Rapid delivery news & analysis
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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
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NewsTesco makes additional 60,000 Christmas slots available
‘Christmas should be all about spending time with family and friends, not worrying about getting the big shop done’
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Comment & OpinionAldi on Deliveroo: a logical step or sign of weakness?
‘We always want to meet customers where they want to shop,’ says Aldi chief Giles Hurley. But that’s not what Aldi is known for, unless that place is one of its stores
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NewsDeliveroo couriers to pick, pack and deliver Aldi rapid grocery orders
The new ‘Shop & Deliver’ service will be trialled across eight stores from early October
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NewsTesco’s new Uber Eats and Deliveroo partnerships ‘genuinely destroying the store’ say staff
The demand from aggregator apps is making supermarket workers’ jobs ‘a nightmare’
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NewsCo-op opens up q-commerce data to suppliers with new analytics platform
The platform, called Co-op Catalyst, gives suppliers visibility into product performance, shopper search terms, and store-level availability
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NewsSnappy launches AI tool to support retailers’ home delivery growth
The technology has been built to help Snappy Shopper retailers save time and get more value from their home delivery data
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Comment & OpinionPavement Overload: campaign film highlights delivery bot danger
The Living Streets film strips away the cutesy image of the bots, showing how dangerous they are to people with disabilities
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NewsMajority of Brits are against food delivery robots using pavements, poll finds
The YouGov poll commissioned by Living Streets found 60% of respondents wanted the bots outlawed from pedestrian pavements
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NewsJust Eat grocery chief joins AI startup
Hilbert provides business-to-consumer companies like Walmart with ‘predictive clarity into user behaviour, revenue drivers, and the actions that drive sustainable growth’
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NewsTesco and Uber Eats launch ‘last-minute hosting’ bundle
The ‘Doorbell Drops’ promotion includes own-label and branded products