Downtown delivery and convenience

A system of same-day delivery from downtown Montreal to a wider section of the city is being fulfilled by an outfit called Génie. Maps of where you can order and where it will be delivered are here. Delivery is free for a short time.

Article mentions that food will be delivered, but also that you have to allow four hours, so that’s less appealing. But still, if you wanted to get something brought to you from any downtown retailer, without going downtown, this might work out for you. (I might buy a book this way, but not a laptop…)

Another idea for bringing convenience close to city-dwellers is an idea from Coop Berri-UQÀM which brings computer repair and zero-waste groceries together in the space at Berri-UQÀM that, till recently, was occupied by Librairie Parchemin.