About a month after reaching $7 billion, Getir’s valuation keeps soaring. The Turkish grocery delivery service announced on Friday (June 4), with its Series D funding round bringing in over $550 million, that its valuation has topped $7.5 billion, and the company raised almost $1...
Restaurant digital ordering platform Menufy is partnering with Uber as a solution to help its eatery customers keep up with the escalating demands for food delivery, according to a press release on Wednesday (June 2). Menufy, a commission-free, digital ordering and delivery solution for independently...
Instacart wants to replace its team of gig shoppers with robots in an effort to reduce costs and forge a stronger relationship with supermarkets. That’s according to Bloomberg News, which on Tuesday (June 1) reported on Instacart documents showing the grocery delivery and pick-up service...
Consumers may now be able to get groceries delivered in less time than it would take them to make the grocery trip themselves. Instacart announced on Thursday (May 27) that the company is launching 30-minute delivery in 15 United States cities. This “Priority Delivery” option...
Instacart is introducing a priority delivery option that will get groceries to people’s doorsteps in as fast as 30 minutes, and will give users the ability to pinpoint the fastest time slots available in their area. “We know that no two grocery shops are created...
Although Amazon’s announcement that it was retiring the app and website of its Prime Now ultrafast delivery service and incorporating it into the main Amazon site was aimed at its millions of members, the strategic shift was also a competitive warning to rivals like Walmart and Target...
For all the pain and disruption caused by the pandemic, the past 14 months have also been a major catalyst for growth and innovation in the food delivery industry, forcing restaurants and other food sellers to find new ways to stand out in an increasingly...
In-restaurant dining may be coming back, but online ordering is not going anywhere. In fact, PYMNTS research from the most recent edition of Delivering On Restaurant Rewards, created in collaboration with Paytronix, finds that 92 percent of all vaccinated restaurant customers say they intend to keep...
The first quarter of 2021 marked a turning point for major food delivery services. Encompassing the early stages of the vaccine rollout, the quarter began to give some indication of what consumers’ post-pandemic behaviors will look like, even while most remained bound to their pre-vaccination...
