Flipkart launches third grocery fulfillment center in Kolkata

17 Mar 2022 , 11:59 AM

Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, has launched its third grocery fulfillment center in Kolkata to meet customers’ rising demand in the east India regions.

Since the launch of Flipkart’s second fulfillment center in Kolkata in June 2021, the demand has increased by a staggering 75% for the e-grocery services. East India being one of the most important and strong markets, this facility further boosts the infrastructure requirements of the regional MSMEs, sellers & local farmers to get wider market access, leading to the success of these local businesses & communities.

To ensure grocery services are made available to all customers, the new facility will offer its services in 500 PIN codes spread across Kolkata and the neighboring cities of Uluberia, Sankrail, and in the state of Jharkhand.

Customers from these regions will be able to choose from over 7,000 different products spanning 200 categories such as daily household supplies, staples, dry fruits, snacks and beverages, confectionery, personal care, and more. Flipkart’s grocery offering is backed by an improved user experience, voice-enabled shopping, convenient and easily accessible credit offerings with open box deliveries.

The new fulfillment center is spread across almost 1.34 lakh square feet, has an additional storage capacity of 22 lakh square feet, and has created over 500 direct and indirect job opportunities giving a boost to economic growth and employment in the region.

With Flipkart opening its third grocery fulfillment center, the combined area of all facilities is 3.8 lakh square feet with more than 2,000 direct and indirect jobs being created in Kolkata. Additionally, Flipkart will empower the local food processing industry that will improve livelihoods of small and medium farmers in the region through better market linkages.

Smrithi Ravichandran, Vice President — Grocery, Flipkart, said, “As we scale up our grocery operations across the country to cater to our growing customer base and supporting local businesses and farmers, east India has emerged as an important, high-growth region for Flipkart. The establishment of our third fulfillment center in Kolkata has been largely influenced by the success of our grocery services in the eastern region and the huge demand we have witnessed since mid-last year.

We are committed to serving our customers and thousands of regional small businesses in eastern India with high-quality and wide range of regional products, convenient financial constructs, along with safe and hygienic doorstep delivery of their daily essentials.”