Grocery delivery tends to be expensive, with the added fees of the channel and the cost of the tip raising prices and with order minimums requiring larger purchases than one might be used to. For much of the pandemic, consumers with more disposable incomes shelled...
The U.S. Postal Service will be slowing delivery times for almost a third of first-class packages, as it attempts to lower costs and cut its reliance on air transportation, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (April 18). The service standards will go into effect May...
Serial entrepreneur Marc Lore — the former head of Walmart’s eCommerce division, founder and former CEO of Jet, and former CEO of Quidsi — is putting his expertise behind fast-growing delivery startup Wonder, the Ashbury Park Press reported Thursday (April 14). Launched last year, Wonder...
Instant delivery platform Gopuff recently delayed its initial public offering (IPO) and is instead trying to raise $1 billion in debt that could be turned into stock while also lowering drivers’ minimum pay in California, according to a report Thursday (April 14) from The New...
Instacart is teaming up with Wegmans Food Markets to accept Electronic Benefits Transfer and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (EBT SNAP) payments at its 106 stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia and North Carolina, according to a on Wednesday (April 13) press...
European meal-ordering service Just Eat Takeaway.com is partnering with Albert Heijn, the Netherlands-based flagship division of supermarket operator Ahold, to deliver groceries and convenience products, according to a Tuesday (April 12) Reuters report. The collaboration brings together the country’s biggest food delivery service and its...
Instacart, after being involved in the mass eCommerce drive of the pandemic, is considering how to move forward, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (April 5). This comes after the founders approached rivals like DoorDash and Uber Technologies about potential deals. Those weren’t successful, and...
Yandex, the Russia-based internet company, and its fast grocery unit Yango Deli are rethinking the company’s strategic priorities in the United Kingdom and France, TechFundingNews.com reported Friday (April 1). The news outlet reported Yango Deli delivery will end its operations in France as the business suffers....
Grubhub, Postmates and Uber will still face a lawsuit over allegations of their food delivery fees resulting in higher restaurant prices even for people not using the apps, a Bloomberg report said, as a federal judge refused to dismiss the case. The proposed class-action suit...
