30th July 2020: Gurgaon based retail service brand Gobbly installs it’s first fridge at Palm Grove Heights Block B, Ardee City, Sector 52, Gurugram on 23rd July 2020. Gobbly is in the business of providing convenient and contactless forms of automated retail for categories including farm produce, curated fresh F&B products including meals, snacks, salads, desserts and select packaged third party brand packaged goods. Its first product includes mobile-operated unmanned fridges that allow for hand selection of products with customers being charged electronically from a mobile wallet on closing the fridge door to complete a transaction.
Having raised a seed equity funding of $500,000 from Sauce.vc, Gobbly is a mobile-enabled contactless retail start-up that offers fresh produce of fruits and vegetables while ensuring convenience and safety of its customers. It is safe and hygienic, provides zero contact service, is available 24/7 within housing societies.
Co-founders Ankur Agrawal and Amit Ahuja, along with their team, are trying to address the gap that consumers are facing with the restriction in their movement and therefore are compromising on the quality of produce. Gobbly not only aims to ensure the safety of the customers but also to provide them with the best fresh produce of groceries at any suitable hour of the day making lives easier.
Commenting on the new installation in Palm Grove Heights society, Rohit Agrawal (RWA Executive Committee Member) says, “This is a really good concept, especially in the time of Covid 19. Having to go out is quite a risk and with Gobbly all you have to do is go downstairs and get what you need. It’s very convenient.”
On installing their first Gobbly in residential areas, Co-founders Amit and Ankur say, “ India has huge mobile penetration and propensity to buy things digitally has increased multifold post corona. Gobbly is much needed solution for rwa, it’s a 24/7 extension of your home fridge where you can see real time inventory and purchase your fresh produce contactless”
Gobbly is an app-only model and one must download the “Gobbly app” (android/IOS) to connect to Gobbly store. Payment can be made via Gobbly wallet. Gobbly will be the closest option to shop for consumer’s daily needs of farm-fresh produce. Gobbly aims to capture 80-100 locations by the end of 2020.
