The moves are part of a plan to more than double online sales from £70m to £200m by the end of the year, Co-op said.
Partnering with robot delivery company Starship Technologies, groceries can be delivered in as little as 20 minutes alongside a “dramatic reduction” in carbon emissions, Co-op claimed.
It originally launched a trial version of the service in 2018 in Milton Keynes before expanding to other towns and cities.
The retailer now plans to increase the number of autonomous vehicles operating and delivering Co-op groceries from 200 to 500 by the end of this year, bringing them to five new towns and cities, including Cambridgeshire and extending the service into the North of England. Shoppers using the service will be able to choose from 3,000 grocery items.
Co-op saw the number of customers using robot deliveries more than double after the imposition of Covid-19 lockdowns last year, with the value of transactions increasing four-fold as shopping...