Rapid delivery news & analysis – Page 29
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NewsUber Eats adds dedicated pet store to delivery service
It’s understood to be the first time a dedicated pet store has partnered with an on-demand delivery app
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NewsDeliveroo riders to be trained to spot domestic abuse, drug dealing and human trafficking
The food courier platform will offer riders free Metropolitan Police-verified online courses
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NewsOcado expansion plans dealt major blow by High Court
Ocado took Islington Council to court over opposition to its new delivery spoke in the area
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Cook My Grub capitalise on the ordering apps boom?
The home cooking premise has won investors – but can it deliver?
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NewsMFG becomes ‘first retailer’ to offer Costa Express via Uber Eats
Last month MFG partnered with Pret a Manger in a move that will see the brand featured on a forecourt for the first time
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NewsDairyDrop to launch on-demand convenience delivery service
The milk delivery service is to expand following soaring demand from its customers
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NewsTesco trialling one-hour delivery service Whoosh
Whoosh is currently operating from Tesco’s Wolverhampton Willenhall Road Express
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NewsHome chef platform Cook My Grub reveals expansion plans following investment
The platform allows consumers to purchase food prepared in the kitchens of chefs living in their area
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NewsJust Eat jingle UK’s most ‘likeable and memorable’, index finds
The food courier company’s ‘Did somebody say Just Eat?’ sound signature ranked highest based on a variety of metrics
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NewsJisp strikes deal to serve Nisa retailers
Nisa retailers will have access to Jisp’s home delivery, click & collect and scan & go services
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NewsIceland rolling out same-day scheduled delivery nationwide
The frozen food retailer is set to offer same-day slots from 400 stores within the next few weeks, The Grocer can reveal
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NewsIceland expands Uber Eats trial beyond London
The trial has quietly grown to 20 stores, taking it as far beyond London as Letchworth in Hertfordshire and Colchester in Essex
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NewsSouthern Co-op adds eight stores to Snappy Shopper partnership
Top-selling categories delivered via the app had been milk, soft drinks, fruit & veg, other dairy, and the Southern Co-op sandwich deal
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NewsDeliveroo offers free keyring safety alarms to riders
The keyring safety alarms “let off a loud, high-pitched noise and emit a bright flashing light” when activated
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NewsDeliveroo and grocery partners to deliver one million meals to those in need
The initiative will see Deliveroo riders pick up food that would otherwise go to waste from Co-op, Waitrose and Pret a Manger
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NewsRapid grocer Fancy reveals UK expansion plan following Gopuff acquisition
Fancy offers products across several categories, promising delivery within 30 minutes
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NewsWaitrose introduces online delivery fee to ‘bring us in line with rest of market’
The delivery fee was introduced quietly late last month as part of a “trial” at selected stores across the UK
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NewsWaitrose ends two-hour Rapid delivery in favour of Deliveroo
Waitrose said its Rapid service and Deliveroo partnership were operating ‘with lots of overlap’
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NewsAsda trialling secure boxes for unattended online deliveries
Asda is launching the trial with a small number of customers to take deliveries when they are not at home
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NewsDeliveroo to trial facial recognition technology on riders
Riders have interpreted the move as the platform clamping down on the selling and renting of accounts