Geneva's free grocery bikes are here to stay for its older neighbours

In Geneva, the weekly shop no longer has to be the hardest trip of an older person's week. The city is making its free home grocery delivery service permanent for residents aged 65 and over, after a pilot launched in the summer of 2025 settled into a rhythm: about 260 deliveries a month, for some 300 beneficiaries whose average age is 79. Once a week, riders from the Genèveroule association pedal electric bicycles to homes across the city, carrying up to two bags — a maximum of 20 kilos — bought at any food market or Migros supermarket in Geneva, Monday to Saturday. The service is also being extended to people who receive a care allowance. The city's Department for Social Cohesion and Solidarity runs it with a plain aim: independence, mobility and social connection — a delivery that is also, briefly, a visit.

SDG 10 · Reduced inequalities — Mechanism: institutional program