Skip the Dishes expands its nation-wide Skip Express Lane delivery service

Canada's largest food delivery network, Skip the Dishes, announced its nation-wide expansion of SKIP EXPRESS LINE with 38 new fulfillment centres by mid-2022 from coast-to-coast. The game changing, innovative grocery and household item delivery service promises to bring the local convenience store right to your doorstep in less than half an hour. 

"We're thrilled for Skip Express Lane to bring even more value to our customers across Canada, helping Skip to become an indispensable part of the lives of Canadians with an entirely new delivery service," says Kevin Edwards, CEO of SkipTheDishes. "To us, Skip Express Lane is not just a convenient option for Canadians, but it's another way we are working hard to support local businesses through the pandemic and beyond."

The rollout of Skip Express Lane across Canada will create approximately 1,000 jobs across the country. Skip Express Lane will deliver local favourites to Canadians with stores now active on the network in Winnipeg, London, and Toronto, supporting many Canadian small businesses along the way.  

Skip Express Lane launches at a time when the demand for convenience and grocery options are now higher than ever:

• Online grocery has a $120 billion market potential in Canada

• According to PayPal Canada’s 2021 Consumer Shopping Study:

  • At the start of the pandemic 19 per cent of Canadians opted for shopping online for groceries in March 2020 when the lockdown first hit 

  • By June 2021, 49 per cent of Canadians ordered grocery online

• So far in 2021, Skip has seen convenience and grocery orders rapidly expand, with a 900 per cent increase in demand year-over-year 

• The first Skip Express Lane location opened in Winnipeg in July, and has seen that over 70 per cent of customers who order from Skip Express Lane return to place another order

With an extensive menu of over 1,500 items, including baby products, personal care items and everyday essentials at grocery store prices, along with exclusive products from Skip restaurant partners and local businesses, each fulfillment centre is and will operate seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. with delivery fees starting at $1.99, or free delivery for purchases over $25. 

*Source press release