever be profitable? It makes the disruptors like Deliveroo and Uber Eats look like dinosaurs.

Andin a post-COVID world, will shoppers revert back to their old ways or will habits learned during the pandemic become engrained? It took two decades for online grocery to reach 7% of the market. That pretty much doubled in the first few months of last year's lockdown, but how much higher can it get?

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