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Last-mile delivery is the final leg of a delivery journey, which typically involves delivering a package to a customer’s doorstep. It is a critical part of the logistics industry, becoming increasingly important as e-commerce grows.
Delivers.ai, a London-based autonomous delivery service, targets last-mile self-driving deliveries for emission-free restaurant food, grocery, and parcel delivery to doorsteps. The company’s robots work on camera-based technologies and low-cost sensors, traveling at pedestrian speeds of up to 6 km/h and giving way to other pavement or cycleway users for safety. […]
The latest fines were for having 7,022 workers not registered with Social Security and also using 813 irregular workers – foreigners without work permits. Glovo, a home food delivery company, has been fined 38.1 million euros by the Labour and Social Security Inspectorate in Spain for misusing delivery riders registered […]
DoorDash wants to take away one of your most-hated errands. DoorDash, the popular food delivery app, is testing a new service called Package Returns that allows users to request a dasher to pick up and return packages for them. The service is free for a limited time for DashPass members […]
According to TechCrunch, instant grocery delivery company JOKR has raised approximately $50 million in a Series C investment on a $1.3 billion post-money valuation. The funding, which G Squared led with participation from GGV Capital, Tiger Global Management, and HV Capital, was buoyed by existing investors. JOKR has raised $480 […]
Deliveroo has opened a new type of “dark store” in Central London, called the Deliveroo HOP, as it experiments with expanding its rapid grocery business. The new store functions as a mini-warehouse where Deliveroo staff pick orders for couriers operating on its platform to collect and deliver locally to app […]
Roku has partnered with DoorDash to offer users in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico six months of complimentary DashPass and interactive shoppable ads for DoorDash businesses. Roku users can get $0 delivery fees on DoorDash orders and exclusive access to DashPass-only promotions and priority customer support. After the free trial […]
Uber has announced updates to its Shop and Pay feature to address issues commonly raised by delivery workers. The quality, launched last year, allows drivers to opt-in to receive grocery and other retail shopping trips before dropping off orders. The aim is to follow the model of Instacart, the grocery […]
The grocery delivery service will be available from over 2,100 ALDI locations across 38 US states. DoorDash has partnered with ALDI to provide on-demand grocery delivery services from more than 2,100 ALDI locations across 38 US states. Customers can order fresh produce, meat, seafood, dairy, bread, and household goods through […]
‘I’m not wasting my time and gas for a no-tipper.’ The saying “no tip, no trip” among DoorDash drivers suggests that if a customer does not tip, many drivers may ignore the order and wait for more good orders. Videos on TikTok have shown the likely consequences of this trend. […]
A record number of Uber trips are taken as drivers flock to the platform, bucking pandemic-era fears and leading the chief executive to declare results in the last three months of 2022 “our strongest quarter ever”. The fourth quarter results of Uber show that transportation and food delivery are giants. […]