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DoorDash Sweetens White-Label Offerings with New Cash Payments Option
March 21, 2023

To drive restaurant adoption of its white-label offerings, DoorDash is adding cash on delivery options. The nation’s leading aggregator announced Tuesday (March 21) the launch of a Cash on Delivery option for restaurants using its DoorDash Drive white-label fulfillment tools, enabling eateries to accept cash...

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Inflation and Double-Digit Volume Declines Push FedEx to Realign Its Air Operations
March 16, 2023

In the face of macro headwinds, FedEx is pulling on the operational levers it can pull. And that involves throttling back on some operations — including air and international activity. To that end, the shipping giant reported fiscal third quarter earnings that showed lingering weakness...

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Kroger Leverages Automation to Boost Delivery Capacity Amid Demand Growth
March 15, 2023

Deploying autonomous trucks, Kroger is the latest grocer to leverage automation to meet delivery demand. On Wednesday (March 15), autonomous vehicles company Gatik announced that Kroger, the nation’s largest pure-play grocer, is leveraging its self-driving box trucks to transport products from the retailer’s eCommerce fulfillment...

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Millennials Three Times Likelier Than Older Diners to Order Delivery
March 14, 2023

Restaurants looking to drive sales with older diners may want to focus on traditional channels. The Context Embracing digital technologies may be a useful way for restaurants to reach younger customers, but for older diners, these same innovations can be alienating. Take, for instance, the...

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Grubhub CEO Exits Amid Turmoil in On-Demand Delivery Industry
March 14, 2023

Grubhub’s chief executive is stepping down as economic pressures transform the landscape of on-demand delivery. On Monday (March 13), the Chicago-based aggregator, a subsidiary of Just Eat Takeaway.com, announced that CEO Adam DeWitt is stepping down at the start of May and that Howard Migdal,...

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Food Rocket Shuts Down as Ultrafast Delivery Faces Reckoning
March 13, 2023

As economic pressures have many consumers reining in spending, ultrafast delivery is struggling. Ultrafast grocery delivery firm Food Rocket, backed by convenience retail giant Couche-Tard, has shut down in a move first reported by Progressive Grocer, having burned through its funding and finding itself unable to...

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Gopuff Demand Apparently Not as Quick as Its Cash Burn
March 10, 2023

As economic pressures rack the on-demand delivery industry, Gopuff has undergone another round of layoffs. The convenience retail delivery service cut around 2% of its workforce, a Gopuff spokesperson confirmed via email, in an effort to improve performance. The move, first reported by Bloomberg, affected...

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Uber Offers Mobile Ordering to Tampa Airport Travelers
March 07, 2023

Uber says it wants to help travelers in Tampa grab a bite before their flight. The company’s Uber Eats business has joined forces with Tampa International Airport to bring mobile ordering to the millions of visitors and workers who pass through the airport each year, Uber announced in a Tuesday...

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Uber Offers Drivers a Chance to Earn Through ‘Shop and Pay’
March 07, 2023

Uber Eats is giving its delivery drivers a chance to moonlight as personal shoppers. The ride-hailing/delivery giant has launched “Shop and Pay,” which gives delivery drivers the option to receive assignments to go into retailers – chiefly grocery stores – and shop for orders to...