Around the world, grocers are reconceiving their grocery delivery businesses to better meet consumers’ needs. Kroger is slowing down its automated fulfillment center rollout but remains committed to opening more, as the grocery giant’s technology partner, British online grocery company Ocado, said Tuesday (March 28), Reuters reported....
Aiming to gain greater control over the digital restaurant market, Uber is rethinking ghost kitchens. The company announced Tuesday (March 28) the launch of its Certified Virtual Restaurant Program, through which Uber Eats takes a more central role in creating and controlling virtual brands on...
Gopuff has apparently turned to competitors for assistance in filling a delivery driver shortage. The Philadelphia-based rapid delivery service has been using Uber and DoorDash to help fulfill orders, the Financial Times (FT) reported Monday (March 27). It marks the latest sign of trouble for...
Uber Eats is reportedly removing thousands of virtual brands it says have cluttered its platform. Company officials told The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Monday (March 27) that these brands — delivery services that don’t have a physical storefront — exploded on food aggregator apps during...
DoorDash is continuing its diversification efforts with a series of new retail partnerships. The delivery company announced Thursday (March 23) it had added Lush Cosmetics, Victoria’s Secret and Party City to its partner list. With this news came the debut of new shopping features, including...
As food delivery aggregators feel the macroeconomic pressures, some are responding with major layoffs. Just Eat Takeaway’s United Kingdom arm, for its part, is gearing up to let go of 1,700 of its courier employees, part of a move to return to a gig worker...
Delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway is reportedly cutting 1,700 driver jobs in the U.K. Those jobs will be replaced by gig workers, per published reports Tuesday (March 21), a U-turn for a company whose CEO had in the past criticized the gig economy model coming...
To drive restaurant adoption of its white-label offerings, DoorDash is adding cash on delivery options. The nation’s leading aggregator announced Tuesday (March 21) the launch of a Cash on Delivery option for restaurants using its DoorDash Drive white-label fulfillment tools, enabling eateries to accept cash...
In the face of macro headwinds, FedEx is pulling on the operational levers it can pull. And that involves throttling back on some operations — including air and international activity. To that end, the shipping giant reported fiscal third quarter earnings that showed lingering weakness...
