OOHPod extends network on Island of Ireland with Lidl deal

Today’s headline story: OOHPod extends network on Island of Ireland with Lidl deal

Parcel locker company OOHPod has extended its network in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland courtesy of a deal with Lidl. Thanks to the partnership, OOHPod is bringing its lockers to numerous premises of the well-known supermarket chain.

OOHPod parcel lockers are currently in place at Lidl Northern Ireland stores in Castlereagh, Newtownards, Shore Road Belfast and Lisburn, with additional lockers being rolled out at further sites across the region.

In the Republic of Ireland, OOHPod lockers can be found at Lidl stores in Dublin, Charleville, Mitchelstown and Cork.

Unlike most parcel locker networks in Europe, OOHPod requires consumers to pay for the convenience of having their goods stored in a locker. This comes on top of the price of the delivery from a consumer’s chosen courier.

While such a solution is unheard of in countries such as Poland, a similar model was used in Ireland by Parcel Motel, which ceased trading at the end of last month.

OOHPod customers can opt to “pay as you go” by registering a payment method and only pay each time a parcel arrives. For regular customers, there are two also discounted subscription bundles available. For £7.50/€8.85 per month Standard Subscription, customers can have three uses of a locker for a 48-hour period each time. A £17/€19.95 per month Premium Monthly subscription gives 10 uses of a locker per month of 48 hours each time per use.

Ireland’s parcel locker network also has a long way to go until it reaches anywhere near maturity. OOHPod’s network, according to the company’s own website, is composed of 29 lockers spanning the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Competitor AnPost has over 40 parcel lockers in the Republic of Ireland alone.

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Call to action – Out of Home delivery in Europe 2023 report

The Last Mile Experts team, together with partner Analysys Mason, invite you to participate in a project aimed at presenting the latest information on European OOH networks – PUDO points and APMs.

The goal of the third edition of our Out of Home delivery in Europe report is to present data on the development of PUDO and APM networks supporting an environmentally friendly methods of last mile delivery. Since the first edition of our report in 2021, many European (EU & UK) carriers and operators have shared information with us about the number of PUDO and APM points.

However, there is a sizable group that has not provided us with data until now, and those we have presented have come from available press materials, interviews and website information. Every year there are also new networks that are just entering the OOH delivery business. So we invite everyone who has not yet submitted their data to participate (for free) in our project this year.

You can get more information and an simplified application form by writing to info@lmexpert.com. We are collecting data for the report up to and including February 17, 2023.

For those who have not yet had the opportunity to read the previous editions of the reports, you can do so here and become acquainted with its concept and what it strives to achieve. You can also find more information via Linkedin.

Thank you from Last Mile Experts and the Analysys Mason team.