Uber Eats news and trends

Instacart Product Chief Says Grocery’s Future Is All About the AI-Powered ‘Personal Planogram’
Retail // August 26, 2024

One hundred years ago, the grocery shopper was just trying out the new concept of chain stores like Piggly Wiggly, A&P and King Kullen. She would visit one of these chains with sawdust on the floor and handwritten price tags for items like sirloin steak...

Shake Shack and Uber Team With Serve Robotics on Robot Delivery
Delivery // August 14, 2024

Autonomous delivery company Serve Robotics has launched a robot delivery partnership with Shake Shack. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Aug. 14), lets diners who order from select Shake Shacks in Los Angeles via Uber Eats receive their food via Serve’s robots. According to a news release...

Instacart Expands Services, Partners With Uber Eats to Integrate Restaurant Orders
Aggregators // August 06, 2024

On Tuesday (Aug. 6), Instacart announced an expansion of its service portfolio as part of its strategy to solidify its position in the online grocery market. The company has forged a new partnership with Uber Eats, enabling customers to order both groceries and restaurant meals through...

DoorDash, Instacart Try New Angles to Gain Grocery Share
Retail // August 06, 2024

As on-demand delivery aggregators look to capture more of consumers’ grocery spending, key players such as DoorDash and Instacart are finding new ways to insert their technology into consumers’ grocery shopping routines. The former, for its part, is looking to rewards collaborations to drive adoption....

Interviews & Exclusives
Walmart and Amazon Lead Retail’s Biggest Moments of 2024

May 27, 2024
As we approach the middle of the year, here are five of the major ways that the retail landscape has changed in 2024 so far. Amazon Pivots on ‘Just Walk Out’ Last month, news broke that Amazon is pulling back on Just Walk Out technology in its own grocery stores, even as it pushes sales of […]

Earnings Point to Different Routes for Lyft and Uber

May 08, 2024
Uber and Lyft bring to mind the oft-quoted Robert Frost poem. You know the one — about two roads that diverged. The rest of the poem is about the woods,...

Uber Eats Takes Its Robot Delivery Show on the Road

February 22, 2024
As on-demand delivery aggregators look to automation to reduce labor costs, Uber sees the opportunity to roll out autonomous sidewalk robots in dense cities worldwide — but only for certain...

Uber, Lyft Differences Boil Down to Transportation vs End-to-End Mobility

February 14, 2024
Uber and Lyft’s most recent earnings reports spotlight a widening divergence in approach in business models. At first glance, there’s a core focus for both firms: That would be matching...

Quick Reads
Uber Expands Robot Delivery and Robotaxi Offerings With Avride

October 03, 2024
Uber has launched a partnership with delivery robot/autonomous vehicle maker Avirde. The collaboration will launch in the coming weeks in Austin, letting Uber Eats customers get their food delivered by Avride’s sidewalk robots, per a Thursday (Oct. 3) press release. It will then expand to Dallas and Jersey City later this year. The ride-hailing side of the […]

Shake Shack and Uber Team With Serve Robotics on Robot Delivery

August 14, 2024
Autonomous delivery company Serve Robotics has launched a robot delivery partnership with Shake Shack. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Aug. 14), lets diners who order from select Shake Shacks in Los...

Uber Pays $950 Million for Delivery Hero’s Taiwan Foodpanda Business

May 14, 2024
Uber is acquiring Delivery Hero’s foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan for $950 million. The deal, announced Tuesday (May 14), is expected to close in the first half of next year and comes as Delivery Hero has...

Instacart Brings Groceries and Restaurant Food Together With Uber Eats Deal

May 07, 2024
Instacart has teamed with Uber to offer its customers restaurant deliveries via Uber Eats. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (May 7) and due to roll out in the weeks ahead, lets Instacart customers order from...