Albertsons is teaming with DoorDash to add on orders from local restaurants to their grocery orders, Progressive Grocer reported. That could see things like new dessert orders added on. There will reportedly be no new delivery fees or order minimums. And the feature will allow...
The food delivery business is still not profitable for most major players, even as their marketplaces surge in popularity. Noting the opportunity for a revenue source that does not involve steep labor costs or complicated logistical networks, these delivery services are supplementing their delivery revenue...
Convenience store delivery service Lula is collaborating with Uber Eats to offer on-demand delivery of convenience store items, according to a Monday (Sept. 20) report from Technical.ly. Lula works with convenience store chains and mom-and-pop shops alike to list stock for local delivery. With the...
DoorDash on Monday (Sept. 20) is adding beer, wine and spirits through the DoorDash Marketplace, which reaches more than 100 million people in 20 states, Washington, D.C., Canada and Australia. The alcohol-on-demand offering will be available in select DoorDash markets to customers who are old...
On-demand delivery and retail firm Dada Group is launching an open digital logistics platform using a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model to speed up the digitization of the on-demand delivery space. The development of the Dada Smart Delivery SaaS System was based on Dada Now’s Smart Logistics System and...
Amazon cranked up the pressure on food delivery services Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats Wednesday (Sept. 15) with a partnership that will provide free food delivery through Deliveroo Plus for Prime members in the U.K., TheStreet reported. That launch caused Grubhub’s stock price to dip...
After reports of its New York City launch circulated in August, Buyk, a 15-minute grocery delivery service founded by the creators of Russian grocery delivery service Samokat, announced Tuesday (Sept. 14) that it is officially launching in the city. Beginning in Manhattan, the company intends...
Grocery giant Kroger announced on Tuesday (Sept. 14) that it is launching “Kroger Delivery Now” in partnership with Instacart. The delivery service, which fulfills online convenience orders within 30 minutes, is available across the United States, both through Kroger’s digital ordering platforms and through Instacart’s...
UPS is moving into the gig economy, same-day delivery space with the acquisition of Roadie, a technology platform that connects people with items to ship with drivers headed in that direction. The terms were not disclosed, according to a press release on Friday (Sept. 10)....
