As the world’s largest C-store chain adapts as consumer expectations shift, 7-Eleven announced it will now deliver food and other goods to thousands of remote locations, called 7Now Pins, allowing customers to be reached in public places including parks, beaches, sports fields and other entertainment venues. Run through the brand’s in-house app, the new technology is designed for major destinations that may not have traditional addresses. In a press release, the company said this new capability reflects wider shifts at the Texas-based retail giant that’s the world’s largest franchise by […]
Just weeks after a $575 million infusion of cash when Amazon and others invested in London-based Deliveroo, a third-party delivery platform with operations across Europe, the company is providing more details about plans for a major expansion in the United Kingdom. Bloomberg reports that the brand intends to reach half of the U.K.’s population of 66 million by the end of the year. “We are going to go into the suburbs, go into the smaller towns,” Deliveroo CEO Will Shu told Bloomberg Television’s Caroline Hyde at the recent Sooner Than […]
A new survey shows Chipotle is capturing the most market share in on-demand delivery among restaurant brands included in new research from Edison Trends that also asked about market share among the delivery providers themselves. Analyzing more than 175,000 anonymous transactions at mass-market U.S. restaurants, its new research examined on-demand purchase patterns in food delivery and restaurants and did not include orders placed directly through the restaurants. The headline for national restaurant brands is Chipotle leading the pack by a country mile, seeing the greatest increase in food sales from […]
Everything about long-term illness is stressful, including wanting to help a friend or family member when you’re not geographically close enough to lend an actual helping hand. But there is help. By providing on-demand meal delivery and transportation services, Like Neighbors is seeking national third-party partners that are similarly motivated by a selfless drive to help people in need, whether they’re welcoming a new baby, or dealing with an illness or the loss of a loved one. In a world where many things are one click away, there aren’t enough […]
Staving off concerns that DoorDash was winning the delivery partnership game with uber-scale restaurants, Grubhub is trumpeting news that it inked a partnership with Dunkin’, the 14th largest U.S.-based franchise, with more than 9,400 restaurants in 41 states and more than 12,800 total locations across the globe. The new Dunkin’ Delivers service was rolled out in 400 locations in the New York City metro area with Seamless, Grubhub’s New York brand. Following the initial launch, Dunkin’ and Grubhub will expand the service to new major metros including Boston, Chicago and […]
Uber is set to begin its first consumer tests of delivering food by drones as part of a pilot program with the City of San Diego and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). With all the ongoing drone news and updates from Amazon to Domino’s Pizza and many others, this is the closest the industry has come to actual meals being delivered by drone to real customers in high-density urban environments. As part of the FAA’s Integration Pilot Program to test the commercial application of drone-based food deliveries, Uber’s Elevate division […]
A new benchmark study of food delivery apps showed a lot of leaks between downloading and ordering. The good news is, app usage is growing. Research firm NPD Group announced that six in 10 digital restaurant orders are now done through an app. According to another research firm, Allied Market Research, the global food delivery market is on track to hit $16.6 billion by 2023, a compound annual growth rate of 27.9 percent. And of course, money is still pouring into the space as seen in the landmark deals covered […]
Sweetgreen, the healthy fast-casual brand that’s widely considered an early adopter of tech in the restaurant space, is also thinking big with its purchase of Galley Foods, a Washington, D.C.-based meal-delivery service that uses organic ingredients in its ready-to-eat meals. This deal marks a new tactic as the entire restaurant industry reacts to a relentless wave of changes spurred by the growth in delivery. The deal is Sweetgreen’s first acquisition since a trio of Georgetown grads founded the salad chain in 2007. A so-called lunchtime powerhouse that’s often said to […]
This fall Houston consumers could get their pizza delivered by an autonomous vehicle, now that Domino’s has partnered with Nuro in an autonomous delivery test. Domino’s Pizza’s Chief Information Officer Kevin Vasconi said it would be one of the company’s many tests around autonomous vehicles and new ways of delivering pizza. “We are always looking for new ways to innovate and evolve the delivery experience for our customers,” Vasconi said. “Nuro’s vehicles are specially designed to optimize the food-delivery experience, which makes them a valuable partner in our autonomous vehicle […]
According to a public health organization in Australia, wider availability of online restaurant meal delivery is negatively affecting its residents’ health. LiveLighter, an Australia public health education program, surveyed 2,000 people and found that ordering food delivery resulted in them spending more money and choosing less healthy options than traditional home cooking. In specific, 62 percent of those surveyed chose less healthy options compared to what they would have normally cooked for themselves—which we admit seems rather vague. “We want Aussies to realize convenience eating comes at a price, not […]
