Riyadh, KSA – Tuesday 16 April – Careem, the region’s leading multi-service app, launches Careem Market in Riyadh. This new grocery delivery service provides customers with quick access to a wide range of quality produce and household products directly through the Careem app.

Careem Market orders are fulfilled through a network of state-of-the-art dark stores within different zones across Riyadh, serving 24 neighborhoods. Careem leverages the latest technology to deliver the best assortment of high-quality produce in 20 minutes, ensuring a seamless, speedy, and supermarket-level customer experience.

Abdulla Elyas, co-founder and Saudi Chairman at Careem, said: “We’re thrilled to bring customers a fast and reliable way to shop for fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy and pantry items, household essentials and more through Careem Market. We’re bringing Saudi customers the convenience and ease that they deserve. First, we drove you everywhere you wanted, and now we’re getting you anything you need.”

Careem Market connects customers to iconic Saudi brands including the world’s first date-based cola, Milaf, and is also leading innovation with several promising Saudi startups including iRama, specializing in modern technologies for biodynamic agriculture, Uvera, providing IoT devices which increase the shelf-life of fresh food, and Ygii, for simplified gifting concepts.

E-grocery is rapidly gaining momentum in the region, with ~2.5% of all grocery sales in KSA now online as consumers increasingly demand fast, convenient solutions to fulfill their grocery needs. Careem Market’s user-friendly app and super-fast delivery addresses the evolving preferences of Saudi consumers, and is positioned to capture the shift to online grocery shopping.

The Careem app offers a range of services in Riyadh, including rides, food delivery, dining out with Careem DineOut, and now grocery delivery through Careem Market. Careem Plus is the only lifestyle subscription in the Kingdom that helps customers save across all these services.

To check if Careem Market is available in your area, simply download or open the Careem app. The app is available on theApp Store and Google Play.