Canadian food retailer Fresh St. Market adds refrigerated lockers at its stores to support its curbside pickup.
Vancouver area grocer Fresh St. Market launched what may have been the first in Canada: refrigerated pickup lockers for people buying groceries online. The lockers let shoppers order fresh and frozen food, then collect their items day or night from a locker.
Twelve refrigerated lockers and eight freezer lockers were unveiled in April 2016, in front of each of the company’s two stores: in West Vancouver and in the Fleetwood section of Surrey, B.C.
To get groceries, a customer orders online from Fresh St., then chooses a time to pick up. Personal shoppers at each store then fulfil the order, placing items in a locker big enough for about two shopping bags.
Next, the customer is sent a text to their smartphone, advising the order is ready and with a PIN code to open the locker. The cost for the service is $3.99.
Mark McCurdy, Fresh St. Market’s spokesperson, told Canadian Grocer that customers had been asking for a click-and-collect option. A year ago, Fresh St. launched its online store with home delivery.
“Online has been growing every month for us. We’re really excited to now offer this new option,” he said, adding that it gives shift workers and others the opportunity to get their groceries 24/7
Demand for click and collect saw locker transactions skyrocket in response to COVID-19. In April 2020 alone, Fresh St Market had almost 900 new users sign up for the system.
Increase in locker usage April 2020 compared to March 2020.
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