Currencies: InPost arm of the frog. The stores receive packages – Virtual Poland

In a 250-toothed and Freshmarketach move testing the new service. The stores to pick up and will give you a package given by InPost – inform wiadomoscihandlowe.pl.

The tests are conducted in Warsaw and its neighboring stores. At the entrance there were posters with the inscription “Here you receive, and you shall call his pack.” As a logistics partner listed company InPost. Wiadomoscihandlowe.pl as they write in the test phase service has zawitać to 169 chain stores and 81 Zabka Freshmarketów. Both trademarks belong to the same company – Zabka Poland.

How will shipping packages? First shipment must register on the site Paczkomaty (a brand InPostu), pay for and print a label. On the other hand wanting to pick up a package, you will need to indicate the store where the consignment pick. Then just go to him with a password that customers will receive via SMS.

According to the site will be possible Advising shipments to Żabka stores and Freshmarketów. If you order a package to the house, but the courier would not find us, then we will be able to pick up the consignment store.

The idea is not new, but interesting may be its scale. So far, Frog worked for a small courier company Tba Express. On the other hand InPost deliver the package has a network of kiosks movement. This cooperation, however, was already finished.

Information about establishing a new cooperation comes in the not too fun moment. InPost has a lot of financial problems in the year the shares have lost more than 70 percent. value, and the rate fell from 25 to 7 zł. At the same time, in July it announced the end of the delivery of letters. The company gave up in this way the fight for contracts with government. This should include for shipment court.

In addition InPost not very elegant way got rid of more than 1,200 employees subsidiary Safe List. It was she who was responsible for the letter-post items. The company just before the payment of salaries to employees sold for 10 thousand. zł unknown entity Tenes One. The new owner does not pay salaries. More on this subject we wrote here.

In turn, the frog has been offered for sale. Among the interested company include Eurocash. The idea for the combination of convenience stores with online stores, and thus indirectly with suppliers packages, had a few years ago, Mariusz Świtalski. This businessman, who assumed the breaststroke, but for years is no longer the owner.