Morrisons brings in change to food deliveries across 400 supermarkets

The rollout "builds on the success of the partnership between Uber Eats and Morrisons Daily convenience stores and using Uber Eats’ technology," the supermarket says.

Uber Eats and Morrisons have expanded their partnership to add over 400 supermarkets to the platform. The rollout "builds on the success of the partnership between Uber Eats and Morrisons Daily convenience stores and using Uber Eats’ technology," the supermarket says.

The partnership will enable customers to order from tens of thousands of items, Morrisons said. Morrisons will add over 400 supermarkets to the Uber Eats platform over the coming days. Using Uber Eats’ technology, customers who use the Uber Eats platform will be able to exclusively order from tens of thousands of items from Morrisons supermarkets.

The average delivery time for Uber Eats customers in the UK is less than 30 minutes. With this partnership customers will be able to order everyday essentials and Market Street fresh favourites from Morrisons as well as last minute dinners and must-have treats from The Best range. Hundreds of these products have also been price matched to Morrisons supermarkets.

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The expansion of this partnership, which already included Morrisons Daily convenience stores, comes as Uber Eats recently revealed that in the past two years, the number of people who have placed a grocery order on Uber Eats in the UK has nearly doubled.

Alex Troughton, Head of Grocery & Retail, Uber Eats, Europe, Middle East and Africa said: “It is fantastic to be expanding our partnership with Morrisons to include their supermarkets for the first time. Building on this partnership means customers who use our platform will have even more choice when ordering with us, with delivery in as little as 20 minutes, all at the touch of a button.”

Charlotte Exell, Morrisons Online Director, said: “We’re delighted to be offering customers another fast and convenient way to get Morrisons groceries delivered straight to their door by expanding our successful partnership with Uber. We're committed to offering our customers great value high quality products however they choose to shop with us.”