A logistics facility, systems and methods for the provision of goods and/or services are disclosed. According to some embodiments, the logistics facility comprises a counter or checkout for purchasing goods and/or services offered for sale at the facility and a drive through or drive up area for the collection of goods from the facility and/or for the ordering of services from the facility. The logistics facility also comprises a storage facility for receiving, consolidating and/or cross-docking goods ordered from the facility or ordered from a plurality of vendors by customers over a communications network via the customers’ respective communication devices. The systems includes a processor for automatically calculating the selected modified local outlet to be a collection point that creates the least deviation from an route input by the customer on their communication device. The logistics facility also comprises a delivery service for the delivery of goods to destinations specified for the customers. The goods can include perishable goods and/or non-perishable goods and/or higher value goods and the goods are ordered for same day or subsequent delivery or collection.
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