Flipkart announced the expansion of grocery services in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, which will now provide new customers in the state access to high-quality daily essentials at attractive prices while ensuring their safety through doorstep delivery.
With the help of Flipkart’s newly launched and dedicated grocery fulfilment centre in Coimbatore, the marketplace will offer online grocery shopping to users in Coimbatore and those in neighbouring cities of Madurai, Trichy, Ernakulam, Tirupur, Erode, Thrissur, Palakkad and Malappuram. Through a regional expansion focused marketplace model, this new fulfilment centre will serve more than 150 pin codes in the regions.
The Coimbatore grocery fulfilment centre is spread across nearly 1.25 lakh square feet and will create more than 1,100 direct and indirect job opportunities, leading to a boost in local employment and economy. Sustained growth in Flipkart’s grocery business also provides an impetus to the local food processing industry, supporting Indian agriculture and small and medium farmers.
N Muruganandam, IAS, Principal Secretary, Industries Department, Tamil Nadu, said, “The government is committed to promoting investments in logistics and warehousing. The grocery fulfilment centre will enable local merchants to use this infrastructure and widen their market access.”
Pooja Kulkarni, IAS, MD and CEO, Guidance Tamil Nadu, said, “The grocery fulfilment centre will aid the economic growth of the local ecosystem. Tamil Nadu, being the most urbanised state, will also give greater impetus to Flipkart’s e-commerce business.”