The grocery delivery company, which hopes to open 100 stores by end of 2022, aims to deliver shopping within 15 minutes.
A dark store grocery app backed by Russian and UAE investors has launched in Dubai and it plans to open 100 stores in the Emirates and Qatar by the end of 2022. Yalla Market opened its first store in Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), Dubai, in August, with plans for two more in Business Bay and Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC) this month.
A further two stores will open in business and residential areas in Dubai by the end of 2021, and the company has its sights set on Abu Dhabi and Qatar, with plans to have 100 stores in total by the end of 2022, the company said. Yalla Market, which offers a product range of 2,100 stock keeping units (SKU), is entering the UAE’s competitive q-commerce market against existing players including Talabat Mart, InstaShop and Careem and claims to deliver groceries in 15 minutes using an online and app-based only dark store model.
Delivery agents will use electric scooters and bicycles, with orders picked up within three minutes of being sent, to facilitate the short delivery time, with the current average order valued at AED 55.
