Rapid delivery news & analysis
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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
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NewsSainsbury’s Nectar loyalty scheme arrives on Deliveroo
Deliveroo is the first of the aggregators to integrate with Nectar, which is the second-biggest loyalty card programme in the UK
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NewsFood delivery companies ‘put on notice’ by CMA over pricing tactics
Concerns include drip pricing and misleading countdown timers
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NewsHungryPanda fends off winding-up petition after tax bungle
HungryPanda said it had been unable to establish effective contact with HMRC
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NewsUber partners with Starship for autonomous robot food deliveries
The robots will be delivering Uber Eats orders in multiple European regions next year and in the US by 2027
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NewsDeliveroo named as World Cup 2026 and 2027 sponsor
The sponsorship rights – as ‘on-demand pick-up and delivery supporter’ – cover the UK, France and Italy
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NewsSelf-pour wine bar chain Vagabond launches DTC online shop
Vagabond is offering nationwide next-day delivery of more than 50 exclusive SKUs
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NewsSuperdrug forges exclusive deal with Just Eat in aggregator app debut
The retailer this year ‘has been the most searched high street retailer on Just Eat yet to join the platform’
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NewsDeliveroo dips into meal kits with Waitrose-owned Dishpatch
Users will be able to select from 13 meal kits designed by top chefs including Angela Hartnett, Rick Stein, Sabrina Ghayour and Atul Kochhar, as well as a line of desserts.
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NewsPorch piracy soars as peak doorstep theft season approaches
The total value of parcels stolen in the UK has nearly doubled to £666.5m, according to analysis by Quadient
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NewsJust Eat withdraws from Australian market
Menulog had been ‘navigating challenging circumstances’ the company said, leading to the ‘difficult decision’ to withdraw from the continent
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NewsAsda to extend Express Delivery offering following Uber deal
The service – which offers same-day delivery of groceries within four hours of ordering, and in as little as one hour – is available from around 300 Asda locations across the UK
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NewsSnappy Group appoints Holland & Barrett CFO to board
Vineta Bajaj has become a non-executive director at the business
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NewsUber Eats launches last-moment grocery order editing feature
Uber Eats has also launched an AI-powered ‘smart replacements’ feature which suggests substitutions ‘based on price, nutrition, and your past orders’ as well as a gifting service
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NewsTesco bolsters Whoosh service with Just Eat deal
The deal will see the supermarket leverage Just Eat’s white-label delivery service Just Eat Go
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Comment & OpinionThe Shoppa Squad: cute delivery robots deliver engaging read for kids
Young children take almost instantly to Starship’s dinky grocery delivery robots. So a series of children’s books makes sense
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NewsLast-mile business Stuart rolls out new Challenge 25 compliance tech
Stuart claims the tech achieves ‘the industry’s highest compliance rates for age-restricted deliveries’
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NewsTesco brings full-basket shopping to Whoosh
Order sizes for Whoosh deliveries had been restricted by the size and weight that could be safely carried on the back of a moped
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NewsStarship urges clearer regulations for its pavement roaming robots
‘It would be a real missed opportunity if our sector was held back by laws from the 1800s’