When it comes to last-mile logistics, drone delivery is one of the technologies gaining traction with the promise to transform the way consumers receive goods and supplies. But while there have been a few instances of successful drone delivery schemes in the U.S., the Federal...
Food ordering and delivery firm Grubhub has teamed up with autonomous delivery services provider Starship Technologies to offer robot delivery services at U.S. college campuses. According to a Tuesday (Oct. 11) news release, this service is already available at the University of Kentucky, the University...
DoorDash is making it easier for existing restaurant customers to adopt its beer, wine and spirits options as leading U.S. aggregators look to leverage their alcohol offerings to create additional sales occasions and/or increase typical orders’ basket size. On Thursday (Oct. 6), the delivery firm announced...
FedEx Ground reportedly expects to see lower package volume in the United States and Canada during the time leading up to the holidays. The division, which handles most of FedEx Corp.’s eCommerce deliveries, told its delivery and trucking contractors that it will be lowering its...
Restaurant food delivery company Grubhub and food and home essentials delivery firm Gopuff have launched a pilot program in which some Gopuff locations are now included on Grubhub’s marketplace. The program — which launched Tuesday (Oct. 4) in six cities — enables Gopuff to reach...
As restaurants look to improve the economics of delivery, many are beginning to eye automated solutions to reduce both the labor cost on their end and, in turn, the fees on consumers’ end. Charleys Philly Steaks, for one, a cheesesteak chain with more than 700...
Deliveroo is opening its first brick-and-mortar grocery store as the rapid delivery service attempts to expand its offerings. “The grocery store offers customers a new way to shop, with customers able to shop in-store by ordering through digital kiosks; ordering via the Deliveroo app for...
Furniture giant Ikea has said all of its home deliveries will be made by electric vehicles by 2025, part of a larger bid by the Swedish company to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions. Speaking to Reuters at the news service’s IMPACT conference in London...
As food and beverage businesses announce their participation in the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health Wednesday (Sept. 28), many are using the opportunity to unveil not only environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) initiatives, as one might expect, but also features to...