Image: Shutterstock/Denys Prykhodov Image: Shutterstock/Denys Prykhodov DOUG LEDDIN WAS supposed to be opening a new bar in Dublin’s Royal Hibernian Way this month.
Now they are wondering if the current crisis will form consumer habits and increase the appetite for these kinds of services.Today, Irish start-up Buymie — a same-day grocery delivery service that has partnered with Lidl and Tesco — announced that it raised €2.2 million in its latest funding round, led by ACT Venture Capital.
The trio came up with the idea for StuffUNeed.ie after realising that traditional supermarkets like Tesco and Supervalue were “going to struggle with the demand for online delivery” during the pandemic, Leddin said. Leddin says, “We think people are going to continue because they’ve gotten used to the habit of picking their delivery time and zones. They’re going to get used to that continue to enjoy it.”“In this day and age, we should have been at long ago,” says Matthew Richardson, managing director of Richardson’s Foods, a fresh fruit and veg supplier in Limerick City.
Taking advantage of emergency measures again, the agenda is strong.
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