PayPoint Secures Innovative Partnership Deal With Deliveroo

PayPoint today announced an innovative partnership deal with Deliveroo, Britain’s leading online food delivery company.

PayPoint’s qualifying independent retailers can now apply to access an exclusive proposition, with the ability for those selected to be live on Deliveroo in just a few days thanks to a fast-tracked onboarding process. This exciting new partnership enables selected retailers to drive new revenues and reach a wider customer base at this challenging time.

From some PayPoint stores, bread, milk, eggs and pasta will be among the products available - helping those who are vulnerable or self-isolating due to the Covid-19 crisis get access to basic food items, in as little as 30 minutes. Other PayPoint stores will focus on providing refreshments, including alcohol.

Deliveries will be ordered by consumers through the Deliveroo app as normal and fulfilled by its rider network within 30 minutes. All deliveries will be contact free. PayPoint stores will go live gradually on Deliveroo in a phased rollout.

Lewis Alcraft, Chief Commercial Officer at PayPoint says, “We are delighted that this partnership will benefit not only those who need their household essentials on-demand, but also the incredibly hard-working independent retailers who are playing such a vital role to the communities they serve”.

Spokesperson for Deliveroo says, “Our partnership with PayPoint means reaching more people across the UK and, with the vulnerable and self-isolating needing to stay at home, it is more important than ever that we make sure as many people as possible have access to those items they may need quickly, on-demand.”

Should PayPoint retailers wish to be involved in the Deliveroo partnership, they are encouraged to contact our sales team on 0330 400 0003 or visit www.paypoint.com/deliveroo

Britain's Lockdown Convenience Basket

With the details of the partnership between PayPoint and Deliveroo being announced today, data collated from PayPoint* has shown how the value of sales from convenience** stores since the beginning of lockdown (24th March – 5th April 2020) are up 56% when compared to the same period last year. The data also shows what Brits are buying during lockdown – with toasties proving to be a lockdown staple across the UK.

The average lockdown convenience basket* includes;

Warburtons Thick Sliced White Toastie Bread

Fresh Semi Skimmed Milk

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate

Red Bull

Smirnoff Red Vodka

Best One Soft Classic White Toilet Tissue 

· Sales of bread and cakes (in terms of value) have increased by 83% when compared to the same period last year – with Warburtons Thick Slice White Toastie Bread proving the most popular

· Sales of chilled/fresh food (in terms of value) increased by 67%, when compared to the same period last year – with semi skimmed milk a must have in convenience baskets

· Sales of confectionary (in terms of value) are up 9%, when compared to the same period last year – with Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate most likely included in baskets, with Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Caramel and Aero Peppermint making up the top three chocolate bars of choice

· Sales of alcohol (in terms of value) are up 66% when compared to the same period last year – Smirnoff Red Vodka being the nation’s favourite

· Sales of ‘household’ items (in terms of value) are up 126% when compared to the same period last year, unsurprisingly toilet tissue has been a popular seller but cleaning products (air fresheners and laundry) are also included in this category

The busiest hours for convenience stores since the beginning of lockdown (24th March – 5th April) are between 3pm – 4pm during the week, with peaks between 12pm-1pm over the weekends. Sales values spiked between 3pm – 4pm on Friday, 27th March and Friday, 3rd April as people stocked up ahead of the weekend. Convenience stores did 9% of their trading after 7pm – due to their extended trading hours.

Source : PayPoint & Deliveroo

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