Rapido ties up with BigBasket, Big Bazaar & Spencer's for essential deliveries across 90 cities

Rapido has partnered with BigBasket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail to enable last-mile essential deliveries in 90 Indian cities during the COVID-19 lockdown. Around 70% of its driver-partners are active, with talks underway to add Grofers, Dunzo and FreshtoHome.

— Filed Sun, 5 Jul, 2026, 21:20 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, with 70% of driver-partners active and talks ongoing with Grofers, Dunzo and FreshtoHome.

Why this matters

Rapido pivots from bike-taxi to last-mile essential delivery via retail tie-ups, an omni-channel play that signals early scale ambitions later echoed by its 2026 IPO plans at a $2.3B valuation prioritizing scale over profit.

Omni-channel activity steady with 713 signals over the last 90 days.