Talabat profit soars nearly 4x as groceries drive growth.
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Week 26/5/2025
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DoorDash ends voice-ordering product pilot for restaurants.
DoorDash has ceased the pilot of its voice-ordering product for restaurant clients in a move that comes just a year after the company enhanced the product’s team with talent from an AI startup, as reported by Bloomberg (Yahoo Finance).
Swiggy Unveils ‘Drops’: A Limited-Edition Culinary Experience for Food Lovers.
The ‘Drops’ initiative debuts with gourmet creations from celebrated names such as Le15 Patisserie by Pooja Dhingra, Smash Guys by AB Gupta, Aubree, Ciclo Café, Louis Burger, Good Flippin’s Burgers, TwentySeven Bakehouse, and Espressos AnyDay (Entrepreneur India).
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Q-CommerceBeauty retail “shift towards instant availability” driving on-demand delivery partnerships.
As more beauty and wellness shoppers seek out instant delivery of their favourite products, more brands and retailers are partnering with on-demand delivery companies (Cosmetics Design Europe).
Grocery Delivery
Grocery Delivery
Talabat profit soars nearly 4x as groceries drive growth.
The strong Q1 performance underscores rising consumer demand for digital convenience and the platform’s ability to diversify beyond restaurant orders (Gulf Business).
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Drones in food delivery: Fantasy, fad or the next big margin lever?
E-Commerce
E-Commerce
Wolt launches self-service ad platform.
Finnish food delivery service Wolt has announced the launch of a self-service advertising platform that spans over 30 European and Asian markets. The platform will allow brands to plan, activate and optimise adverts on the platform as well as promote specific products (Retail Systems).
Delivery Tech
Delivery Tech
Drones in food delivery: Fantasy, fad or the next big margin lever?
A few years ago, the sight of a burrito descending from the sky would have seemed like a tech demo gimmick. Today, it is edging closer to a logistical reality and the investment case is starting to shift accordingly (Proactive Investors).
Foodora calls for drones and delivery robots to improve road safety of logistics.
Delivery platform foodora has launched a new initiative to improve road safety in logistics across Europe (ZAG Daily).
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Uber to buy controlling stake in Turkey’s Trendyol GO food delivery business for $700 million.
Uber said it would buy a majority 85% stake in Turkish food and grocery delivery platform Trendyol Go for $700 million, as the ride-hailing giant looks to tap new growth markets amid signs of saturation in its mainstay North American business.
Delivery drivers and couriers for Uber, Didi, and Rappi will have IMSS benefits starting in June.
Attention app delivery drivers and app operators! Starting in June 2025, platform workers like Uber, Didi, Rappi, and others will finally have access to the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) , thanks to the implementation of a reform that seeks to end job insecurity in the digital world.
UK’s Deliveroo gets $3.6 billion buyout proposal from DoorDash.
British meal delivery company Deliveroo, said on Friday, it received a proposal from U.S. peer DoorDash on April 5 to buy all of its shares for 2.7 billion pounds ($3.60 billion)
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