Walmart
Texan skies will now be populated by Walmart drones, as the giant retailer begins a delivery service for select customers in the Dallas area. The new delivery option will be […]
Thu 22/12/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
Wynshop
Home delivery is set to overtake pickup at stores in the US as a method of grocery order fulfilment, according to a new report by Wynshop. Between July and August, […]
Tue 20/09/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
Eurofresh Distribution/Sainsbury's.
A study has found that about 60% of UK consumers buy some of their groceries online, with 16% ordering all or most of their groceries via this channel. The research, […]
Wed 15/06/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
DealDrop.com/Flickr
Online food sales in Spain accounted for 3% of the total in 2021, compared to 1% in Germany, 11% in France and 14 % in the UK, according to a […]
Thu 17/02/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
Social media platform TikTok, which has become a hub for food content, is to establish a TikTok Kitchen brand in partnership with a “ghost kitchen” service, serving the foods that […]
Thu 23/12/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
ASDA/Just Eat
UK retailer Asda has signed a deal with Just Eat to make 1,000 Asda grocery items available on the Just Eat platform for home delivery seven days a week, with […]
Mon 20/12/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
GRAB
Grab has added new retailers to its grocery delivery network in South-East Asia. New partners joining GrabMart include Indomaret in Indonesia, with over 15,000 stores; Big C in Thailand, with […]
Wed 17/11/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Walmart
US retailer Walmart has begun using driverless trucks to deliver to customers. The move involves a partnership with autonomous vehicle startup Gatik. Since August, the companies have deployed the fully […]
Mon 15/11/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Brick Meets Click
Despite the sharp drop in ship-to-home home transactions, US online grocery sales and order volume remained high in September, according to data from strategic advisory firm Brick Meets Click. The […]
Thu 21/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
US retail giant Walmart has announced plans to expand its partnerships with self-driving vehicle companies to include Ford Motor and Argo AI in home deliveries. The partners said that the […]
Thu 23/09/2021
The Mirror
Since the lockdown, Co-op UK has seen a surge in demand for its robot delivery service, with average transaction values quadrupling. This has prompted the retailer to expand the system […]
Mon 15/06/2020 by Richard Wilkinson