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.
