Rapid delivery news & analysis
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NewsMorrisons ends AI smart trolley trial as partner Instacart abandons the tech
Instacart said that while its Caper Carts are “a great product, the business reality is that retailer adoption has not scaled quickly enough to justify our continued investment”
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Comment & OpinionJust Eat gets sentimental as it plays up family time
Where once stars like Snoop Dogg and Katy Perry sang, a crop of new ads instead lean into food delivery’s role in preserving precious family time
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NewsJust Eat pauses AI imagery trial in wake of ‘absolutely rank’ outputs
The aggregator app is now taking down the AI images – generated by using the menu text of several independent retailers as prompts
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NewsJohn Lewis launches on Deliveroo and Uber Eats, teases AI-powered product finder
Trials of the retailer’s first rapid service found the most popular item bought to date is the Sony PlayStation 5 Controller, with gifting items and gifting packaging featuring highly
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Partner FeaturesHow one major dairy supplier unlocked fresh opportunities online
With more than a decade of testing and learning under its belt, one dairy giant reveals how it has turned ecommerce into its strongest area of strategic growth.
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InterviewsMeet the FSA’s standard bearer: Katie Pettifer
FSA chief Katie Pettifer says public trust in food is ‘precious’. But with food retail changing faster than ever, she explains why regulation must evolve
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Deliveroo’s rider-pick model take off beyond Aldi?
It could ease pressure on staff, but riders may need convincing
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NewsJust Eat ditches celeb superstars and jingle for new brand platform ‘to last for 30 years’
The new brand platform – ’Stay Just Where You Are’ – is “built around a simple, highly relatable human truth”
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NewsOne Stop backs franchisee delivery sales with order aggregation platform
The technology, provided by Deliverect, enables franchisees to manage and fulfil orders from Deliveroo, Just Eat, Uber Eats and Snappy Shopper through a single device
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NewsUber Eats courier pick, pack and pay service now available in UK
The aggregator confirmed the service was now available to merchants in the UK, having been announced as coming imminently back in 2024.
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NewsSainsbury’s upgrades app with AI-powered basket builder
Shoppers can build online baskets by taking photos of handwritten lists or entering prompts like ‘ingredients for a spaghetti bolognese’
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NewsCo-op Wholesale drops Peckish to focus on Snappy Shopper
Peckish launched in February 2025, backed by a £1m first-year investment, and had ambitious plans to sign up more than 1,000 independent stores within 12 months
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NewsIceland rolls out rapid online delivery service
The frozen food retailer aims to introduce the service to over 200 stores before Christmas
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NewsAldi goes live on Deliveroo
The new courier-picking model will help the discounter keep prices low, according to Aldi UK CEO Giles Hurley
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NewsMorrisons trials robot deliveries from four stores with Just Eat and Starship
The supermarket is working with Just Eat on the new service, with robots delivering grocery orders to customers that have been made via the aggregator’s app
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NewsAF Blakemore ramps up Snappy Shopper partnership as customer numbers rise
The rollout takes its online estate to 167 stores, all of which are company-owned
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NewsAmazon expands rapid 30-minute delivery Amazon Now service into Birmingham
Amazon’s ultra-fast delivery service offers thousands of groceries and household essentials from the e-commerce giant, delivered in around 30 minutes or fewer
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NewsDeliveroo rolling out robot deliveries with Sam Altman-backed firm Coco
Coco’s robots, which have a top speed of 21kph and can carry four 18-inch pizzas at a time, will begin rolling out in Canary Wharf this month
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NewsJust Eat launches WhatsApp ordering in UK
Customers can browse menus and build baskets entirely within the messaging app
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NewsSuperdrug launches 24/7 delivery service with Just Eat
Customers in Brixton and Kingston in London will be able to shop a range of more than 8,000 products at any time of day