All Rapid delivery articles – Page 8
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NewsGrocer Gold Awards 2023: E-commerce initiative of the year
Tesco makes Whoosh work at 1,000 stores
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NewsDeliveroo looks toward future ‘smell-o-vision’ and virtual dining tech
The ‘smell-o-vision’ style tool is one of several futuristic concepts put forward in Deliveroo-commissioned report Snack To The Future
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NewsGopuff launches own-label ‘savings corner’ with Morrisons
Gopuff has been working with the supermarket since March last year
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NewsFarmison hires retail veteran Andy Adcock as new CEO
The upmarket online retailer has also partnered with rapid delivery business Gopuff, 50 days after it was relaunched by ex-Asda boss Andy Clarke
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NewsDeliveroo invests £20m in summer savings campaign
The courier app has also partnered with Morrisons, Co-op and Asda to price match 550 grocery items against the retailers’ in-store prices
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NewsGetir rapped by ASA for promotion it couldn’t deliver on
The rapid grocer emailed all customers a £20 off promotion, even though only users in limited locations at certain times could redeem it
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Comment & OpinionCould delivery apps become the new grocery price battleground?
Some popular items cost double on the apps when compared with in-store prices. How long can that go on for?
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NewsSnappy Shopper looking beyond convenience for delivery partners
Snappy Group has grown by 50% over the past year, fulfilling over 5.5 million orders from its network of over 1,800 merchants
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NewsJust Eat appoints new UK chief from John Lewis
Claire Pointon has spent just over three years as customer and digital boss at John Lewis, reporting to the CEO
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NewsCo-op targets close to third of quick commerce grocery market within four years
The retailer’s ambition is to take 30% of the UK quick convenience market, which it defines as fast deliveries made from stores to customer homes
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NewsDeliveroo’s rapid Hop service to trial newspaper deliveries
The newspapers available for delivery ’within as little as 15 minutes’ will be the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mirror, Express and Guardian
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NewsMedia Bites 3 May: THG, Starbucks, Ocado
A former chief executive of Coty has been drafted in to help Apollo Global Management draw up a firm offer for THG
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InterviewsDeliveroo’s Will Shu on AI, overtaking Ocado and rapid delivery
Speaking at the Food & Drink Expo in Birmingham, Deliveroo’s CEO and co-founder Will Shu sits down with The Grocer to talk Deliveroo’s past, present and exciting future
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Comment & OpinionSix key takeaways from the UK Food & Drink Shows 2023
Forget year of the rabbit, this is quite clearly the year of the vape
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NewsJust Eat to switch entire corporate fleet to electric vehicles
The move is part of Just Eat Takeaway’s net zero target for its direct operations and will reduce its carbon emissions by up to 480 tonnes per year
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NewsMedia Bites 21 April: WH Smith, Deliveroo, Pepco Group
WH Smith’s profits have more than doubled thanks to a rebound in airport passenger numbers and the opening of new stores
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NewsCity snapshot: Travel rebound boosts WH Smith sales and profits
A strong rebound in UK and international travel has boosted first-half sales at retail group WH Smith, which plans to open 120 more travel stores to tap this growth
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Comment & OpinionAsda’s driverless vehicles face a long road to profitable delivery
Asda’s trial will require two members of staff for each vehicle. And even if it goes further, who’s unpacking the groceries?
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NewsAsda launches driverless home delivery trial in London
To comply with safety regulations the cars will carry a human systems operator as well as an Asda member of staff to carry in the order to homes
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NewsDeliveroo launches two new rapid Hop dark stores with Waitrose and Morrisons
The Waitrose Acton Hop will offer around 1,300 SKUs and the Morrisons Norbury Hop around 1,600