DoorDash continues to broaden the scope of its stated mission, this time with the acquisition of on-demand food and retail delivery service Wolt. Alongside the release of its third-quarter 2021 financial results on Tuesday (Nov. 9), DoorDash announced its roughly $8 billion deal with the...
Data-driven delivery and fulfillment cloud platform Bringg announced it is expanding its third-party delivery offering, the Bringg Delivery Hub, to allow retailers to scale up their delivery capacity more quickly, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 9) press release. The Bringg Delivery Hub will help retailers...
Speedy delivery platform startup Gopuff is expanding into 10 U.K. cities, including London, with plans to have a presence in 33 locations by the middle of next year. After acquiring Fancy and Dija earlier in 2021 and transitioning both companies to the Gopuff app, the...
As grocery stores work hard to keep products in stock in the face of the global truck driver shortage, the world’s largest grocer is seeking out ways to avoid the labor issue entirely. Walmart announced on Monday (Nov. 8) that its box truck pilot with...
Tech-based national shipping carrier X Delivery — which has grown its monthly revenue ten-fold over the last year — has recently expanded the Texas-based company’s leadership team, according to a Monday (Nov. 8) press release. The shipper of direct-to-consumer eCommerce goods added Mark Lavelle as...
Throughout 2021, food delivery services have been redefining their businesses to expand their use cases, aiming to meet consumers’ instant needs across restaurant and retail categories. Now, DoorDash is taking a sharp turn away from on-demand fulfillment, launching Nationwide Shipping. The service sends food and...
Walmart announced on Monday (Nov. 8) that the autonomous trucking company Gatik has been moving customer orders daily without a safety driver on a route in Bentonville, Arkansas, the first such middle-mile delivery anywhere in the world. The companies say that the deliveries, which move...
With digital off-premise ordering remaining elevated even as labor conditions make it difficult for restaurants to meet demand, Domino’s is looking for ways to reduce its own labor costs by encouraging consumers to pick up the slack. Discussing current labor conditions, Domino’s CEO Richard Allison...
Instacart and the supermarket chain Publix have joined forces on Publix’s virtual convenience offering, which lets customers choose products from Publix and have them delivered by Instacart. Announced on Thursday (Nov. 4), Publix Quick Picks is a new storefront available across Publix’s seven-state footprint, allowing...
