Uber has joined a growing list of companies keen on using drones for delivery. It wants to integrate the technology into UberEats, its meal-delivery service, and envisions dropping off its first drone-delivered dinners as early as 2021. The company better known for ride-sharing revealed earlier in 2018 that it’s keen to utilise drone technology for […]
Starbucks has extended its partnership with Alibaba in China, which will see it launch delivery services, establish a delivery kitchen and create a virtual store with the help of the eCommerce giant’s subsidiaries. The American coffee giant is already working with Alibaba for its interactive coffee store Shanghai Reserve Roastery, which is powered by Alibaba technology to allow consumers […]
In November 2017, Just Eat worked with marketing tech agency Byte London and VR content creator Inception VR to become one of first companies to launch an augmented reality (AR) experience through Facebook’s AR studio. Now, the fast food marketplace has revealed that the campaign was a sales success. The AR experience enabled Facebook users […]
Uber Technologies plans to deliver food by drone in San Diego as part of a wide-reaching commercial test program approved by the U.S. federal government, said Dara Khosrowshahi, the chief executive officer. Khosrowshahi said people should expect meal delivery in five to 30 minutes, depending on whether it comes from a drone or a human. […]
Postmates, an on-demand delivery app that can deliver ‘anything from anywhere’, today announced it’s taking its “We Get It” 360 brand marketing campaign that captures how on-demand ‘anything’ is a way of life to New York City. From ShackBurgers, aspirin and coffee runs for the office, to Halal Guys combos and a slice of Milk […]
Domino’s Pizza is launching yet another delivery revolution in the USA. Over 150,000 Domino’s Hotspots are now active nationwide so that customers can receive delivery orders at spots that don’t have a traditional address – places like local parks, sports fields and beaches, as well as thousands of other unexpected sites. Local Domino’s stores around […]
Ford has its sights set on operating its own self-driving car network “at scale” by 2021, opting to run its own service as opposed to selling its technology to a transportation platform. The automaker is already testing a service with Domino’s and Postmates in Miami, which sees consumers offered a discount if they are happy […]
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd announced it would buy the remaining shares of Ele.me, a major platform in China’s food delivery market, as it competes with Tencent Holdings Ltd services for offline consumers. Alibaba and affiliate Ant Small & Micro Financial Services Group Co Ltd currently own approximately 43 percent of Ele.me, and the […]
Foodpanda India will spend Rs 400 crore ($60 million) to hire 25,000 riders and improve its online food delivery network as it looks to take on Naspers-owned Swiggy and Alibaba-backed Zomato. The fresh investment would focus on scaling up technology to provide a robust backend and provide assistance through their own delivery network, Ola Cabs, […]
Taxi firm Uber launches Deliveroo-like food delivery service in London – and here’s how you might be able to get a free lunch out of it. Your lunch break is about to get a little bit more snappy thanks to a new rollout from Uber. The US-based taxi service, which has rapidly expanded across the […]