Furthermore, 31 percent is in a shopping area without homes and 24 percent in a business park, so also without homes.
In total Colliers had 123 branches of flash delivery companies. Amsterdam has by far the most with 34, followed by Rotterdam (11), The Hague (8) and Utrecht and Eindhoven (both 6). There are four companies active in the Netherlands. Flink is the largest with 63 distribution centers, followed by Gorillas with 29, Getir with 25 and Zapp with 6.
According to Colliers, the companies would do well to move the thirteen locations in residential areas to business parks or shopping streets. “It is crucial for their growth that speed cameras continue to actively limit nuisance and ensure that they fit well into the street scene. This can also be done by no longer masking shop windows.” Due to the often tinted windows, the distribution centers are also called darkstores called.
Code of Conduct
Amsterdam has already said about four branches that they have to close. There is already one actually closed† The proceedings are still ongoing for the other three. The municipality has also decided that flash delivery drivers should in principle only allowed to settle outside residential areas† Rotterdam is also working on rules about this† In response to the steps that municipalities have taken, the speed cameras with a joint code of conduct to prevent nuisance.
This week, Gorillas decided to shorten opening hours by an hour, from midnight to 11 p.m. “We want to use this to reduce possible nuisance in the late evening hours,” the company said. The company also says it has not promised to deliver groceries to the customer within ten minutes for some time.
How is it possible that speed camera deliverers are so quickly at your door with groceries and what are the advantages and disadvantages of this mega fast service? NOS op 3 made this video:
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