All Rapid delivery articles – Page 9
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News
Deliveroo invests £20m in summer savings campaign
The courier app has also partnered with Morrisons, Co-op and Asda to price match 550 grocery items against the retailers’ in-store prices
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Getir rapped by ASA for promotion it couldn’t deliver on
The rapid grocer emailed all customers a £20 off promotion, even though only users in limited locations at certain times could redeem it
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Comment & Opinion
Could delivery apps become the new grocery price battleground?
Some popular items cost double on the apps when compared with in-store prices. How long can that go on for?
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News
Snappy Shopper looking beyond convenience for delivery partners
Snappy Group has grown by 50% over the past year, fulfilling over 5.5 million orders from its network of over 1,800 merchants
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Just Eat appoints new UK chief from John Lewis
Claire Pointon has spent just over three years as customer and digital boss at John Lewis, reporting to the CEO
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Co-op targets close to third of quick commerce grocery market within four years
The retailer’s ambition is to take 30% of the UK quick convenience market, which it defines as fast deliveries made from stores to customer homes
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Deliveroo’s rapid Hop service to trial newspaper deliveries
The newspapers available for delivery ’within as little as 15 minutes’ will be the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mirror, Express and Guardian
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Media Bites 3 May: THG, Starbucks, Ocado
A former chief executive of Coty has been drafted in to help Apollo Global Management draw up a firm offer for THG
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Interviews
Deliveroo’s Will Shu on AI, overtaking Ocado and rapid delivery
Speaking at the Food & Drink Expo in Birmingham, Deliveroo’s CEO and co-founder Will Shu sits down with The Grocer to talk Deliveroo’s past, present and exciting future
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Comment & Opinion
Six key takeaways from the UK Food & Drink Shows 2023
Forget year of the rabbit, this is quite clearly the year of the vape
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News
Just Eat to switch entire corporate fleet to electric vehicles
The move is part of Just Eat Takeaway’s net zero target for its direct operations and will reduce its carbon emissions by up to 480 tonnes per year
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Media Bites 21 April: WH Smith, Deliveroo, Pepco Group
WH Smith’s profits have more than doubled thanks to a rebound in airport passenger numbers and the opening of new stores
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City snapshot: Travel rebound boosts WH Smith sales and profits
A strong rebound in UK and international travel has boosted first-half sales at retail group WH Smith, which plans to open 120 more travel stores to tap this growth
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Comment & Opinion
Asda’s driverless vehicles face a long road to profitable delivery
Asda’s trial will require two members of staff for each vehicle. And even if it goes further, who’s unpacking the groceries?
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News
Asda launches driverless home delivery trial in London
To comply with safety regulations the cars will carry a human systems operator as well as an Asda member of staff to carry in the order to homes
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Deliveroo launches two new rapid Hop dark stores with Waitrose and Morrisons
The Waitrose Acton Hop will offer around 1,300 SKUs and the Morrisons Norbury Hop around 1,600
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Tesco smashes Whoosh rapid delivery rollout target
Tesco has beaten its rollout target of rapid delivery service Whoosh by 25%, announcing the option is now available from 1,000 Express stores
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Comment & Opinion
Why suppliers must support convenience through tough times
The convenience channel is a valuable one and supporting it now can only bear fruit for the future, says Steph Cullen, head of UK CPG at Circana
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News
Iceland partners with Just Eat for latest rapid delivery deal
More than 5,000 Iceland products including essentials, fresh and frozen groceries will be available via the Just Eat app, for delivery within 30 minutes
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City News: City harbours doubts over Deliveroo’s profitability progress
Deliveroo trumpeted it had made “excellent progress” on the path to profitability this week. However, concerns persist in the City over its ability to turn market share into profits amid tightening consumer spending