As Target eyes boosting its same-day delivery services, the company is negotiating to purchase portions of California startup Deliv Inc., CNBC reported. The company had offered same-day delivery for Best Buy Co., Macy’s Inc., Mercato Inc., Walgreens and others, the news service reported. Interest in purchasing pieces of...
Walmart’s new Express Delivery service will transport items to customers’ doors within two hours for a $10 charge, the company announced Thursday (April 30). The program will allow Walmart shoppers to peruse the company’s catalog of 160,000 items, including food, toys, essentials and electronics, the...
A worldwide police force has issued an alert warning that criminal organizations are using food delivery services to transport drugs as countries remain locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), the Lyon, France-based global law enforcement agency, said suspects have...
Toast, a restaurant point-of-sale (POS) software provider, has unveiled a new service to provide restaurants with a delivery network of drivers free of high commissions, according to an announcement on Tuesday, (April 28). The Boston-based company said Toast Delivery Services will provide eatery owners with...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane — it’s a drone? CVS Health Corp. and the United Parcel Service (UPS) will deliver prescription medications by drone to a Florida retirement community starting in May, the companies announced in a press release Monday (April 27). The first...
Amazon is delivering six million meals to underserved populations that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced. The Seattle eCommerce giant said they are partnering with food banks in 25 U.S. cities to provide shelf-stable groceries and pre-packaged foods. In a post...
Uber is introducing an expanded roster of delivery options to provide on-demand and scheduled last-mile delivery solutions for consumers and businesses alike. Uber Direct will roll out in select cities, Uber said in a statement on Sunday (April 19), delivering everything from groceries and convenience...
Due to increasing customer demand for household goods, grocery and personal healthcare delivery, Instacart said it has rolled out a new prescription delivery service with Costco. The offering is now available from almost 2,000 stores in California, New York and Illinois, among other states, with plans to...
It’s a good thing that mobile order-ahead (MOA), order-to-eat (OTE) and the delivery network connecting it all were in place and scaling when a virus mutated. In the time of COVID-19, home delivery has taken on lifeline status, as transmission fear and shelter-in-place orders have...
