New York City is a step closer to facing a lawsuit over a cap on how much meal-delivery services can collect from local restaurants. U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods denied the city’s motion to dismiss the suit, bringing the case closer to a potential trial,...
With Instacart going public Tuesday (Sept. 19) via initial public offering (IPO), grocers are rethinking their direct delivery businesses. Some are investing more in their in-house delivery offerings. For instance, Wakefern Food Corp., which spans hundreds of grocery stores over a range of banners, announced...
An estimated 260 million packages were stolen in the U.S. last year. That’s according to delivery company Arrive, which says it hopes to reverse that number, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) and its mailbox-as-a-service (MaaS) platform. The Indiana-based company...
DoorDash is expanding its grocery selection as, across the industry, restaurant delivery services add more retailers in the leadup to Instacart going public. The United States’ leading restaurant aggregator announced Monday (Sept. 18) the addition of eight new grocery partners — CUB, Eataly, El Super,...
As restaurants look for more efficient and cost-effective ways to meet consumers’ desire for on-demand delivery, Papa John’s is tapping drones to keep the food hot until it gets to customers’ doors. The restaurant’s drone delivery provider Flytrex shared in an emailed press release Thursday...
With third-party aggregators looking to drive grocery sales, Albertsons Companies is fighting back, offering new options to maintain consumers’ direct digital loyalty. The grocery giant announced Wednesday (Sept. 13) the launch of 30-minute pickup and delivery, calling the service Flash, at more than 2,000 stores...
As aggregators compete to woo restaurants, Grubhub is offering more flexible features. The Chicago-based food delivery platform announced Thursday (Sep. 7) the launch of a new feature for restaurants, dubbed “On-Demand Delivery,” enabling eateries that leverage their own driver networks for deliveries to request additional courier...
As restaurants and aggregators jockey over delivery revenue, consumers are increasingly finding that the fees and upcharges on these platforms are not worth the price. Aggregators have been looking to disincentivize restaurants from inflating menu prices on third-party platforms to compensate for the commission these...
As Target continues its rollout of sortation centers, the retailer is learning that these facilities allow it to serve more customers, faster. The sortation centers are designed to save time and space for store teams by removing the sorting and packing process from store backrooms. They’re also...