Singapore – The global convenience store chain 7- Eleven has just been added on food delivery app Foodpanda, where users from Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan are now able to obtain their quick essentials from the store within the app. Foodpanda said about 2,500 7-Eleven stores across the said countries have been partnered for the new addition.
Foodpanda brings to customers hundreds of 7-Eleven items including hot food, ready-to-eat insta-meals, snacks and alcohol, and even pre-paid mobile phone cards.
In the beta phase for the store’s integration into the Foodpanda “shops” feature, the number of 7-Eleven orders grew by 50% month-on-month over the past six months.
7-Eleven stores on the app offer over 1,000 unique items on average across the four markets. In the Philippines, the largest variety available from a 7-Eleven store via Foodpanda is almost 1,600 unique items. In Taiwan, consumers have a preference for post-dinner orders from 8pm to midnight, especially for snacks.
Industry watchers like IGD have predicted growth in online grocery retail with more brick-and-mortar retailers partnering with delivery and technology companies to grow their online footprint, even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is in line with the rise of the ‘convenience economy’ over the past few years, as consumers get accustomed to food and grocery deliveries.
The company said in a statement, “[This] partnership underscores Foodpanda’s dual focus on growing its core food delivery business as well as its q-commerce offerings.”
