Today in Food Commerce: DoorDash, Albertsons Launch 30-Min Delivery; Walmart Gains Share in Grocery

Today in food commerce, DoorDash launches 30-minute grocery delivery with Albertsons Companies, and Walmart pulls further ahead in grocery. Plus, funds pour in by the tens of millions for frictionless convenience stores.

Grocery Roundup: DoorDash, Albertsons Launch 30-Minute Grocery Delivery

Not to be outdone by Instacart, DoorDash is also promising 30-minute delivery from major grocers. Nine months after the grocery aggregator debuted its half-hour delivery option with a range of popular brands, DoorDash announced the launch of express grocery delivery in partnership with Albertsons Companies.

Walmart Parlays Consumer Price Concerns Into Grocery Share Gains

Building on its strategy from recent quarters, Walmart continues to leverage its scale to offer lower prices than competitors, using food inflation as a tailwind rather than headwind. The retailer, already the world’s largest grocer by a considerable margin, gained share in the category in the fourth quarter of its 2022 fiscal year.

Autonomous Store Startup Boxy Raises $28M

Autonomous convenience store startup Boxy has raised $28.4 million, fueling its plans to expand across its home country of France. The Series A funding round was led by new investor Serena, and there was participation from historical investors CapHorn and LocalGlobe as well as angel investors.

Robotics Could Integrate With Restaurants’ Digital Systems Within a Year

“I really think the brands will start to integrate some of these things where, as you order, say, on your mobile app, it’s flowing all the way from your phone to the restaurant point of sale straight to the robot,” Jake Brewer, chief strategy officer at foodservice industry Robots-as-a-Service company Miso Robotics, told PYMNTS in an interview.