When Boro Take Out launched in Statesboro in 2008 with one dispatcher, one driver and 11 restaurants participating, no one imagined the success it would become. Clients simply log onto www.borotakeout.com, select a favorite dish from the now 42 local restaurants participating and, a short time later, your meal is delivered to your home or office.
Sally and Stephen Minton and Rick Robins founded the business and have been focused on growing it as the popularity continues to increase. They now employ 52 drivers and 13 dispatchers in Statesboro. They have also expanded the concept to seven additional markets. All eight markets are dispatched through a call center in downtown Statesboro.
With the increased interest in online grocery delivery, the founders reached out to Bi-Lo Grocery to work out a delivery system with them. They launched Boro Market Express, along with Archie Simpson, which offers delivery of groceries to your home or business.
Like Boro Take Out, customers log onto www.boromarketexpress.com and order their groceries. If you order by 2 p.m. weekdays your groceries will be delivered the same day. They charge a $9.25 delivery fee, plus an 8.5 percent service charge. Weekend and same-day delivery after 2 p.m. are available for an additional 15 percent service charge.
After helping launch the business, Simpson purchased the business.
“I was already the one person that completed the Bi-Lo orders and I saw the instant success and growth potential,” he said. “I have created BoroMarketExpress.com, which links straight to the Boro Take Out ordering system. With a little advertising and word of mouth I have been thrilled with the popularity of this service. Boro Take Out continues to handle the dispatching of the grocery service for me.”
Simpson is not your typical “delivery boy.” He has several degrees from Liberty University, with his latest being a PhD in Psychology. He continues to practice as a psychologist with a limited client list since the entrepreneurial bug bit him.
In addition to running Boro Market Express, he maintains an office in the City Campus Innovation Incubator that he shares with his partner Susan Adams of Total Wellness. Simpson also serves as the area manager for Candler Take Out and Toombs Take Out.
Also, Simpson is a cancer survivor. He went through cancer treatments from 2013 until 2017, when he went into remission.
“Surviving cancer has allowed me to see life and living much differently,” he said. “I understand life is about taking time and making memories with people. Which is much more important than money in your bank account. With the blessings and grace of God, I have been able to make it and live a more fulfilled life being able to do the one thing that I have always wanted to do which is help others.”
Other grocery stores in the area are preparing for online ordering and in-store pick up. Bi-Lo is the only grocery store that offers home delivery thanks to this unique partnership with Boro Market Express.
This is a great service for senior citizens who have difficulty getting out and busy working professionals who struggle to add one more thing to their day. Local Bi-Lo Manager Tod Marsh has been a strong partner and proponent of this partnership and sees this as one more way Bi-Lo can continue to grow with our community.