by Peter Backman | Feb 22, 2024 | News, Third-Party Delivery, Top Stories
Contributing editor, Peter Backman is a long-term foodservice sector guru and founder of theDelivery.World, a platform that connects the delivery sector and makes sense of the myriad changes and challenges that affect the sector across the globe. The transformation of...
by Tom Kaiser | Jun 21, 2023 | News
The U.S. online grocery market totaled a stout $6.9 billion in May of this year, but that’s a 3.4 percent drop compared to last year’s $7.2 billion in sales according to new industry research from Brick Meets Click. The grocery specialists reported that pickup orders...
by Bernadette Heier | Mar 29, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Instacart and DoorDash are improving access to healthy foods as part of their commitment to the latest White House initiative to reduce diet-related disease and increase food security. The food delivery platforms join several other companies and organizations...
by Bernadette Heier | Mar 15, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery
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...
by Bernadette Heier | Mar 15, 2023 | News, Third-Party Delivery
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....