Edeka is discontinuing long-term service - that is now changing for customers

After four years, the supermarket giant Edeka is now finally discontinuing its revolutionary pick-up service.

Customers can now expect these changes.

• Order

  online,

  collect it on the

  way home

  : This is how the

  E-Box has worked so

  far.

• Edeka

  *

  has been

  testing

  the then revolutionary

  pick-up service for

  four years

  .

• This should now be over:

  Orders

  can only be placed until the end of October.

Munich - In 2016,

brought

a previously revolutionary pick-up service to the German market.

The

should

enable

stress-free

without unnecessary waiting in line.

This model has apparently not calculated itself, because the supermarket giant has now announced the end of the service.

No more pick-up service from Edeka: E-boxes will be abolished in 2020

Rumors that the e-boxes were coming to an end already existed in 2019. But now it's official.

In Munich, the

end with the

from

.

The company announced that knowledge gained over the past four years will be incorporated into existing and new online systems.

The main focus of the project was probably on commuters, students and professionals.

These people could make their

online, have the selected products delivered to an

and then pick them up on the way home.

Facebook: This is how Edeka advertised the E-Box when it was launched in 2016

E-boxes from Edeka cannot convince in the long run: They are now being abolished

After work a short detour to the

or long queues in the

?

Edeka's pick-up service was well thought out, but it didn't seem to be convincing in the long run.

This is what

reports

.

The competition from

is too great

, and they also take

the additional effort after work or on the way home.

Also

in some parts of Germany offers its own delivery service and works for it with

,

and

together (Ruhr).

notes that Edeka even owned around 35 percent of Picnic's Germany company.

Edeka discontinues e-boxes - and is still the most popular supermarket among Germans

Delivery or collection?

Edeka does without e-boxes - there are already alternatives

Over 10,000 products and no long queues - but a small additional route.

Edeka

have repeatedly

criticized the technology of the

in recent years

.

One user wrote on Facebook: “A total disappointment.

Once again, due to a

no possibility of getting the goods ordered. "

Customers have usually had an alternative to soon set

and the desired products can partially easy

leave.

Since Rewe *, Netto * and Dm, among others, offer different types of pick-up options in the store,

may go a similar way in the future.

In addition, Edeka was named

in a survey

- so the retail giant does not lack customers.