goPuff is an on-demand convenience delivery service currently operating in 29 major US cities. Users can order items online or via the goPuff app and get all the convenience items they need delivered to their doorstep real quick.
goPuff primarily delivers goods typically found in convenience stores such as snacks, drinks, household items, toiletries and other everyday essentials. Beer, wine and spirits is available for delivery in select markets. The company also delivers sexual health items such as condoms and Plan B pills.
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History
goPuff is headquartered in Philadelphia and was founded in 2013 by two Drexel University students, Yakir Gola and Rafael Ilishayev. Both were listed on Forbes 2017 30 Under 30 for Retail and Ecommerce and later in the year, were together named Target Magazine's Target Marketer of the Year. The company was originally an on-demand hookah delivery service but quickly expanded to delivering food and goods typically sold in convenience stores.
In December 2015, they launched a beer delivery service called goBeer.
In May 2016, they launched an alcohol delivery service called goBooze.
In June 2016, the company raised $8.25 million led by Anthos Capital to fund expansion into new markets.
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Description
goPuff differs from most on-demand delivery apps in that it owns local warehouses in the cities it services as opposed to acting as a platform for other businesses. goPuff does not use any third party courier systems or middlemen to deliver.
The company's customer base consists largely of millennials.
goPuff's mascot is a Pufferfish named Puff.
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