GroceryPal.lk wins Silver at NBQSA 2016 for E-inclusion

In the recently held NBQSA 2016 awards, GroceryPal.lk won the Silver Award under the e-inclusion and e-commerce category, in recognition of the project’s features and facilities geared towards creating greater inclusivity of stakeholders that generally belong to the non-digital segment. 

GroceryPal is owned and managed by Lfinity Ltd., a subsidiary of LAUGFS Holdings.

NBQSA is one of the most prestigious and keenly competed events held annually by the Sri Lanka Section of the BCS – The Chartered Institute of IT. Conducted for the 18th consecutive year, the NBQSA serves as a platform to provide recognition to outstanding achievements of individuals and organisations in Sri Lanka for high quality ICT products.

The site offers an exciting range of customer centric features, including the ‘Colombo Office Run’, ‘Personal Shopper’, ‘Standing Orders’ and ‘Snap and Upload’. In addition to the online shopping cart, grocerypal.lk is equipped with a myriad of features that set it apart from the conventional e-ecommerce sites. 

GroceryPal delivers orders within two hours or less within the delivery grid, which currently stretch across Colombo 1 to 15 and surrounding suburbs up to Wattala, Kelaniya, Malabe, Kottawa and Mt Lavinia. All deliveries are charged a flat Rs. 250 delivery fee, which is waived off for orders worth over Rs. 5,000. Orders placed under the Colombo Office Run feature waives off the Rs. 250 delivery charge for all orders worth over Rs. 3,500 to any office block in Colombo. 

With multiple orders combined from one office block, ‘Office Run’ offers the benefit of free delivery combined with the saving of shopping time for working professionals. This latest e-supermarket carries a full range of items available at supermarkets, and makes them accessible with a click of a button. 

“We are very much encouraged by the fact that NBQSA 2016 recognised the effort we have put into creating greater inclusivity of the non-digital community into experiencing digital solutions such as e-commerce,” said Muditha Thebuwana, Team Head of GroceryPal.lk.

 ‘Shop for Me’ is another major value addition to shoppers who are not so keen to use the online shopping cart due to unfamiliarity with e-shopping or don’t have the time to click on over 50-60 items in a weekly grocery list. GroceryPal.lk’s Shop For Me function allows customers to simply send their grocery list to be shopped and delivered. Customers can send the list by typing and uploading it to the site or taking a photo and sending it via Viber or WhatsApp. 

For those who are not familiar with those methods, GroceryPal will also accept the list via their hotline, so that customers can simply dial 5566888 when they require their grocery products.