The Food Programme: The Rise of Ultra-Fast Grocery Delivery

Leyla Kazim dives into the world of rapid grocery delivery, one of the newest trends to hit the world of food retail. In scarcely more than a year, a wave of new companies like Getir, Weezy, Gorillas, Jiffy, Zapp and Gopuff has arrived in cities across the UK which can deliver products to your door in as little as 10 minutes. It's a sector that's raised billions of pounds of investment and wants to disrupt the grocery market - so what impact could it have on the way we buy food? Key to the ultra-fast delivery speeds are dark stores, or hyperlocal fulfilment centres, which have been growing in number since the start of the pandemic - Leyla visits one run by Gorillas, and talks to their UK General Manager Eddie Lee about their plans for expansion