DoorDash has inked an exclusive arrangement with Canadian grocery chain Loblaws, under which the delivery company will build warehouses for the latter, the Financial Times reported. The warehouses will facilitate 30 minutes-or-less delivery for between 5,000 and 8,000 Loblaws’ President’s Choice products. That brand, according...
The friendly eCommerce delivery skies are getting a bit more crowded after U.S. regulators have approved Zipline International to make drone-based healthcare product deliveries from its headquarters in North Carolina, according to a Bloomberg report Tuesday (June 21). Zipline made thousands of medical drops in...
FarEye, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform focused on last-mile logistics challenges, and Spryker, a B2B enterprise digital commerce platform, Tuesday (June 21) announced a partnership to integrate FarEye’s intelligent delivery platform and Spryker’s digital commerce operating system. “Speed and the overall delivery experience are utmost priorities...
Local Express, a company that specializes in delivering foods for restaurants, bakeries and beverage purveyors, has teamed with Walmart GoLocal, the retail giant’s white-label delivery service, to offer expanded same- and next-day delivery services. According to a Tuesday (June 21) press release, the partnership will...
On-demand grocery delivery startup Gorillas is talking with competitors about the possibility of merging or being acquired as market demand and startup funds drop off post-pandemic, Bloomberg reported on Friday (June 17), citing unnamed sources with insider information. Gorillas reportedly met with Gopuff, Jokr, and...
Jokr, a young rapid-delivery company that calls itself “the future of supermarkets,” is ceasing operations in New York and Boston and refocusing on the Latin American market, which company executives say should be more profitable. “We have decided to stop our business activities in the...
As food delivery businesses look to make the economics of the model more efficient, Grubhub is rolling out autonomous delivery at college campuses. The aggregator announced Monday (June 13) that, after a spring pilot test at Ohio State University, the company is making its partnership...
Companies offering last-mile delivery should aim to provide a good experience for everyone involved — customers, delivery drivers and dispatchers. “We think a lot about delight at Onfleet — specifically delightful delivery,” Onfleet CEO and Co-Founder Khaled Naim told PYMNTS. Onfleet announced Tuesday (June 7)...
As restaurant aggregators attempt to stand out from competitors, racing to meet all of the consumers’ food needs, some are expanding their focus from the local scale to the national. On Tuesday (June 7), Uber Eats announced the launch of nationwide shipping, a feature by...
