Rapido partners Big Basket, Big Bazaar & Spencer's for lockdown essential deliveries across 90 cities
Bike-taxi platform Rapido tied up with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail for last-mile delivery of essentials during the Covid-19 lockdown, deploying 70% of its Captain fleet across 90 cities at no commission. Talks were underway with Grofers, Dunzo and FreshToHome.
What happened
Rapido partnered with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail for last-mile essential deliveries across 90 Indian cities during the Covid-19 lockdown,
Key facts
- 90 cities
- 70 percent fleet
Why this matters
With Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's onboarded and Grofers, Dunzo and FreshToHome in talks, Rapido is fast becoming a neutral last-mile aggregation layer worth watching for partnership or acquisition before rivals lock it in.
What to watch
- Lockdown relaxation timeline and resumption of bike-taxi passenger permits
- Announcement of commission/pricing terms replacing the free arrangement
- New partner sign-ons (Grofers, Dunzo, FreshToHome) confirmed
- Competing fleets (Shadowfax, Dunzo, Swiggy Genie) expanding essential delivery
- Retailer capex signals toward captive/dark-store fulfillment
- Convert no-commission goodwill deals into paid last-mile SLAs before lockdown eases
- Formalize talks with Grofers, Dunzo and FreshToHome into signed logistics contracts
- Launch a dedicated B2B delivery product/API to institutionalize the vertical
- Retailers pilot dark-store and hyperlocal fulfillment using Rapido fleet data