The consumer goods and food delivery service Gopuff has expanded into a new sector with the launch of “Gopuff Kitchen,” which brings freshly cooked food to customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The already crowded grocery delivery space is about to get even more competitive — Uber announced Monday (July 19) that it is growing its grocery delivery capabilities, with the service now available in 400 United States cities and towns, including some of the country’s largest...
Meal delivery services are in hot water (even if the soup is arriving cold). Leading delivery services struggle to hire enough drivers to keep up with demand. DoorDash has attributed its losses in part to an “undersupply of Dashers,” and Uber has also publicly discussed...
Food delivery does not work — at least, not yet. Consumers are getting frustrated with the inflated costs, restaurants struggle to make a profit while shouldering the costs of delivery, be it in-house or third-party, and delivery services are up against local regulations, restaurant pushback,...
There is a lot happening in online grocery right now. Instacart is making major moves in preparation for its public listing, restaurant delivery services are getting into grocery, and venture capitalists (VCs) are pouring billions into online grocery solutions around the world. With the huge...
In today’s digital food delivery market, the restaurant and grocery categories are running together. In advance of its initial public offering (IPO) on July 14, senior executives from India-based restaurant delivery service Zomato, which operates in nine countries across three continents, revealed at a press...
Grubhub and Yandex SDG are teaming up to bring robot delivery to university campuses, even to places that are largely reachable only on foot. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Among the many consequences of the eCommerce explosion of the last year-and-a-half or so has been a tremendous upgrade of consumers’ expectations of faster delivery. Two-day shipping – the standard a scant two years ago – has given way to next-day, same-day, same-afternoon and even...
Turns out, when consumers get used to ordering restaurant meals to be delivered straight to their door without ever having to put on their outdoor pants, they are not so quick to give up that on-demand convenience. The majority of United States adults are now...
