Food ordering and delivery platform Grubhub is rolling out its services to the University of Arizona using Yandex Self-Driving Group’s delivery robots — also known as rovers — following a similar launch at Ohio State University in September, according to a press release. The 35,000-plus...
Instacart has launched a series of safety features for its delivery workers, designed to leverage information from law enforcement, local news and society media to alert them of critical incidents in the area. As the company announced in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. 17),...
As competition for on-demand delivery of beer, wine and spirits heats up, Uber Eats is hitting the ground running with Drizly. In its first major announcement since Uber completed the acquisition in October, Drizly said on Tuesday (Nov. 16) that, following a successful 190-store pilot...
The U.K. delivery service Deliveroo has formed an agreement with the French frozen food company Picard Groupe SAS to provide countrywide express deliveries. As Bloomberg News reported on Monday (Nov. 15), the deal will see Deliveroo’s express delivery service offered in more than 100 cities...
The portion sizes may ebb and flow, but restaurant margins are as thin and unforgiving today as they were in the BC era (Before COVID). What has changed — and changed a lot — is the meteoric rise of eating-in, and the array of available...
When online delivery orders made up only a small fraction of all sales, the turnkey solution was the best option for most restaurants. Third-party aggregators gave them access to digital order-taking and payment tools and drivers to fulfill delivery orders, as well as a marketplace...
Germany’s Delivery Hero says its 2021 revenue outlook looks positive, as the online food delivery service reaps the benefits of investing in food delivery and quick commerce. As Reuters reported on Thursday (Nov. 11), this announcement comes amid a consolidation wave in the home delivery...
Dollar General and DoorDash on Thursday (Nov. 11) said they’re teaming up on on-demand delivery of household essentials, including food, snacks and cleaning supplies, the latest in a series of recent expansions for DoorDash. “At Dollar General, we strive to make shopping hassle-free and affordable,...
Cat Rock Capital, one of Just Eat Takeaway.com’s (JET) biggest shareholders, advised the Dutch delivery firm to sell or spin off the U.S. platform Grubhub, Cat Rock said in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. 10). Selling or spinning off the delivery firm Grubhub would...
