Business is booming for Lazy Delivery as it expands its services to Tallahassee.
Lazy Delivery, which delivers anything that can fit into a standard-sized car, has experienced tremendous growth in the 12 months since its launch in Gainesville. Its founders, Marc Charbel, 24, Manuel Zelaya, 25, and Daniel Zelaya, 24, said they intend to continue.
What started as a grocery delivery service targeted at college students has evolved into a means for businesses, the elderly and families.
Co-founder Daniel Zelaya said this extension of the service caught him off guard.
“I was personally surprised about how many parents found out about us,” he said. “There are parents in other cities ordering groceries for their kids at UF.”
Now, the founders hope for Lazy Delivery to stretch across Florida.
“The default now is, ‘I need groceries, therefore I need to go to the store,’” Zelaya said. “We want to change that reality to, ‘I need groceries so I’m getting it delivered.’”
For students like Elena Hernandez, a 20-year-old UF accounting sophomore, Lazy Delivery serves a very important purpose.
“I can see myself using it even though I have a car,” she said. “I never find time to do grocery shopping in college.”
For instant delivery — which arrives within two hours — the business charges $13 to deliver 10 different items. For scheduled deliveries, the business charges $9 to deliver 10 different items.
Services in Tallahassee is expected to launch in February.
[A version of this story ran on page 3 on 1/27/2015 under the headline “Lazy Delivery takes grocery service to Tallahassee"]
