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Walmart Extends InHome Delivery Service to 10 Million More Households
May 31, 2024

Walmart is now offering an additional 10 million households the opportunity to have groceries and everyday essentials delivered to their doorstep, garage or kitchen. The retailer’s InHome delivery service has been expanded to include Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and three California cities: San Bernardino, Riverside...

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Amazon Prime Air Receives FAA Approval to Expand Drone Delivery
May 30, 2024

Amazon Prime Air has been granted approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand its drone delivery operations. This approval allows Prime Air to scale its operations to more locations in the United States, bringing the company closer to its goal of delivering packages...

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Food Delivery Platforms Lose $20 Billion as Diners Cut Back
May 29, 2024

Food delivery platforms have reportedly seen more than $20 billion in losses since going public. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday (May 29), shares in the four biggest, publicly-traded U.S./European delivery apps — DoorDash, Delivery Hero, Just Eat Takeaway and Deliveroo — are trading...

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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 a wide range of restaurants using a new “Restaurants” tab on the company’s app.  “Through this...

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Instacart Becomes Kohl’s Same-Day Delivery Partner, Continues Expansion Beyond Grocery
May 02, 2024

Instacart has become the exclusive same-day delivery partner of Kohl’s. With Kohl’s now on the Instacart App, nearly 109 million households can access same-day delivery from 1,172 Kohl’s department stores across the United States, Instacart said in a Thursday (May 2) press release. Customers can shop and order same-day...

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Forage and Uber Eats Partner on SNAP EBT Grocery Delivery
April 19, 2024

Forage and Uber Eats have partnered to offer online purchasing and delivery of groceries to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) recipients. The partnership will offer SNAP EBT grocery delivery to eligible grocery partners on the Uber Eats platform across the United States, the companies...

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Report: Getir Faces Investor Pressure to Cut Costs and Restructure
April 18, 2024

Getir, the Turkish grocery delivery company that soared in value during the pandemic, is reportedly grappling with the need to cut costs and restructure as demand for its services wanes. Investors are pushing for significant changes within the company, including asset sales and market exits,...

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Uber Eats Marks Milestone of 1 Million Merchants
April 08, 2024

Uber Eats now has 1 million merchants around the world on its platform. These partners include restaurants, grocers and convenience stores ranging from small businesses to international chains, Uber said in a Monday (April 8) press release. The online ordering and delivery platform reached the...

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Drones Take Pharmacy Delivery to More Skies as Health Systems Embrace Trend
April 04, 2024

The intersection of technology and medicine has ushered in a transformative era in healthcare delivery in recent years — one where autonomous drones take to the skies to bridge the gap between patients and medical supplies. This frontier has spurred an increasing number of healthcare...