For anyone who's ever had a late-night craving but didn't want to leave the house, now there's an app for that.
Online retailer goPuff, which lets customers use an app to have thousands of products quickly delivered to their doors, launched its third Twin Cities warehouse in St. Paul's Merriam Park neighborhood this week.
Adding to its existing locations on St. Paul's West Side and Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis, the Philadelphia-based company's new space is near Allianz Field and the Midway neighborhood.
Each goPuff warehouse, which can range from 3,500 to 6,000 square feet, stocks about 2,500 products, including snacks, beverages, electronics, over-the-counter medications, pet supplies and, in some cities, beer, wine and liquor.
Customers can use the goPuff app to place orders of $9 or more between noon and 4:30 a.m. For a flat delivery fee of $1.95, a driver will bring the order to a home or business.
"We really try to look for locations where there are digitally savvy customers," said goPuff spokeswoman Elizabeth Romaine. "The delivery zone is based on how quickly we can get an order into the customer's hands. Generally, we aim for under a 30-minute delivery time."
About 50 drivers work at each facility to meet customer demand. The company is not licensed to deliver alcoholic beverages in Minnesota.
The warehouse-to-customer delivery service, available in dozens of cities across the United States, started in Philadelphia in 2013 as an app for delivering snacks and school supplies to college students.
