Rapido ties up with BigBasket, Big Bazaar & Spencer's for lockdown essential deliveries
Rapido partnered with BigBasket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail for last-mile delivery of essential supplies across 90 Indian cities during the COVID-19 lockdown. Talks are underway with Grofers, Dunzo and FreshToHome. The bike-taxi platform is charging no commission from driver-partners.
What happened
Rapido partnered with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail for last-mile essential supply deliveries across 90 Indian cities during the COVID-19
Key facts
- 90 cities
- 70 percent fleet
Why this matters
Rapido's multi-retailer last-mile partnerships and its pipeline of Grofers/Dunzo/FreshToHome negotiations position it as an attractive integration or acquisition target for players seeking asset-light delivery capacity across 90 cities.
What to watch
- Lockdown extension or phased mobility relaxation timelines
- Rapido announcement of a standalone delivery brand or B2B logistics product
- Shift from zero-commission to fee-based driver economics
- Retailer signing exclusive vs multi-platform delivery deals
- Driver-partner earnings and retention metrics during the free-commission window
- Rapido to close Grofers, Dunzo and FreshToHome talks to widen order density
- Introduce a paid commission or per-delivery fee once demand stabilizes to monetize the goodwill phase
- Retailers to publish delivery SLAs and expand slot capacity leveraging repurposed fleet
- Competing bike-taxi/mobility players (Ola, Uber) to launch parallel essential-delivery tie-ups