UK supermarket launches zero-emission delivery service

Sainsbury’s has partnered with e-cargobikes.com to trial zero-emission deliveries from its South London store in Streatham. Five cargo bikes will deliver up to 100 online orders a day to customers across South London and will be able to avoid heavy traffic during peak delivery hours and park closer to customers homes. When a delivery is made, Sainsbury’s will use routing software to decide whether the new green bikes will be used. The retailer said the trial is designed to test whether they could provide a “more efficient way of getting groceries to customers living in busy cities” and will seek to roll the initiative across the UK if it’s successful.