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By Toby Sterling
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Simply Eat Takeaway.com, Europe’s largest on-line meals ordering service, stated on Tuesday it’s going to associate with grocery store operator Ahold’s flagship Dutch Albert Heijn chain to ship groceries and comfort merchandise.
Monetary phrases weren’t disclosed.
Whereas a tie up between the nation’s largest meals supply service and its largest grocer had appeared logical, Ahold additionally operates its personal grocery supply service, in addition to e-commerce web site Bol.com, which is extra in style than Amazon (NASDAQ:) within the Netherlands.
The businesses stated the partnership will deal with a smaller vary of round 1,200 merchandise, with a deal with contemporary produce and comfort merchandise — objects that often have greater margins.
“Quick grocery” companies corresponding to Gorillas, Flink and Getir noticed blistering progress within the Netherlands in the course of the coronavirus pandemic.
Nevertheless in latest months, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and different main cities have imposed bans on new distribution centres, the “darkish shops” they depend on, in residential areas.
Ahold and Takeaway stated they might goal a 30 minute supply time for orders, barely longer than the ten or quarter-hour promised by among the quick grocery startups.
Takeaway shares, which have misplaced two-thirds of their worth since October 2020, have been buying and selling flat at 30.50 euros at 0709 GMT.
