In July, Dunnes Stores made its first, tentative steps into grocery delivery from its flagship outlet in Cornelscourt, south Dublin, for customers living within a 10km radius. Orders that exceeded €50 had the €3 delivery fee waived.As part of the trial, it had five trucks delivering more than 100 orders each day. If there are 70 trucks operating as part of the expanded service, Dunnes Stores could soon be fulfilling well over 1,000 orders on a daily basis.
Unlike competitors Tesco and SuperValu, Dunnes Stores has not fully embraced the model of delivering food to people’s homes, although it does have a click-and-collect service for clothes and homeware. Its apparent reluctance to offer grocery deliveries has left it isolated as even the discount chains Aldi and Lidl have moved into that space, with Lidl offering deliveries through a company called Buymie and Aldi partnering with food delivery service Deliveroo to trial home grocery deliveries for customers in Dublin.
The popularity of online grocery shopping continues, with sales growing 122 per cent over the latest four weeks, according to figures published by retail analyst Kantar this week. Such sales added €72.9 million to the total market in the past three months, with new shoppers accounting for almost a quarter of the €133.6 million spent on online groceries during that time.
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I also downloaded the DunnesStoresApp which is quick and easy to use. Delivery was efficient. However, you can't add points to your loyalty card or avail of money off vouchers, €10 on €50 spend, where you could over the phone.
Fantastic news
I used the dunnesstores phone order for groceries from Cornelscourt in the past few months. Very handy, though limited with only certain ranges included. Certainly helped when I didn't want to go next or near a shop with long queues. DunnesStores
Can they get Deliveroo or UberEats to deliver their scones?
Sure there is no rush 🤣🤔
Aldi don’t do delivery they won’t either