Taxiing into new zones: Soon, Uber to deliver grocery at your doorstep

Global ridesharing major Uber might soon move into the burgeoning grocery delivery space. After launching its food delivery service in India Uber Eats almost three years back, sources close to the firm said Uber might launch a few pilots for grocery delivery in India as early as next year.

The development comes soon after its global Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi during an event in Los Angeles said the company moving towards grocery delivery after food is the next logical step in the evolution of the Eats vertical. The grocery vertical would be added to the Uber Eats app.

“With Eats, we’re getting into the business of moving food around. I think this product of delivering great quality food to you at home in 30 minutes or less is magical and is going to move into grocery in a way that’s fundamental and a lot more people are going to be eating at home… you can absolutely see grocery as being an adjacency,” he said at the international event.