With pet parents proving to be a digitally engaged group, often willing to splurge, DoorDash is seizing on the on-demand delivery opportunity to expand consumers’ adoption of its retail offerings. The nation’s leading aggregator announced Tuesday (Feb. 27) a same-day delivery partnership with Pet Supplies...
Delivery Hero has ended discussions to sell its foodpanda business in Southeast Asia. The Berlin-based food delivery platform announced Wednesday (Feb. 21) that it had terminated negotiation for the deal, which would have covered Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. According to an announcement on...
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 kinds of orders. In an interview with PYMNTS, Noah Zych, Uber’s global head of autonomous mobility...
The engine of modern life whirrs mostly in the background, powering conveniences unimaginable decades ago. But that doesn’t mean the engine runs uninterrupted. Last-mile delivery has long been a persistent problem in the logistics industry. The fragmented nature of the space, coupled with the diverse...
DoorDash has launched a new delivery agreement with grocery group Ahold Delhaize. The partnership makes an additional on-demand grocery delivery marketplace available to customers of Ahold brands like Food Lion, Giant and Stop & Shop, with service expected to be available to customers of all its brands by March....
Delivery Hero has sold its 4.5% stake in British food ordering platform Deliveroo. The Berlin-based company announced the $97 million sale of its 68 million shares in a news release Monday (Jan. 29), with the sale expected to settle Thursday (Feb. 1). “Following settlement, the company will...
For companies with super app ambitions, consolidation is a key strategy. Forging a seamless connection of experiences — even if they’re disparate experiences — demands some components be readily in place: A digital front door. A linking up of back-end systems, a matching of supply...
Uber is closing down its alcohol delivery business, Drizly. The move comes three years after Uber bought Drizly for $1.1 billion, Axios reported Monday (Jan. 15), citing Uber’s senior vice president of delivery, Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty. “After three years of Drizly operating independently within the Uber family, we’ve decided to close...
Instacart and DoorDash are raising prices in Seattle following the city’s new minimum pay law. Seattle in 2022 passed legislation that increased wages for drivers for the delivery apps. That law went into effect Saturday (Jan. 13), and is happening as the federal government is...
