Rapid delivery news & analysis – Page 26
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NewsJisp strikes deal to serve Nisa retailers
Nisa retailers will have access to Jisp’s home delivery, click & collect and scan & go services
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NewsIceland rolling out same-day scheduled delivery nationwide
The frozen food retailer is set to offer same-day slots from 400 stores within the next few weeks, The Grocer can reveal
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NewsIceland expands Uber Eats trial beyond London
The trial has quietly grown to 20 stores, taking it as far beyond London as Letchworth in Hertfordshire and Colchester in Essex
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NewsSouthern Co-op adds eight stores to Snappy Shopper partnership
Top-selling categories delivered via the app had been milk, soft drinks, fruit & veg, other dairy, and the Southern Co-op sandwich deal
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NewsDeliveroo offers free keyring safety alarms to riders
The keyring safety alarms “let off a loud, high-pitched noise and emit a bright flashing light” when activated
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NewsDeliveroo and grocery partners to deliver one million meals to those in need
The initiative will see Deliveroo riders pick up food that would otherwise go to waste from Co-op, Waitrose and Pret a Manger
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NewsRapid grocer Fancy reveals UK expansion plan following Gopuff acquisition
Fancy offers products across several categories, promising delivery within 30 minutes
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NewsWaitrose introduces online delivery fee to ‘bring us in line with rest of market’
The delivery fee was introduced quietly late last month as part of a “trial” at selected stores across the UK
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NewsWaitrose ends two-hour Rapid delivery in favour of Deliveroo
Waitrose said its Rapid service and Deliveroo partnership were operating ‘with lots of overlap’
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NewsAsda trialling secure boxes for unattended online deliveries
Asda is launching the trial with a small number of customers to take deliveries when they are not at home
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NewsDeliveroo to trial facial recognition technology on riders
Riders have interpreted the move as the platform clamping down on the selling and renting of accounts
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NewsCo-op delivery partner Zoom 1hr to launch £500k crowdfunding raise
Zoom 1hr has delivered 60,000 orders on behalf of the Co-op since November
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Analysis & FeaturesWeezy 15-minute grocery delivery review: does it deliver?
With plans to open 40 more fulfilment centres by the end of the year, Weezy is picking up speed
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NewsWaitrose to create 400 new roles to fulfil Deliveroo orders
The new roles will be dedicated to fulfilling orders and readying them for collection by Deliveroo couriers
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InterviewsJustin King: why I’m investing in Snappy Shopper
Rapid delivery players’ dark store models cannot compete against a Snappy-powered independent convenience store, says King
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NewsJustin King backs Snappy Shopper app with ‘significant’ investment
King is set to join the board as a non-exec when the fundraising is complete
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NewsWeezy partners with What3Words to enable rapid delivery ‘to the picnic blanket’
It narrows delivery location down to an area of three square metres
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NewsOn-demand grocer Dija expands to Paris and Madrid
The company, founded by two former Deliveroo executives, is eyeing expansion across France and Spain
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NewsCentral England Co-op extends free delivery service until end of the year
The free service was originally in place until all lockdown restrictions are lifted in the summer
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NewsUber Eats announces it can now reach 90% of UK population
Grocery delivery has become one of the app’s ’fastest-growing sectors’ in the UK, according to a trading update for quarter one of 2021