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Uber Eats to accept SNAP benefits in 2024

    [[“value”:” Uber Eats said it would begin accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for groceries beginning next year, following the nationwide rollout of SNAP acceptance at Instacart. “We know that online food delivery can have a meaningful impact in reducing barriers to fresh groceries, especially for the most vulnerable – including people […]
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Staples Adds Uber Eats Delivery Option for School and Office Supplies

Staples has partnered with Uber Eats to make school and office supplies available for scheduled or on-demand delivery from its stores across the country. Members of the Uber One loyalty program will benefit from $0 delivery fees and up to 10% off Staples orders of $15 or more at selected stores. “Back to school and […]
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Uber Eats To Accept Food Stamps, Healthcare Benefits

The Verge reports that Uber Eats “will start accepting food stamps and healthcare benefits as payment for grocery delivery orders.” Starting in 2024, the story says, “Anyone with a valid Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, which disburses funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps), will be eligible to use their funds […]
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Study:  Uptick In Online Grocery Shopping, Plus High Satisfaction Levels

Acosta Group is out with its annual online grocery shopping study, concluding that there has been “a slight uptick in online grocery shopping over last year, with 55% of grocery shoppers buying groceries online at least some of the time. This upward trend is driven by more consumers who are shopping online regularly but still […]
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Instacart shares rise 12.7% in NASDAQ debut

    [[“value”:” Newly issued shares of grocery-delivery specialist Instacart rose 12.7% in their debut on the NASDAQ exchange on Tuesday, closing at $33.80. The initial public offering of 22 million shares was priced on Monday at $30 per share, but the stock (listed as CART) hit the market around midday at $42 per share […]
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Instacart’s IPO Raises $660 Million; Grocers Have Skin In The Game

Grocery delivery company Instacart launched its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday, raising $660 million with a $30 per share price that was at the top end of its offering range.  The price reflects a $10.2 billion valuation;  the company is making less than 10 percent of its shares available. Public trading of Instacart’s shares will […]
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Mitchell Grocery scion plans upscale grocery, restaurant concept in Augusta

    [[“value”:” Jackson Mitchell, a fourth-generation member of the family that owns wholesale distributor Mitchell Grocery, is planning to open an upscale, 42,000-square foot supermarket in Augusta, Ga., next summer that will include a sports bar, a five-hole putting green and several foodservice concepts. FreshTake, which will take over the space previously occupied by […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

London calling as FLOWERBX agrees exclusive rapid flower delivery service tie up with Zapp

Luxury flower brand, FLOWERBX, has announced a new exclusive rapid delivery partnership with Zapp. As a result, Londoners can now get delivery in minutes, 24/7. FLOWERBX’s range of products are available for same-day and next-day delivery through its website. Founder and CEO, Whitney Bromberg Hawkings, says: “We’re thrilled to be making it easier and faster […]
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Including Sereact and Bureau: five retail technology funding rounds you need to know about

RTIH rounds up five retail systems ventures who have recently secured significant investments in their businesses, including Kavida.ai, Serve Robotics, and Clean Food Group. 1. Kavida.ai London-based supply chain startup, Kavida.ai, has secured a £900k investment to enhance its platform with artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT. The company, which was founded in 2020, works with manufacturers and […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Hy-Vee Partners with Uber Eats to Offer Deliveries from 260 Stores

Midwestern supermarket retailer Hy-Vee has partnered with Uber to add delivery services from 260 of its grocery and liquor storefronts. The two companies are spotlighting their new deal with a sweepstakes offering tickets to the 2023 NFL Kickoff on Sept. 7, 2023. “Uber Eats has been growing in popularity among many of our customers, making […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Hy-Vee Partners with Uber Eats to Offer Deliveries from 260 Stores

Midwestern supermarket retailer Hy-Vee has partnered with Uber to add delivery services from 260 of its grocery and liquor storefronts. The two companies are spotlighting their new deal with a sweepstakes offering tickets to the 2023 NFL Kickoff on Sept. 7, 2023. “Uber Eats has been growing in popularity among many of our customers, making […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Serve Robotics announces go public move as startup secures $30 million investment

Autonomous sidewalk delivery robot startup, Serve Robotics, which was spun out of Uber’s acquisition of Postmates, has gone public via a reverse merger with Patricia Acquisition Corp, and also raising $30 million in a round led by existing investors Uber, Nvidia, and Wavemaker Partners. This brings the company’s total funds secured to over $56 million. […]
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Why are Amazon Fresh stores fizzing out in the UK? These are last week’s most read RTIH retail technology articles

Check out the RTIH articles that caught your fancy last week, including Under Armour, Lacoste, Dsquared2, Ikea, Ocado Group, Co-op, Sweaty Betty, and Mars. RELEX Solutions helps Getir ‘reap benefits of autonomous, adaptive, and unified supply chain planning’ Rapid grocery delivery firm, Getir, is partnering with RELEX Solutions. This will see it gain an integrated […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Food Delivery Companies Face “Promiscuous” Customers

Fast Company has a piece about the major food delivery companies are their market shares – Door Dash has 65 percent of the market, Uber Eats has 25 percent, and Grubhub has 10 percent, including all their various subsidiaries. According to the story, “As you can see, DoorDash dominates the food delivery business in America. […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Co-op and Uber Eats tie up delivers rewards for retailer’s members and their communities

Co-op and Uber Eats’ online grocery partnership is set to give rewards to the convenience retailer’s customers. The move is a first for Uber Eats in the UK, and will be available from over 1,000 Co-op stores this month. Shoppers, who are members of Co-op, will be able to both earn rewards and also make […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Is Mom Cooking your Dinner or is the Neighbor

  Last week Joanna Fantozzi a Senior Editor for Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality posed a great question; Do you know where your food is being cooked? According to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® most Americans simply don’t care who cooks dinner as long as it is not them.  Here […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Domino’s to start using Uber for food orders, shares surge

Shares of Domino’s Pizza surged 10% following the announcement that customers will soon be able to use Uber Eats and Postmates apps to order from the chain. Domino’s has signed a “global agreement” with Uber, making Uber Eats its exclusive third-party platform in the U.S. until at least 2024. The partnership aims to boost Domino’s…
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Fast-Food Outlets are Restaurants and Americans Love Them

  There is no let up in our love for fresh food fast.  The simple fact is Americans love fast food restaurants more today than ever before and there is no sign that is going to change for some time to come. That according to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions®. […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Food delivery companies sue NYC over new rules on minimum pay

DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats all filed lawsuits in an attempt to block the new pay requirements. After recently instating rules around minimum pay for food delivery workers, New York City now faces multiple lawsuits from those companies, which say they don’t want to be forced into a pay raise. DoorDash and Grubhub filed jointly, with Uber […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats sue NYC over minimum delivery pay hike

The wage rule requires delivery firms to pay workers $19.96 an hour by 2025, the latest development in regulatory battles between aggregators and the city. Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber are suing New York City over a rule that mandates $17.96 minimum hourly pay for delivery workers starting July 12, according to court documents viewed by Restaurant Dive. This wage […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Inflation Is Driving Change in Consumers Path to Purchase

  At the intersection of price increases at the grocery store, restaurants, convenience stores, even most dollar store items are now higher than a dollar; that consumers are looking for meal convenience. According to Steven Johnson Grocerant Guru® at Tacoma, WA based Foodservice Solutions® are searching for convenient meal solutions at a price and are […]
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Retailers Gain Control of Their Sustainability Goals as the ESG Storm Clouds Start to Gather Over Operations

Using event-driven architecture (EDA), retailers must link essential data at speed and scale throughout their ecosystems near and far to come to grips with now essential environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting in three key areas. 1. Dead Heading — Optimizing Transportation/Emissions on Every Journey When it comes to transportation within the retail sector, any […]
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Why Amazon’s Just Walk Out initiative failed – and why it’s not the end of checkout free technology

It recently emerged that Amazon’s Just Walk Out offering is being dropped from Amazon Fresh stores. However, it’s not checkout-free tech that’s failing, it’s the fact that Amazon’s checkout free solution doesn’t work, especially in grocery retailers, argues Will Glaser, Founder and CEO at Grabango. In the dynamic grocery retail landscape, a transformative wave is […]
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