by fodnews | Jan 9, 2019 | Briefs, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
Cruise Automation a subsidiary of General Motors, and DoorDash announced a new partnership to test restaurant and grocery delivery via Cruise’s autonomous vehicles through the DoorDash platform. Testing will begin early this year with an initial focus on the San...
by fodnews | Jan 9, 2019 | Briefs, News, Research, Third-Party Delivery
Getting inebriated at home is about to become even easier with news that Pizza Hut is boosting its beer delivery pilot to a second round of states equating to nearly 300 restaurants across Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina and Ohio—with additional locations...
by fodnews | Jan 9, 2019 | Briefs, News, Research
U.S. consumers are predicted to continue migrating online for grocery shopping, with a new study suggesting online grocery sales will expand an additional 15% during 2019, increasing the overall share captured online in 2019 to 6.3%; however, providers that offer...
by Tom Kaiser | Jan 3, 2019 | News
It’s been a few months since Target launched its Drive Up service where orders are delivered free of charge to motorists dwelling in designated spaces in the parking lot. Even though I wasn’t hungover on New Year’s Day, it was below zero in Minneapolis so I might as...
by Nicholas Upton | Dec 31, 2018 | News, Research, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Grubhub has unveiled its annual most-popular food rankings, and there have been some big shifts in what people want to order. Among the top 10, bean burritos have unseated the king of delivery last year: poke. In 2017, the raw fish and rice dish show up 643 percent....
by Nicholas Upton | Dec 31, 2018 | Finance, News
Swiggy has just earned the title of most-raised in a single round for the food-delivery industry. The app-powered food-delivery service based in India just completed a series H round, bringing in $1 billion. Naspers, a South African investment giant, led the round and...