Rapido partners Big Basket, Big Bazaar & Spencer's for lockdown essential deliveries across 90 cities

Bike-taxi platform Rapido tied up with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail for last-mile delivery of essentials during the Covid-19 lockdown, deploying 70% of its Captain fleet across 90 cities at no commission. Talks were underway with Grofers, Dunzo and FreshToHome.

— Filed Wed, 15 Jul, 2026, 06:06 IST · Source Financial Express · BrandWagon · Updated

Rapido partnered with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail for last-mile essential deliveries across 90 Indian cities during the Covid-19 lockdown, deploying 70% of its Captain fleet and charging no commission, while in talks with Grofers, Dunzo, FreshToHome.

Why this matters

Rapido repositioned its bike-taxi Captain fleet toward last-mile grocery delivery, tying up with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's across 90 cities and exploring Grofers, Dunzo and FreshToHome as lockdown mobility demand collapsed.

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