DoorDash is leading the online convenience category by a country mile, according to new transaction data analyzed by Edison Trends. After 2020, in which consumer spending at online C-stores grew by 346 percent, DoorDash ended last month with 58 percent share over second-place goPuff with 24 percent of the market.

In less than a year Deliveroo went from the bust to boom. Amazon saved it – but at what cost?

For the past 28 years, IBM has been granted more patents than any other company in the US.

Five months after Walmart introduced Walmart+, the brick-and-mortar retail giant’s Amazon Prime-like membership program looks to make some headway, according to a study.

GNC has partnered with Shipt to bring same-day delivery of GNC health and wellness products to customers throughout the country.

Founded in 2015, Imperfect Foods aims to reduce food waste by ‘rescuing’ imperfect or excess products, including vegetables, dairy, shelf-stable goods, meat and seafood. These are then distributed to consumers via its grocery delivery service.

Price Chopper/Market 32 and Tops Markets today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement that creates a powerful alliance between the two storied independent grocery chains, as it nearly doubles their collective footprint in the Northeast.

Jüsto, an online supermarket based in Mexico City, announced last week it has raised $65 million in a Series A round led by General Atlantic.

GrubMarket today announced it completed $90 million of financing in an oversubscribed Series D round in 2020, from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, ACE & Company, Celtic House Venture Partners, Sixty Degree Capital, The Strand Partners, Reimagined Ventures, Trinity Capital Investment, Madison Bay Capital Partners, Marubeni Ventures, GGV and others.

X5 Retail Group became Russia’s largest digital company in the online food retail segment in 2020 after its Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) jumped 347% y-o-y, according to Infoline research.

Amazon's grocery offerings Pantry and Fresh will now operate as a single service, the company said on Friday. To begin with, customers in Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Mysore will be able to avail the benefits of the integrated store. So far, Pantry and Fresh operated as separate stores within the broader marketplace.

My Food Bag plans to sell up to 185 million shares in an initial public offer that values the meal kit company at just under $450 million.

The first cases have been delivered into the first CFC that is due to open as part of the strategic partnership between Kroger and Ocado. First of two planned sites expected to open this year.

A pandemic-driven surge in demand for online grocery orders last year has reduced losses at Ocado, but the company’s plans to further step up investment cast a shadow yesterday over its prospects for future earnings.

Ocado's sales has risen by a third to £2.2billion as the grocery retailer says shopping habits have changed for good because online food shops rocketed during the pandemic.

“When viewed in relation to the wider online grocery market – which grew 87.8% in 2020 – and rival’s results, it is clear Ocado has failed to keep pace with the likes of Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose over the course of the year. This largely stems from its inability to meet the boom in demand the way its supermarket rivals have been able to, i.e. through rapid escalation of in-store picking services for online fulfilment.”

New research shows that Poland’s parcels market is growing at a staggering rate, with players such as InPost driving innovation in one of Europe’s most dynamic last-mile markets.

Uber is shooting its shot at EU lawmakers as they dial up scrutiny of working conditions on gig platforms to decide whether new rules are needed to improve the lot of gig workers.

Ocado is an online grocery veteran and one now facing potential increased competition as rivals find that omni-capabilities are now an essential, not an option.

The U.S. app-based delivery economy took shape in the first half of the 2010s as services such as Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Postmates came online and early pioneer Grubhub went public. But it took until this decade for the industry to experience its catalyst event.

With an approximate market size of USD 326 billion, food & groceries form the backbone of the Indian retail sector. Food is one of the main categories of global spending and a significant proportion of the wallet for consumers.

Swisslog vice president of retail and e-commerce sales, Colman Roche, discusses the challenges grocers face as they evaluate their options for dealing with the rapid growth in e-grocery sales.

In trying to envision the future of grocery, we at S2G Ventures go back to how it all began. In 1916, Clarence Saunders opened the first Piggly Wiggly store and changed how people shop for food. The chain’s revolutionary self-service operations, which allowed customers to browse four times the product variety of the average store, unlocked a simple truth: Americans like to pick their own groceries.

At the start of the pandemic, online shopping, and online grocery in particular, was an obvious need for consumers looking for an easy and safe way to buy essentials. Now as restaurants, bars, and retail shops remain closed or at limited capacity, and consumers settle into quarantine with continued uncertainty this year, how will online shopping needs change? And how must brands adjust their online and eCommerce strategies to win?

With winter roads treacherous and the COVID-19 vaccination process in its early stages, many experts continue to advise that older adults consider staying home as much as possible. However, with errands to run and doctor’s appointments to keep, staying home isn’t always easy. After all, you need to eat, right? Thanks to numerous grocery and meal delivery options, going food shopping is one item you may be able to cross off your to-do list.

If you’re looking for an easy place to make meatless choices, Vallarta Supermarkets is offering additional menu offerings in various departments in time for Lent—February 17 to April 3. And they’re partnering with Postmates and Instacart, if that doesn’t make it all just too easy.