Flipkart rolls out 8 lakh sq ft retail space plans

The Walmart-owned Flipkart has planned to expand its fulfillment centres' capacity for grocery by more than 8 lakh sq ft over the next three months across Delhi, Kolkata and other cities thereby opening up huge biz avenues to infra builders. The additional fulfilment centre capacity will help the company to cater to over 73,000 grocery orders per day, it claimed in an official statement. In fact, the company plans to step up supply chain infrastructure for its grocery business and add the targeted space through five new centres. With this additional infra space, the marketplace will bring the ease of online grocery shopping to more users across the country. It may be recalled that Flipkart Grocery offers over 7,000 products across more than 200 categories - ranging from daily household supplies, staples, snacks and beverages, confectionery and personal care. Its current grocery fulfilment centre network spread across Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad among other cities and serves close to 64,000 orders a day. Unlike traditional warehouses, fulfilment centres are equipped with highly automated pick, pack and shipping processes to facilitate safe and timely processing of orders. Moreover, during these challenging times, e-commerce has emerged as a safe means of making purchases. Vice President - Grocery Smrithi Ravichandran informed that customer safety is at the centre of the group's efforts and its new grocery supply chain infrastructure will help serve more customers in the country who can order daily essentials seamlessly and avail of contactless delivery.