Rapid delivery news & analysis
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NewsAmazon launches second Amazon Now rapid delivery dark store
It follows the launch of QLD1 – Amazon’s first dark store in London – last month
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NewsBooker’s delivery platform Scoot signs up 300 symbol retailers
Booker launched Scoot in February 2025 for its symbol retailers, giving them the opportunity to deliver groceries in their local communities within 30 minutes
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NewsSainsbury’s gives Chop Chop rapid delivery app the chop
“Chop Chop is dead. Long live Chop Chop!”
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NewsOne in seven restaurants on major delivery apps is a dark kitchen
An industry definition will bring dark kitchens ‘under strict planning and public health oversight for the first time’
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Analysis & FeaturesCan ‘Amazon Now’ succeed where Fresh stores failed?
Amazon is entering an established rapid delivery market. It may be behind rivals, but the giant has a ready-made customer base
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Charlotte Grantham, client partner, Deliveroo
‘Everything you do is about the customer, and there are so many things affecting the industry at the moment, so you have to be creative’
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NewsAmazon launches rider recruitment push for rapid service Now
Amazon is tempting would-be couriers with the opportunity to earn up to £15 an hour
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NewsJust Eat launches AI voice assistant to help users talk their way out of ‘choice overload’
‘Sure thing, I’ve added all the key ingredients for your carbonara’
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NewsAllwyn partners with Gopuff for scratchcard delivery
Customers will be able to order National Lottery scratchcards online and have them delivered in ‘as fast as 15 minutes’
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NewsAmazon launches rapid grocery service Amazon Now
The service is initially being tested in select postcodes in Southwark in south east London, with plans to roll out further in the coming months.
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Comment & OpinionDeliveroo does drama as couple feast with bear
A backpacking couple shelter in a cave while a storm rages outside. Unfortunately, the cave is already occupied
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NewsIceland trailing ‘bagless’ home deliveries in a bid to cut down on packaging
Despite rivals making the switch years ago, Iceland had delayed going bagless until now due to uncertainty over the impact on its frozen products
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NewsAmazon commences UK drone delivery flights with Prime Air launch
The Prime Air service promises to get packages weighing up to five pounds, from fulfilment facility to customers in less than two hours
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ProfilesJust Eat’s Caroline Bates on loyalty, anchovies and S Club 7
‘One rogue anchovy on a pizza or in a salad and I’m finished. Everyone else can keep their fear of heights… mine comes in a tin’
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NewsPremium on-demand app Zapp launches subscription scheme
Zapp is offering a free one month trial of its new subscription service
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy supermarkets are ditching aggregators for in-house rapid delivery
Supermarkets and delivery apps have co-existed peacefully since the pandemic threw them together. But now retailers are looking to take them in-house
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NewsMyWaitrose offers made available to Deliveroo shoppers
The supermarket said shoppers could now link their MyWaitrose membership to their Deliveroo account
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NewsDeliveroo strikes deal with The Entertainer in time for Christmas
The partnership was an answer to the ‘last-minute panic over forgotten presents’ for ‘parents and last-minute shoppers alike’ Deliveroo said
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NewsJust Eat Takeaway founder and CEO departs after 25 years
Jitse Groen will be succeeded by Roberto Gandolfo, former marketplace chief at Brazilian food delivery platform iFood
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Comment & OpinionSouleymane’s Story: delivery app rider’s tale examines broken system
The story of a delivery app rider in Paris evokes Ken Loach’s Sorry We Missed You