Farmstead, the first online grocer to offer fresh, high-quality groceries, delivered for free, at better prices than local supermarkets, announced today that it has opened the waitlist for its much-anticipated Miami service launch.

The new spot features “Sesame Street” characters partaking in the many items the service now delivers.

Target has announced another round of bonuses for its store employees, including seasonal hires who helped during the busy holidays.

In line with its long-term strategic omnichannel plans, The Giant Co. is offering Choice Pass to its online Giant Direct and Martin’s Direct customers.

Delivery drivers juggling work on multiple platforms might be in for an even tougher juggling act when it comes to filing their income taxes.

Pronto Home Delivery, the affordable and sustainable all-in-one home delivery platform, has launched services in Oakland County, Michigan.

Bear Flag’s autonomous tractors are piloted by a team of human supervisors who can operate the vehicles from a handheld device or a control room. The software does the heavy lifting of collecting information about each field, allowing the startup to harvest additional analytics that can boost growers’ performance next season.

Rexall Drugstores has teamed up with on-demand food delivery app Uber Eats to bring health and personal care product deliveries to Canadian customers.

Local Line was founded by Cole Jones in 2015 as a platform to connect small farms throughout North America with local chefs. Now, they are working with over 7,600 farms in North America alone to help those farms establish themselves using their e-commerce and order fulfilment platform.

Lyndsay Mackay and Cole Finamore believe everyone deserves access to food that is both fresh and affordable. So in the midst of a pandemic, the Wasaga Beach couple created Sprout & Bean Market Box to deliver fresh produce to your doorstep.

In addition to the usual hurdles new businesses face, industry entrepreneurs grappled with store safety and scaling their e-commerce operations ahead of schedule.

With stay-at-home orders imposed and in-person dining shut down to varying degrees throughout the country, there was a food delivery demand shock last spring. And as the pandemic has subsisted, there continues to be more reliance on these services.

Older Americans are increasingly buying groceries — and just about everything else — on the Internet, and those over 65 are now the fastest-growing category of e-commerce shoppers.

These storage units save precious store space and offer time flexibility for shoppers, but they also come with limitations that could impede their adoption.

2020 was the year online grocery shopping took a massive leap into the future. Bain & Co estimates that the market, boosted by the coronavirus pandemic, has jumped up to five years ahead in terms of customer demand. What was once a luxury for urbanites has been transformed into a lifeline for millions.

Micro fulfilment is becoming increasingly popular in 3PL. As well as providing faster delivery times and better connections to cities, there is a huge environmental benefit.

The company which has been running the grocery delivery service offered by Dunnes Stores since late last year has announced it is to waive its delivery fee for a month from Thursday to encourage people to stay at home.

The Finnish delivery startup plans to expand its growing network of retail partners — and help them take on Amazon.

Turkish on-demand delivery kingpin Getir has raised $128 million at a ∼$850 million valuation, reports Webrazzi, as e-commerce activity and demand for snappy deliveries have spiked in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, and global competition is heating up fast.

With an aim to serve people in the valley to shop from anywhere and anytime, a 28-year-old entrepreneur Malik Aadil has set up Kashmir’s first and largest online grocery delivery service.