Food Rocket Ceases Operations as Ultra-fast Grocery Delivery Fizzles
Rapid grocery delivery startup Food Rocket has ceased operations, marking the latest in the ultra-fast sector to sputter out. The company stated that in spite of overall profitability, it has exhausted its funding and ran out of capital while struggling to raise...
Uber Enhances Features for Grocery Delivery Personnel
Uber has enhanced its grocery delivery features to boost and better assist its force of gig workers. Uber Eats launched “Shop and Pay” about a year ago, which allows delivery couriers to opt-in to receiving trips for retailers, to shop, check out and deliver items....
Instacart Adds Four New Tools to Enhance Digital Grocery Experience
Instacart announced a series of digital solution updates on its Instacart platform available to grocers across North America. The new features include the following: Carrot Ads expand with display ads—Grocers have the opportunity to open up new revenue streams by...
Nextbite Adds Delivery Reconciliation, DoorDash Reporting Integration
Addressing the oven-frustrating topic of reconciling and consolidating complex DSP transactions, Nextbite launched a new product called True Revenue to make that process easier for restaurants. That feature integrates with the DoorDash Reporting API to give...
Chowly Debuts Restaurant Control Center
Collecting, integrating and analyzing data continues as a theme in the restaurant tech space, and Chowly is the latest player releasing a new tool that gives restaurants greater control and insight over the delivery side of the business. Chicago-based Chowly’s new...
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