Carrefour and Uber Eats strengthen their partnership

Carrefour and Uber Eats strengthen their partnership
in France and internationally

Monday July 27, 2020 - Four months after the start of their collaboration in France, Carrefour and Uber Eats are strengthening their ties by signing an exclusive agreement for the delivery of daily groceries outside Ile-de-France and announce the launch of this service in Belgium.

Uber Eats and Carrefour France: rapid deployment in the region

Since April 6, in Paris or the Paris region, consumers can do their food shopping on Uber Eats.
The two brands joined forces at the start of containment to help consumers stock up on everyday products, but also hygiene and cleaning products, by having them delivered to their homes in 30 minutes from around fifteen Carrefour stores.

Thanks to an ambitious development plan, the service was deployed in 100 stores at the end of April, then in 200 stores at the beginning of June, and in 300 stores at the beginning of July.
On July 20, the bar of 330 outlets deployed had been reached, allowing coverage of 91 urban areas, or 25% of the French population.

The assortment grows every week: from 130 references at launch, consumers now have access to more than 250 essential everyday products, with the aim of offering 500 products by the start of the school year.

The Carrefour Market and Carrefour City banners are present on the Uber Eats application and the deployment of the other formats of the Carrefour group is in preparation.

And now, an exclusivity in the Province Building on these promising results, Uber Eats and Carrefour have agreed on an exclusivity for the development of a shopping delivery offer throughout France, delivered in 30 minutes among the delivery applications of meals present today in France. Carrefour and Uber Eats remain free to operate their agreements reached in Ile-de-France with other players.A development that is also accelerating internationally

The partnership with Uber Eats is not limited to France: a first agreement had already been signed with Carrefour Taiwan at the end of 2019 with 8 covered cities and 38 preparer stores.

After France, Carrefour Belgium is now the third country to benefit from this partnership, which will be operational there from next September with a launch in Brussels and Liège.
Belgium will not only test a 30-minute grocery delivery offer but also meal solutions, thus making it possible to democratize access to ready-to-eat delivered at home, thanks to a varied, healthy and gourmet offer, at affordable prices, already established. in physical stores.

Other Carrefour Group countries will follow in the coming months.

“Carrefour is very proud of the collaboration developed with Uber Eats, which allows our customers, in France and abroad, to have ever easier access to home grocery delivery, with channels that complement our own services. »Declared Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Executive Director of e-commerce, data and digital transformation of Carrefour.

"We are very happy to be able to continue to strengthen our strategic partnership with an expert player like Carrefour and democratize access to grocery delivery to all French people through a reliable, fast and affordable experience" announces Stéphane Ficaja, General Manager, Uber Eats Europe Middle East Africa.

About the Carrefour Group

With a multi-format network of more than 12,000 stores in more than 30 countries, the Carrefour Group is one of the world leaders in the food trade.
Carrefour achieved a turnover of 80.7 billion euros in 2019.
It has more than 320,000 employees who help make Carrefour the world leader in food transition for all, by offering quality food every day, accessible everywhere and at a reasonable price.

To find out more, visit www.carrefour.com, on Twitter (@GroupeCarrefour) and on LinkedIn (Carrefour).

ABOUT CARREFOUR BELGIUM

Carrefour occupies a unique position in Belgium by the variety of its formats, by the choice and by the more than 10,000 committed men and women, to support customers with confidence and give them daily access to a more balanced and pleasant life. Carrefour's ambition is to become the leader in the field of food transition for all.

Its Act for Food action program should help everyone eat better.

Carrefour Belgium's commitment to social responsibility has been recognized: the merchant won the “CSR Professional of the Year 2018” award.

Thus with 40 Carrefour hypermarkets, more than 440 Carrefour Market supermarkets, some 300 Carrefour Express convenience stores and more than 200 Carrefour Drive collection points, Carrefour Belgium is the first and only distributor to support customers at every moment of their life and of its consumption.

Thanks to its local roots, in practically every municipality, and with a unique offer of more than 10,000 local products and more than 4,500 organic products, Carrefour Belgium is the partner in everyday life. This is how 700,000 customers per day, or around 80% of households in Belgium per year, shop at Carrefour.

Carrefour Belgium is part of the Carrefour Group, one of the world leaders in the food trade, which employs more than 380,000 people.
Present in more than 30 countries with more than 12,300 stores, the group achieved sales under banners of 88.24 billion euros in 2017.