Amid ongoing economic pressures, Dollar General is refining its approach to better serve its financially constrained customers, CEO Todd Vasos said Thursday (Dec. 5) during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. “Customers continue to face significant pressure and are less able to stretch their budgets at the...
Uber is expanding its partnership with restaurant technology platform Toast. The new integration between Toast Delivery Services and Uber Direct lets U.S. restaurants save on delivery fees and expand their delivery radius, while using Uber’s delivery network to provide local delivery on phone orders and ones made via Toast...
DoorDash is adding new grocers to its list of supermarket delivery partners. The delivery platform will be working with five new grocers, according to a Monday (Nov. 25) press release. The aggregator has already added several supermarket chains this year, including Wegmans and all of...
Starbucks now offers access to delivery powered by DoorDash through its own app. As of Monday (Nov. 11), customers across the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec) can order delivery through the Starbucks app, the company said in a Tuesday (Nov. 12) press release. Starbucks...
Grubhub has completed nearly 1 million deliveries using Amazon Key, a technology that enables delivery drivers to enter common areas of residential buildings and gated communities, when property managers have opted in to the delivery service. Amazon Key allows third-party delivery services like Grubhub to...
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...
To empower local businesses, DoorDash has unveiled a suite of tools designed to help merchants. With the launch of the DoorDash Commerce Platform, the company aims to revolutionize how restaurants and retailers connect with customers, offering features like customizable mobile apps and an enhanced Business...
Instacart is ramping up its efforts to capture and keep customers as it aims to cement its status in the online grocery sector. The company is concentrating on two primary objectives: bringing in new users, elevating engagement with its current clientele, and creating “habituated customers.”...
Last-mile delivery management firm Onfleet has integrated with fleet insurance firm Fairmatic. “Businesses that take advantage of the integration will develop a better understanding of their delivery drivers’ performance with a free driver analytics dashboard that can reduce insurance rates,” the companies said in a...
