The nation’s largest supermarket operator plans to add sellers in complementary categories, including housewares, international foods, organic products and toys, to its Kroger Ship digital platform.

With little fanfare, Kroger, the nation’s largest traditional grocery, this spring began testing a $79 annual delivery service that functions much the same as the initial Amazon Prime — further evidence that Amazon's strategy of catering to the at-home consumer is gaining apostles.

Amazon, Target and Walmart get most of the attention for their eCommerce efforts, but grocery giant Kroger has been quietly implementing a three-year-long digital transformation of its own.

Walmart wants to ensure Amazon doesn't encroach on its leadership in online grocery store sales, so it is partnering with Instacart to begin offering same-day delivery.

By offering its own quick delivery option, Walmart will have a powerful competitive tool. Sam’s Club (owned by Walmart) currently has a partnership with Instacart, and this announcement will strengthen the reach of the relationship and should help the entire Walmart operation fend off competition from Amazon. The new partnership will begin in four markets across California and Oklahoma.

Partnering with Instacart??? All this means is that Walmart will make the same mistake as Costco, Kroger and other large grocers who foolishly signed a contract with Instacart only to teach Instacart everything about their business models. This is why I refer to Instacart as a Trojan Horse in the articles that I write about the grocery industry.

Finance chief Natalie Knight says coronavirus led Ahold Delhaize to build out online channels, interlink e-commerce with physical stores

The investment firm helmed by Israeli-Russian billionaire Yuri Milner poured $35 million into Weee!, a California-based startup that delivers Asian groceries like fresh kimchi and Japanese desserts from its own warehouses to major cities across the U.S. The funding boosted the five-year-old startup's total raise since launch to over $100 million.

Vice President of Marketing Matt Sloan explained that Trader Joe's likes to focus on the employee, so the chain is being very careful to avoid processes or technologies that may eliminate the need for real people.

Domino’s has outperformed its competitors in 2020 through innovation, and improving their delivery infrastructure.

Brinker International, parent company of Chili’s and Maggiano’s, discussed the concept behind It’s Just Wings during calls with investors and the media. The delivery-only restaurant is just the first of a developing portfolio of similar concepts.

Both Chili’s and Maggiano’s have exclusive delivery deals with DoorDash—that’s driving off-premises sales for the restaurants.

Vending machines don't usually offer healthy meals, but for the last seven years, Farmer's Fridge has been doing just that, selling its salads and bowls in clear jars from specially-made vending machines.

Pandemic helped boost Just Eat Takeaway.com’s sales but is also making rivals like Uber double down on food delivery

Chief executive says he wants to employ people who get benefits and have job security.

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Wednesday announced he filed a motion that would force DoorDash to reclassify delivery workers as employees rather than as independent contractors.

Uber Technologies Inc. rides may come to a halt in California next week, but Uber Eats — and the many drivers who have switched over to delivering for the service amid shelter-in-place orders — will go on.

Ridesharing giants Uber and Lyft threatened to shut down operations in California this week, a power move in a battle that may ultimately be won or lost at the ballot box in November.

Food orders placed through Uber Eats will sync directly with the point-of-sale software utilized by Shift4’s customers.

For retailers looking to run their own digital fulfillment show, a time window/scheduled service tends to be preferred to allow orders to accumulate and to put together a delivery run which makes sense and is “hopefully” profitable.

Tesco to cut delivery charges for Clubcard Plus users in bid to see off growing threat from Amazon's delivery business.

When the home shopping service joins forces with the Marks & Spencer empire in September, will its loyal clients stay with it – or substitute waitrose.com instead?

Flipkart Quick, the answer to Amazon Fresh, is enabled by India’s top-funded agritech startup Ninjacart, founded in 2015 to supply fresh produce from farms to retailers, restaurants, food brands and service providers

The biggest mall owner in the U.S., Simon Property Group, hints at opening more grocery stores in its malls.

In just a matter of months, food and grocery delivery could be completely different if one Alabama company gets their way.

Startup iFood has received authorization to begin experimental flights.

Ghost Kitchens and off-premise delivery have taken on a new dimension since the onset of the novel coronavirus; Delivery has become the sole means of operation for most restaurants around the world.

The delivery-only concepts seem to spreading like wildfire amid the pandemic, and a recent estimate from Chowly pegs their total number at 100,000.

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