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SaaS Firm Ordrslip Teams Up With DoorDash For On-Demand Delivery
February 04, 2021

Software as a Service (SaaS) provider Ordrslip is partnering with DoorDash Drive, the white-label fulfillment platform of DoorDash, to advance affordable delivery from the mobile app. “This partnership gives restaurants a way to provide customers with a smooth mobile ordering experience and an easy delivery...

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Instacart To Offer Same-Day Delivery For 6,000 Family Dollar Stores
February 04, 2021

Instacart will be offering same-day delivery service from over 6,000 Family Dollar stores under a new partnership with the retailer. “With this new partnership, customers now have access to same-day delivery of Family Dollar’s broad and affordable selection of household goods, pantry and baby essentials,...

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Dubai’s Careem Introduces Commission-Free Model For UAE Restaurants
February 04, 2021

Dubai’s food delivery and rideshare startup Careem is introducing a commission-free model to help its restaurant partners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) region, CNBC reported on Thursday (Feb. 4).  The move is intended to help local eateries offset some of the economic devastation caused by...

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Alcohol Delivery Goes Mainstream As Uber-Drizly Deal Begs ‘Who’s Next?’
February 03, 2021

Whether it’s people, food, prescriptions or booze, it’s clear that Uber is up for swiftly bringing almost anything you want to your door, as evidenced by its planned $1.1 billion acquisition of Drizly announced Tuesday (Feb. 2) — its third such vertical product expansion in...

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Uber Buys Drizly As Food Delivery Competition Heats Up 
February 02, 2021

Uber has announced the latest upgrade to its food delivery platform, Uber Eats. The firm announced on Tuesday (Feb. 2) that it will acquire alcohol delivery service Drizly for $1.1 billion in stock and cash. The deal is set to conclude later this year, at...

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London Calling: Turkish Delivery App Getir Expands Internationally
January 31, 2021

Getir, a Turkish grocery delivery service whose motor scooter-riding drivers aim to reach customers within 10 minutes of the placing of orders, announced on Twitter that it has set up shop in London. A tweet from the company’s official account, accompanied by a photograph of...

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DoorDash Leads US Convenience Store Deliveries As Sector Soars 346 Pct
January 28, 2021

DoorDash is the dominant player in convenience store deliveries as the pandemic continues to keep people home and out of physical retailers and restaurants, according to a research report released Thursday (Jan. 28) by Edison Trends.  Convenience stores like 7-Eleven and CVS saw third-party delivery app...

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Starship Raises $17 Million To Develop Driverless Delivery Robots
January 28, 2021

Starship has raised $17 million to keep working on autonomous deliveries, a post on Medium from the company says. The company has also added two new service campuses, UCLA and Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts. With the new funding, Starship now boasts $102 million in...

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Tiger Global Buys 4.4 Pct Slice Of Just Eat Takeaway Worth $746 Million 
January 22, 2021

Tiger Global Management has acquired a 4.4 percent stake in Just Eat Takeaway.com valued at just over 613 million euros ($746 million), Bloomberg reported Friday (Jan. 22). The hedge fund has 6.5 million shares in Just Eat Takeaway, according to a filing made in the...