FairPrice Group (FPG) has started piloting Singapore’s first autonomous vehicle (AV) route to transport goods between a retailer and supplier, in partnership with Pokka.
The route is between FPG’s distribution centre and Pokka’s warehouse in Benoi, a roughly 6-km round trip distance.
The pilot is part of FPG’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its supply chain operations, and ultimately ensure that supermarket shelves are stocked more efficiently and consistently for customers.
If successful, FPG will explore rolling out similar AV routes with its other suppliers in Singapore.
This initiative marks the next milestone on FPG’s roadmap to redefine its supply chain operations with technology.
Through the trial, FPG aims to drive greater efficiency, more sustainable outcomes, and resilience across the value chain, against a backdrop of increasing geopolitical uncertainty and rising logistics costs.
In October 2025, FPG became the first retailer in Singapore to receive approval from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to fully remotely operate AVs on public roads.
“FPG’s supply chain is the foundation of our entire organisation, and fundamental in helping us keep daily essentials within reach for all in Singapore,” said Vipul Chawla, group CEO of FairPrice.
“This pilot represents an important next step on our journey to embed innovation beyond our business, across our value chain to drive greater operational and sustainability outcomes for ourselves and our partners,” he added.
FPG began trials for the route between its distribution centre and Pokka’s warehouse last
February 26.
Once the route is approved for fully remote operations by the LTA, FPG will transition to using purely AVs for the transportation of goods from Pokka’s warehouse to FPG’s distribution centre.
The initiative will serve as a use case for other potential routes with FPG’s Singapore suppliers.
FPG currently uses AVs to transport palletised goods between its distribution centres. Over 100 trips are made a week, with each trip transporting up to 1.5 tonnes of ambient produce,
packaged products, and other essentials.
FPG currently has seven AVs in its vehicle fleet, with plans to expand this to close to 30 in the
years to come.
Each AV reduces FPG’s CO2 emissions by 27 tonnes a year, in addition to reducing man-hours spent on manual tasks and freeing up staff to focus on more complex work.
FPG also plans to expand its wider electric vehicle fleet to over 160 EVs by 2030.
In 2025, 15 of FPG’s key suppliers went through the Group’s Sustainability Chain Decarbonisation Programme (SCDP), an initiative introduced to support its supply chain partners with setting tangible decarbonisation targets for their businesses.
