Amazon has more than doubled its same-day delivery footprint for fresh groceries since the summer.
Amazon is scaling up same-day delivery for fresh groceries, giving it the ability to capture more of the online grocery market.
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Shopper engagement services provider Relationshop acquired grocery e-commerce firm Stor.ai for more than $50 million.
For the fourth time this year, grocery delivery platform Instacart has cut its valuation, despite hints of an IPO.
Walmart and DroneUp continued to expand their drone delivery footprint this week with launches in three new states.
The terms of the merger between the two rapid grocery delivery firms may look different than previously reported.
The health and wellness retailer will offer more than 27,000 products for delivery in as little as one hour, 24 hours a day.
As part of a companywide restructuring, Gopuff conducted another round of layoffs, primarily affecting its customer service team.
If Kroger’s acquisition of Albertsons holds up with the FTC, the companies could be on the verge of a logistics power play.
Statement: ‘Protecting these workers from unfair, deceptive, and anticompetitive practices is a priority’
After piloting driverless delivery with Motional in the spring, Uber Eats signs a multiyear deal with one of the biggest names in autonomy.Autonomous delivery to begin this fall in Texas, California
In partnership with India’s JioMart, Meta is giving WhatsApp users the ability to order directly through the messaging platform.
Grocery app Instacart is now delivering big and bulky items from Big Lots, Staples, Office Depot and more.
Phononic and Sortimo have combined forces to create a temperature-controlled Ford E-Transit upfit option for grocery last-mile delivery providers.
Pete Zimmerman of enterprise resource planning software firm VAI explains why AI can be the cornerstone of food distribution.
Uber beat earnings expectations for Q2, but its delivery business wasn’t the driver this time around.
The Uber Eats update lets customers order groceries even when stores are closed and provides real-time order tracking.
Decades of experience delivering critical health care products has shaped Capstone Logistics’ last-mile solution for e-commerce and grocery delivery.
Germany’s Wingcopter, known for using drones to deliver medical supplies, is headed for a new frontier — grocery.
New York City-based Jokr is the latest casualty of the ultrafast grocery downturn, pulling out of the U.S. market.
Two lawsuits filed by Amazon customers in late May and early June allege that Prime isn’t what was promised.
The third-party food delivery platform is the latest to make a move in the burgeoning grocery delivery space.
DoorDash continues to reign supreme over Grubhub and Uber Eats as it expands its business into new categories like convenience and grocery.
Instacart and regional grocer Publix are partnering to debut the grocery delivery giant’s 15-minute offering in Miami.
Customers of retail food e-commerce platform eGrowcery can now fulfill orders using DoorDash couriers through a new integration.
E-commerce is undergoing a metamorphosis thanks to online grocery shopping
Crowded city streets and limited spaces slow down the last mile, drive up costs
Tech-savvy consumers are leveraging digital tools to build shopping lists, order online
Australia’s Zoomo, which builds light-electric bikes geared toward last-mile delivery services, gets a funding boost.
DoorDash is the latest food delivery platform to make a big move in the grocery space, adding a rapid grocery delivery option to compete with Instacart and Uber Eats.
In its earnings report for Q4 2021 and FY2021, Uber revealed that its delivery segment once again brought in more revenue than its core mobility business.
Robomart, the company pioneering the store on wheels, is ready to shape the future of retail delivery with its store-hailing model.
Company will use electric vans to expand InHome Delivery to cover 30 million Americans
Estonia-based Bolt offers a platform similar to Uber’s, with a ride-hailing business and food and grocery delivery services.
Its the biggest expansion yet for the company’s Uber Connect service
Uber has announced it will no longer deliver from restaurants in Brazil through its Eats platform, focusing instead on growing its grocery and retail delivery businesses.
Reports say Amazon is rolling out an Instacart-like grocery delivery service in Europe and the U.S.
Sources within Instacart revealed the company’s plans to offer 15-minute deliveries, while DoorDash announced its own 15-minute grocery delivery service in New York City.
After reaching unicorn status earlier this year, Misfits Market finally taps into the massive California market.
Instacart’s partnering stores will now have access to smart carts and smart checkout counters from Caper AI.
A strike of Instacart shoppers led by the Gig Workers Collective will take place this weekend.
A new study has found that while online sales are driving up revenue for grocers, many are losing money on e-commerce and struggling with building a path forward.
Jokr promises 15-minute grocery delivery. It has now added 3 more New York City boroughs to its delivery network.
The grocery delivery unicorn edges closer to an IPO and a seat at the table with Walmart, Instacart and Uber.
The online grocer is reducing food waste — and prices.
The food and drug retailer is taking a page from Amazon’s playbook.
If DoorDash acquired Instacart, it would create a formidable company, says one analyst.
Gopuff has made its second European acquisition, agreeing to buy U.K.-based Dija and its nearly 40 microfulfillment centers in major European cities.
Following a strong quarter for Uber’s delivery segment, analysts say buy.
Company joins DoorDash and Instacart as biggest players in online grocery
Uber will partner with national grocer Albertsons and 1,200 of its stores.
According to reports in local media, Kroger and Drone Express officially kicked off their drone delivery pilot program in Centerville, Ohio, Wednesday.
As more brands roll out next-day and same-day grocery delivery, the long-term profitability of these programs depends on innovation that can drive down cost and increase flexibility.
Just months after launching its Key In-Garage Grocery Delivery, Amazon is expanding the service to more than 5,000 U.S. cities and towns.
“Ethnic communities have been overlooked in the online and retail space. We believe the opportunity to provide these fast-growing communities access to exciting and affordable groceries is tremendous,” said founder and CEO of Weee!
Instacart may wait until after the majority of Americans are vaccinated to go public so investors can better gauge the company’s growth potential, according to a report.
By some accounts, Instacart owns 50% of the online grocery market. With an IPO upcoming, I wanted to look back at how Instacart has gone from niche to necessity and question whether it can maintain this dominant position in a highly competitive, highly sought-after market post-COVID.
Walmart will test a temperature-controlled box from HomeValet that enables home deliveries of groceries while ensuring those products remain fresh and safe for consumption.
A grocery supply chain expert told the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit that grocery stories are not feeding the Canadian appetite for online shopping.
Multi-month exemption will apply to groceries, livestock, and medical supplies.
Emergency exemption for all of U.S. extended through September 14.
“There’s a growing understanding of the importance of them, the agility of them and how they help service communities.”
New Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods delivery customers are just going to have to wait.
Sysco said it has begun providing logistics services to retail grocery customers; supplying products to retail grocery customers; enabling small restaurants to start up home delivery operations and online order pick-up service; and distributing cleaning supplies to keep kitchens safe and virus-free.
Walmart’s fiscal fourth quarter comes in light of expectations as holiday activity was lower than expected.
Walmart seeks to bolster its online grocery business through autonomous home delivery.
The amount paid by Uber for majority ownership of Cornership has not been disclosed.
Walmart will deploy autonomous vehicles to deliver groceries for customers, according to Tom Ward, senior vice president of digital operations for the retail giant. Autonomous vehicle company Udelv is providing the technology to make the pilot program possible.
In a message to customers, FreshDirect CEO McInerney apologized for the rocky segue. The transition to the new Bronx facility “has not been as smooth as we planned,” McInerney told customers in the Friday morning email.
