Rapido ties up with Big Basket, Big Bazaar & Spencer's for essential deliveries amid lockdown
Rapido deploys its bike-taxi fleet for last-mile essential supply deliveries across 90 cities during India's COVID-19 lockdown, partnering with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail. Talks are underway with Grofers, Dunzo and FreshtoHome to expand the network.
What happened
Rapido partners with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail for last-mile essential deliveries across 90 cities during India's COVID-19 lockdown, with
Key facts
- 90 cities
- 70 percent of fleet
- 118 lives
- 4,300 cases
Why this matters
The multi-retailer tie-up and pipeline of grocery-delivery partners position Rapido as an attractive last-mile logistics acquisition or integration target for grocery and quick-commerce players seeking instant fleet scale.
What to watch
- Lockdown extension or phased easing timelines across the 90 cities
- Regulatory clarity on bike-taxi legality shifting toward goods vs passenger permits
- Order volume retention rate 4-8 weeks after grocery supply normalizes
- Competing fleets (Ola, Uber, Swiggy, Zomato) announcing similar essential-delivery pivots
- Announcement of formal exclusivity or equity between Rapido and a grocery major
- Rapido closes Grofers, Dunzo, FreshtoHome tie-ups to reach cross-category delivery scale
- Retailers formalize per-order/SLA pricing to lock in flexible surge capacity
- Rapido launches a dedicated logistics/delivery brand or API for merchant onboarding
- Insurance, PPE and contactless-delivery protocols rolled out to protect captains