Chowly and DoorDash are partnering to provide restaurant brands of all sizes the opportunity to grow their business through offering delivery, the companies announced in a press release on Monday (Sept. 9). Chowly, a restaurant technology company, integrates third-party delivery marketplaces with restaurants’ point-of-sale (POS)...
McDonald’s and Grubhub have announced a new partnership to begin expanding McDelivery to approximately 500 restaurants in the NYC and tri-state area. McDelivery will be available both on Grubhub and Seamless. “At McDonald’s, we’re constantly innovating to find new ways to best serve our customers...
To quote the Grateful Dead and their song “Truckin’” — an apt choice for this topic — “What a long strange trip it’s been.” While a significant number of trucking companies have gone out of business, there are trucking shortages and rising wages. The trucking...
San Francisco-based DoorDash is moving beyond North America and is now taking orders in Melbourne, Australia, taking on UberEats, Menulog and Deliveroo, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. 4). DoorDash will start out delivering in Melbourne’s central business district and inner suburbs and expand to the...
FedEx said this week that it would acquire Cargex, an international freight forwarding company, and Agencias de Aduanas Aduanamos S.A. Nivel 2, a customs brokerage company and Cargex affiliate. The moves are designed to further last-mile operations in Latin America. Headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, Cargex...
Restaurants in India are fighting back against restaurant delivery apps like Zomato, Swiggy and Uber Eats, saying that the apps are too customer-centric, offering discounts which help buyers but hurt restaurants by eating into revenue, The New York Times reported. Some of the restaurants have...
Online grocery eCommerce platform Mercato has partnered with door-to-door delivery app DoorDash to offer same-day delivery of goods from independent and specialty food stores, the companies announced in a press release on Thursday (Aug. 29). “DoorDash and Mercato are highly aligned in our desire to...
Postmates is joining DoorDash and Caviar in offering its customers the option to place group orders. The new service will be rolled out over the next few days on Postmates’ app or on its website. “Group Orders allow you to share orders with friends so...
DoorDash has announced that it has a new pay model that aims to boost delivery workers’ earnings from the app. “We developed this approach with input from customers and Dashers, including members of our Dasher Community Council. We have been testing the new model this...
