This week in grocery, DoorDash adds merchants, and Co-op taps delivery robotics and retailers automate inventory. DoorDash, the United States’ leading aggregator, has been leveraging grocery to attract more customers. On Tuesday (March 14), the company announced that it is partnering with Seattle food co-op PCC Community...
This week in grocery, grocers tapped retail media, and a U.K. grocer tested robotic delivery. BJ’s Wholesale Club, for one, a membership-only warehouse club chain with 234 locations across 18 states, announced Thursday (Dec. 1) that it is launching BJ’s Media Edge, a Microsoft PromoteIQ-powered...
Food ordering and delivery firm Grubhub has teamed up with autonomous delivery services provider Starship Technologies to offer robot delivery services at U.S. college campuses. According to a Tuesday (Oct. 11) news release, this service is already available at the University of Kentucky, the University...
As food-at-home prices skyrocket and retailers absorb some of these rising prices in an effort to avoid losing shopper loyalty, many are seeking other ways to boost their profit margins. Some, for instance, are expanding their marketing opportunities for brands, offering higher-value in-store and online...
September 06, 2021
College dining is changing. Gone are the days when students living in dorms ate the vast majority of their meals from dining halls, and students living off-campus ate at restaurants and/or cooked for themselves. The divisions are coming down, with flexible options like “Campus Cash” and “Dining Dollars” systems making it possible for students to […]
June 21, 2023
Bolt and Starship Technologies have partnered to develop autonomous deliveries of meals and groceries. The collaboration brings together Bolt’s experience in offering ride-hailing, micromobility, and food and grocery delivery services and Starship Technologies’ autonomous delivery vehicles, the companies said in a Wednesday (June 21) press release. Their new efforts will begin with a pilot program in which Starship delivery robots will […]
October 11, 2022
Food ordering and delivery firm Grubhub has teamed up with autonomous delivery services provider Starship Technologies to offer robot delivery services at U.S. college campuses. According to a Tuesday (Oct....
March 02, 2022
Robotic delivery startup Starship Technologies raised a total of $100 million in the past 30 days, including a $42 million Series B funding round, as demand soars for its autonomous...
January 20, 2022
Global identity verification provider Veriff is partnering with autonomous delivery services provider Starship Technologies to offer identity verification services for autonomous robot delivery, according to a press release on Thursday...
