The European Commission said Tuesday (Nov. 21) that it has carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of companies involved in the online ordering and delivery of food, groceries and other consumer goods in two Member States. These inspections are part of an investigation into...
DoorDash is making beer, wine and spirits delivery available to more locations, as across the industry, leading aggregators compete for consumers’ alcoholic beverage spending. The United States’ leading aggregator announced Thursday (Nov. 16) the expansion of its alcohol delivery business to New Jersey, noting in...
Meal kit company HelloFresh is now in the last-mile delivery business. The company announced Tuesday (Nov. 14) that its company-managed fleet is now operating in 19 major metropolitan areas. “Operating its own fleet of nearly 500 vans allows HelloFresh to reduce transit times and leads to a better end-to-end...
As retailers and third-party players alike compete for consumers’ online grocery spending, Instacart maintains that its scale protects it from facing too much competition from even larger grocers’ in-house fulfillment efforts. As the grocery aggregator’s Chief Executive Officer Fidji Simo told analysts Wednesday (Nov. 8), on the...
Ahold Delhaize is looking to bring pickup orders in-house in the United States, even as it reverses course on direct delivery fulfillment. The multinational grocery giant shared on a call with analysts Wednesday (Nov. 8) discussing its third-quarter earnings results how it is reconfiguring its...
Persistent high prices of raw materials and supply chain issues have led to sharp rises in operational costs, forcing restaurants to a generalized increase in prices to keep up. In response, customers are craving solutions and adjusting how they dine to save money. A PYMNTS...
Amazon Pharmacy has begun offering drone delivery to customers in Texas. The retail giant announced in a news release Wednesday (Oct. 18) that customers in the town of College Station can now get prescription medications delivered to their doorstep within 60 minutes of ordering. “We’re...
PayPal has launched a package tracking feature on its app. This addition allows PayPal users to instantly view the status of their deliveries without having to manually enter order numbers or searching through email inboxes, according to a Tuesday (Oct. 17) report from TechCrunch. PayPal’s update automatically...
Delivery management platform Bringg has debuted a tool to streamline last-mile delivery. The company’s ROAD offering, announced Tuesday (Oct. 10), is designed to help companies “mitigate the risk of change management within the last mile of delivery by dividing the process into three tiers, each serving a different stage...