In an attempt to expand its user base, food delivery service Grubhub has been branching out and adding more promotional opportunities, such as its May promotion which offered New Yorkers a “free lunch.” However, the company is no longer on the top of its field,...
Deliveroo UAE is rolling out a rapid grocery delivery service called Deliveroo Hop, a store that in partnership with retailer Choithrams will offer deliveries in as little as 15 minutes, a press release said. The service will rely on a “deep integration” of Deliveroo’s grocery...
As eCommerce demand for restaurant and grocery options rises, food and beverage (F&B) businesses are looking to boost capacity and meet more demand by expanding their fleets. Mega-retailer Walmart, which brings in the majority of its U.S. revenue through its grocery business, announced Tuesday (July...
Gopuff will be cutting 10% of its global workforce, along with shutting down dozens of warehouses, according to Bloomberg Tuesday (July 12). The delivery company is responding to signs that it expanded too fast over the course of the last few years of the pandemic....
As driver labor challenges persist, delivery services are challenged to work harder to attract and retain the gig workers that make their model possible, or else they risk alienating their customers with poor service and frustrating capacity constraints. Read more: Instacart Launches New Gig Worker Rewards...
It appears that the ultrafast grocery boom was short-lived. There have always been skeptics, but last year, it seemed to many that 10- and 15-minute grocery delivery services were the model of the future, and that quick commerce would continue to grow with no end...
On-demand delivery app Waitr has launched a partnership with software logistics delivery provider Burq to drive expansion as Waitr grows from food-only into a broader “deliver anything” model, according to a Friday (July 8) press release. Under the agreement, Waitr powered by ASAP, will start...
As if there were not already enough competition for United States consumers’ restaurant delivery spending, a new player may be coming to the fore to take on DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub. On Thursday (July 7), digital on-demand convenience delivery service Gopuff announced that it...
Top FedEx executives have laid out plans for helping the company recover over the next few years from the post-pandemic decline in online commerce, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (June 28). “We have dealt with economic crises before,” CEO Raj Subramaniam said at...