by Bernadette Heier | Apr 4, 2024 | News, News Briefs, Third-Party Delivery
If you’re in the Phoenix area, your next Uber Eats order may be delivered via a driverless car. The company announced it’s now offering meal delivery through Waymo’s autonomous vehicles. The move is part of a multi-year partnership that kicked off in Phoenix in...
by Beth Signarovitz | Mar 5, 2024 | News Briefs, Third-Party Delivery
Uber Eats announced new initiatives to help combat food insecurities. This includes allowing consumers to use SNAP/EBT to order groceries directly through the Uber Eats app. The company will also work with their largest U.S. grocery partner, Albertsons Companies, to...
by Beth Signarovitz | Feb 21, 2024 | Automation, News, News Briefs
Autonomous sidewalk robots will soon provide food deliveries in Japan thanks to a new partnership between Uber Eats Japan, Mitsubishi Electric and Cartken. Deliveries are expected to begin in part of Tokyo by the end of March 2024, via Cartken’s “Model C” robot....
by Peter Backman | Jan 24, 2024 | News, Third-Party Delivery
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. In the dynamic world...
by Bernadette Heier | Jan 16, 2024 | News, Third-Party Delivery
Uber is shutting down its alcohol delivery service Drizly, three years after the company acquired it for $1.1 billion. This comes as the company looks to consolidate its delivery offerings all under the Uber Eats brand, bringing more product selections within...