Amsterdam tells flash grocery firms to stop creating neighborhood distribution hubs
2 years, 11 months ago

Amsterdam tells flash grocery firms to stop creating neighborhood distribution hubs

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The Amsterdam city council will no longer allow new "dark stores" for flash delivery to open. In the coming year, the municipality wants to determine which conditions these neighborhood distribution points must meet and which locations they are best suited to. "With this decision, the council is pressing pause before the increase in dark stores for flash delivery gets out of hand," said the alderman. "In the meantime, our enforcers will keep an extra eye on the nuisance of existing dark stores with flash delivery."

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Amsterdam to ban rapid grocery delivery services from residential areas
1 year, 9 months ago

Amsterdam to ban rapid grocery delivery services from residential areas

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Amsterdam is moving closer to becoming the first city in the Netherlands to ban rapid grocery delivery services from operating out of residential areas, the city announced on Wednesday. In January 2022, the city decided not to allow any new rapid delivery services or dark stores to open in Amsterdam for a year, to give the local government time to …

Amsterdam wants to force dark stores to move from neighborhoods to business parks
2 years, 2 months ago

Amsterdam wants to force dark stores to move from neighborhoods to business parks

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Amsterdam has decided to move rapid grocery delivery services’ dark stores from residential neighborhoods to business parks, the city said on Thursday. And court rulings confirming dark stores’ closures in residential neighborhoods make Amsterdam confident that the moves would be allowed. “Rapid delivery from dark stores is an economic activity that is on the rise but is difficult to fit …

Rapid grocery delivery service Zapp pulling out of Netherlands
2 years, 5 months ago

Rapid grocery delivery service Zapp pulling out of Netherlands

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Rapid grocery delivery service Zapp is withdrawing from the Netherlands, though stores will remain open for the time being. “As you know, we have entered a period of consultation after our proposal to stop our activities in the Netherlands,” Zapp Netherlands said in an email to employees. Rapid grocery delivery services like Zapp promise to deliver groceries within minutes of …

The Hague to ban new rapid grocery deliverers in residential, shopping areas
2 years, 7 months ago

The Hague to ban new rapid grocery deliverers in residential, shopping areas

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The Hague banned new rapid grocery delivery establishments from its shopping areas and residential streets, the city announced on Wednesday. With that, The Hague is the first city in the Netherlands to implement a policy for rapid grocery delivery services like Getir, Flink, and Gorillas. "We see that our residents also order groceries from rapid deliverers, but the shopping areas …

Amsterdam wants to keep rapid grocery delivery services out of residential areas
2 years, 7 months ago

Amsterdam wants to keep rapid grocery delivery services out of residential areas

NL Times  

Rapid grocery delivery services are no longer welcome in residential areas in Amsterdam. The city administrators want new rules for dark stores - these services' distribution centers - since the provisioning and collection of groceries by delivery workers cause nuisance for local residents. In a response, Gorillas called it "absurd that the municipality is making this decision" because the delivery …

Rotterdam also temporarily bans speedy delivery services' distribution centers
2 years, 11 months ago

Rotterdam also temporarily bans speedy delivery services' distribution centers

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Rotterdam is following Amsterdam's example and is temporarily banning flash delivery services' "dark stores" - small distribution centers often set up in the middle of residential neighborhoods in spots reserved for stores. Speedy delivery services like Gorillas and Getir promise to deliver groceries within 10 minutes. The windows of those centers are often taped closed, giving rise to the name …

Amsterdam further restricts tourist stores from city center
3 years ago

Amsterdam further restricts tourist stores from city center

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The municipality of Amsterdam forbade 165 business owners in the center of Amsterdam to use their stores as a tourist, sex, or smartshop. Amsterdam should be first and foremost a city to live in and only secondarily a city to visit," alderman of Economics Victor Everhardt said. Everhardt said the municipality has also been raising a pot of ten million …

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