The E-commerce platform Flipkart has announced that Shopsy has started offering grocery as a category on its platform. Leveraging the Flipkart Group’s supply chain infrastructure and tech capabilities, Grocery on Shopsy will cater to consumers across 700 cities and over 5,800 pin codes.

“Grocery is a key consumer need, and we are committed to making e-grocery affordable for consumers and sellers alike. We have been reducing the cost of delivering groceries over the last few months. We are happy to announce that we have achieved best in class cost structure, which makes us confident of scaling grocery on Shopsy,” Prakash Sikaria, Senior Vice President – Growth, Flipkart, said in a statement.

The 6,000 products across 230 categories ranging from staples, FMCG, and other dry groceries; match the selection and range available on Flipkart Grocery.

With groceries on Shopsy, users can now shop for value groceries by adding and checking out products in their cart or by combining orders for multiple individuals in their network. Users can avail of a flat 5 per cent commission margin that will directly be credited to the linked bank account and enjoy up to 50 per cent savings, the company claims.

Flipkart’s Grocery fulfilment centres named Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna and Pune that Shopsy will leverage, have entirely digitised processes and product quality checks.