Rapido partners Big Basket, Big Bazaar & Spencer's for essential deliveries across 90 cities
Bike-taxi platform Rapido deploys 70% of its fleet for last-mile essential supply deliveries during the COVID-19 lockdown, tying up with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail. The firm charges no commission from driver-partners, pivoting from mobility to grocery logistics until the lockdown lifts on 14 April.
What happened
Rapido bike taxi partners with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail for last-mile essential deliveries across 90 Indian cities during COVID-19 lockdown,
Key facts
- 90 cities
- 70 percent fleet
- lockdown lifts 14 April
Why this matters
Rapido's tie-ups with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's create embedded last-mile relationships that could harden into durable logistics partnerships—a potential acquisition or integration target for grocery and omni-channel players.
What to watch
- Lockdown extension or phased lifting beyond 14 April
- Announcement of commission or per-order fee structure post-lockdown
- Order volume and city-coverage disclosures from Rapido
- Competing bike-taxi/grocery delivery partnerships announced
- Driver-partner retention and safety incident reports
- Rapido negotiates paid per-delivery commercials with grocers before lockdown lifts to convert goodwill into recurring revenue
- Rival mobility players (Ola, Uber, Dunzo, Swiggy) accelerate their own grocery last-mile pivots to defend driver liquidity
- Grocers formalize multi-partner delivery panels to avoid single-provider dependency
- Rapido builds order-management and cold-chain-lite tooling to move beyond ad-hoc dispatch