Commonwealth Brewery says its retail chain, 700 Wines and Spirits, has expanded its partnership with the Kraven delivery service app to Grand Bahama.

“We are very excited to announce the launch of our Grand Bahama partnership with Kraven,” said Ulan Dawkins, 700 Wines and Spirits' retail customer service manager. “We initially started our partnership in July 2020 on the island of New Providence, and we were very pleased with the service offered by Kraven.

"They provided an alternative platform in which we are able to reach our customers, affording them the convenience of shopping for their preferred brands of wines, spirits and beers and having them delivered to their door.”

Mr Dawkins said the liquor retail chain was seeing consistent, incremental growth on New Providence each week in terms of consumers using Kraven to make purchases and deliveries for them.,

“The opportunity to expand this service to our Grand Bahama customers was a no brainer,” he added. “It allows us to continue to provide great products to our loyal customers, while minimising the transmission of COVID-19.”

Kyle Albury, Kraven's principle, said:n “Partnering with a company like 700 Wines & Spirits further validates Kraven as a reputable brand that can be trusted to offer reliable service."

He added that since the launch of the company in October 2019, it has acquired some 140 delivery drivers in New Providence and seven in Grand Bahama. Mr Albury said it plans to expand their services to other Family Islands once they have done more analysis on feasibility.

In the meantime, Grand Bahama's 700 Wines and Spirits customers can access delivery services by downloading the Kraven app onto their mobile devices. 700 Wines and Spirits has more than 50 stores across 12 islands.