A NEW food delivery service supporting restaurants, fast food fast chains and independent eateries in Chester has been launched.

Zoom! 1hr Delivery have now introduced their sub one-hour delivery to the city.

Co-op have chosen the delivery business as their rural logistics partner in the Chester area for their mass roll out of food delivery across rural regions.

Customers using the service will receive their grocery order within two hours of placing their order.

Thanks to this contract Zoom 1hr has been able to roll out their own on-demand delivery service to food outlets in the local area.

Customers can order from their favourite food businesses via the Zoom 1hr app for delivery within an eight-mile radius in less than an hour.

To celebrate the service’s launch in the area, Zoom 1hr Delivery are running a number of promotions for customers to enter through their social media pages in the coming weeks. Follow the local Chester Facebook page here – www.facebook.com/zoom1hrchester.

Dave Hamlet, co-founder and CEO of Zoom 1hr Delivery, said, "Launching in Chester is a key milestone for us on our mission to becoming the UK’s hyperlocal, last mile delivery service.

“Chester has a brilliant selection of food businesses and a wide range of restaurants. We feel it’s important to support them during this challenging time as well as being able to service communities in more rural locations that wouldn’t have had access to this type of delivery service before now.

“It is also fantastic to deliver on behalf of Co-op in the Chester area, and we are proud to have an average delivery time for Co-op customers of just 20 minutes from ordering, which is an exceptional service.

“We hope Chester’s residents enjoy our fast delivery of groceries, fine cuisine, fast food, and drinks, whilst keeping safe at home. All they need to do is download our app or head to www.zoom-food.co.uk to order!”

Zoom 1hr recognise their drivers’ ‘worker’ status and offer them paid holiday and other benefits required by current law, in a pointed move to rise above competitors in the gig economy who have been embroiled in addressing issues of employment law recently.

Zoom 1hr were one of the first delivery services in the UK to offer this to their drivers.