Russian Instant Grocery-Delivery Service Sets Sights on U.S.
- Buyk aims to have 10,000 orders a month in U.S. by year-end
- Service launches in NYC in August amid boom in sector
A courier of the Samokat food delivery service in Moscow.
Photographer: Sergei Fadeichev/TASS/Getty Images
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Samokat, Russia’s biggest instant grocery-delivery service by orders, is aiming to be the first of its peers to take a share of the booming U.S. market.
The founders of the St. Petersburg-based company are launching the service, to be called Buyk, in August in New York. They are targeting 10,000 orders a month there by year-end.