Jiffy vs Dija vs Weezy vs Zapp vs Getir vs Gorillas: Who’s the fastest and the cheapest?

Clearly a lot is happening in the global online grocery market right now and the UK is no behind. Online grocery shopping has skyrocketed up 230% compared to pre-pandemic levels. A host of European and UK startups have launched with the promise of delivering grocery online within 10-15 minutes and they all are battling each other fiercely in this race of fastest first. 

The current generation of online grocery startups is flawlessly trying to address issues like fighting for slots, damaged goods, disappointing substitutions, and poor time management by building their own fulfillment centres. In industry terms, it is dubbed as Dark Stores or Cloud Stores — basically, they are only for delivering internet orders. Once the order is placed via an app, items will be picked, packed, and delivered to customers. 

As per industry experts, this full-stack or vertical approach and the visibility it provides are supposed to produce enough supply chain and logistics efficiency to make the unit economics work.

While £9.8 billion has been invested into the super-fast delivery market globally and with the UK having a plethora of speedy online grocery delivery apps ready to bring fresh and branded groceries to consumer’s doorsteps competing with the likes of Ocado, Waitrose, Tesco and Whole Foods, we at UKTN take a look at how they compete with each other in terms of price, delivery time and products they offer and more.

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