November 29, 2022
C-Stores Step Up Food Efforts to Take Share from QSRs
Major convenience stores are expanding their hot food selection to divert sales from restaurants. Most recently, major multinational convenience retailer EG Group has been adding in-store branded Ria’s Pizzerias at Cumberland Farms locations, as...
November 29, 2022
Nestlé Bails on Freshly as Meal Subscriptions Face Reckoning
Nestlé is partly offloading its Freshly meal delivery business following disappointing results. The food and beverage giant announced earlier this month that it is forming a partnership with private equity...
November 28, 2022
Aggregators’ Global Growth Compromised by Rising Inflation and Competition
Food delivery services around the world are pulling out of regions and cutting staff. These moves come as global inflation and increased competition make the already challenging economics of the...
November 28, 2022
Amazon To Shut Down Its Food-Delivery Business In India
Amazon will wind down parts of its Indian operations, showing that even the crucial growth market with 1.4 billion consumers isn’t immune to Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy’s cost-reduction campaign....
November 27, 2022
Amazon’s Food Delivery Business Shutters in India
Amazon is restructuring its India operations with the announcement that it is shuttering its food delivery service, Amazon Food, in the region after Dec. 29. In a statement sent to...
November 23, 2022
Crafty and Creative D2C Food Businesses Chip Away at Grocer’s...
Consumers may continue to shop for the staples of their holiday meal from their go-to grocers and food producers, but meal kit companies and other direct-to-consumer (D2C) food companies have...
November 18, 2022
DoorDash Looks to Office Events to Deliver Growth to its...
As food delivery aggregators look to drive spending with consumers and businesses alike, DoorDash, the United States’ leading aggregator, is setting its sights on workplaces’ corporate event spending. The company announced Thursday (Nov....
November 10, 2022
What Customers Demand From Their QSR Ordering Experiences
The pandemic forced restaurants to pivot and deploy online platforms for contactless ordering, unified restaurant software, curbside pickup and delivery services to meet consumers where they were. These technologies were...
November 08, 2022
DoorDash and Google’s Wing Launch Drone Delivery Pilot in Australia
Google is leveraging DoorDash to move into on-demand delivery. The aggregator announced Tuesday (Nov. 8) that it is trying out automated drop-off via skyway in Australia in partnership with Google...