The proliferation of food delivery aggregators over the course of the pandemic has given rise to the new practice of ordering in, even if it’s not really necessary. When anything from a fast food burger to a steak dinner can be dropped at the door...
On New Year’s Day, a new Texas law went into effect designed to protects restaurants from predatory practices by third-party delivery services, according to Austin.Eater.com. The measure, which was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott last summer, prohibits municipalities and counties from creating rules...
For all the noise about consumers’ newfound interest in cooking since the rise of the stay-at-home economy, many are still looking for ways to get their meal needs met without all the work of preparing them from scratch. This need for convenience has led to...
These days, you can get just about anything you want at just about any time — and it’s not just because the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic transformed everything about the way business is done and completely redefined the word “convenience.” We’re in the early days of...
It’s been a few days into the new year and the ultrafast grocery delivery market in Europe is already buzzing with consolidation moves as companies seek to gain a competitive advantage in the fast-growing space. On New Year’s Eve, German food delivery giant Delivery Hero...
The first cab-less autonomous cargo vehicle — the Transporter by Udelv — can carry 2,000 pounds of merchandise, make as many as 80 stops, and travel between 160 and 300 miles per run at highway speeds. Driven by Mobileye, the Transporter is being unveiled for...
German food delivery group Delivery Hero — which is perhaps best known for its Foodpanda brand in Asia — announced it was pulling out of the region because of increasing competition and a lack of drivers to fulfill customer orders, according to a Financial Times...
Ultrafast delivery is expanding throughout the United States and around the world, posing questions for convenience retailers that, if not answered quickly, could become a significant threat to their existence. After all, so much of convenience stores’ value prop comes from their geographical convenience, a...
Independent pharmacy solution platform BestRx is integrating with STAT to offer a full suite of on-demand and overnight delivery services for independent drugstores, including flat-rate pricing. “BestRx understands how important it is for pharmacies to be able to deliver vital prescriptions quickly and efficiently to...
