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Report: 7-Eleven makes under-the-radar purchase of delivery startup

7-Eleven convenience store

It looks like 7-Eleven is ditching longtime partner DoorDash.

The two companies have collaborated heavily in recent years, with the convenience store chain using DoorDash couriers to power its 30-minute delivery service. 

But a pair of inside sources told The Information on Thursday that 7-Eleven has acquired San Antonio-based delivery startup Skipcart, suggesting a desire to distance itself from the food delivery app.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed by the sources, and 7-Eleven did not...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/report-7-eleven-makes-under-the-radar-purchase-of-delivery-startup

On-demand delivery app Waitr adds 700 7-Eleven stores

Waitr food delivery app

Waitr has long been in the shadows of giants.

The forgotten sibling of Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 2013 before spreading quickly across the American South. But with less than a 1% share of the U.S. food delivery market today, Waitr (NASDAQ: WTRH) is looking to ditch restaurant deliveries in favor of non-restaurant verticals — like convenience stores.

This week, Waitr announced that it would be delivering items from over 700 7-Eleven stores across the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/on-demand-delivery-app-waitr-adds-700-7-eleven-stores

CEO eyes breakthrough year as DroneUp ramps up Walmart delivery pilot

Droneup Walmart drone delivery

The past year represented successful growth of DroneUp’s delivery operations. The last-mile drone delivery company, which is making deliveries of medicines and other items around the world, made two acquisitions and launched a pilot program with the world’s largest retailer.

Now CEO Tom Walker is hoping 2022 results in even greater growth as the company ramps up its drone delivery pilot with Walmart and collects more data with each flight.

“There is some consistent data we are collecting [on each...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ceo-eyes-breakthrough-year-as-droneup-ramps-up-walmart-delivery-pilot

Nuro unveils 3rd-gen autonomous delivery vehicle, expands partnership with Kroger

Nuro releases its third-generation autonomous electric delivery vehicle and expands its partnership with Kroger

Nuro, the autonomous vehicle maker focused on transporting goods rather than passengers, on Wednesday revealed its third-generation, fully electric driverless vehicle, simply called Nuro. The Mountain View, California-based company also announced that it will roll out the vehicle in Houston as part of an expansion of its partnership with nationwide grocer Kroger, with plans to scale its autonomous delivery service to millions of Americans nationwide.

“With the introduction of our new flagship...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nuro-unveils-3rd-gen-autonomous-delivery-vehicle-expands-partnership-with-kroger

Slurpee by robot: Nuro to make autonomous deliveries for 7-Eleven

Most Americans at this point have seen the commercials of the Nuro robots delivering Domino’s pizza to customers in Houston. The robotic delivery company is also making deliveries for FedEx (NYSE: FDX) in the Houston area, and now residents in California will be able to test out the service.

Nuro on Wednesday announced that it is beginning robotic delivery of 7-Eleven orders in Mountain View, California.

“7-Eleven has owned and defined convenience since 1927,” said Raghu Mahadevan, 7-Eleven chief...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/slurpee-by-robot-nuro-to-make-autonomous-deliveries-for-7-eleven

The light load: Confessions of a transportation tenderfoot

Change is good: Judge Judy was better than Judge Wapner, and Taylor Swift is a marginal improvement on the Archies.

Change is bad: Spitting snow becomes a blizzard, leaving you with 16 inches of visibility on I-29 somewhere between the Siouxs — Falls and City — praying that that borrowed Ciera contains the mandatory — MANDATORY! — winter stash of Hershey bars.

It did not.

Not that I’m Folgers-grade bitter about that and not that I needed the chocolate to survive. I had fat stores to last for weeks...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-light-load-confessions-of-a-transportation-tenderfoot