Uber Eats

Want a New York pizza in LA? Uber Eats delivers — for free

Uber Eats nationwide delivery app landing page

Uber Eats is in it for the long haul.

The third-party food delivery platform on Tuesday launched a service that will deliver food from restaurants in New York City, Los Angeles and Miami to customers anywhere in the lower 48 states — for free. The new offering, Nationwide shipping, will use FedEx carrier services.

In-app screenshots of the new service that were obtained by Modern Shipper show the Nationwide shipping option appearing on the Uber Eats (NYSE: UBER) homepage. From there, the ordering...

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Uber Eats piloting on-demand grocery delivery

uber eats delivery driver

In the U.S. food delivery landscape, there’s been one big eater. DoorDash has dominated the category among third-party delivery apps, growing its market share among the big three food delivery platforms — Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub — to a staggering 57%.

In the grocery delivery space, though, it’s anybody’s war to win.

Instacart has long reigned supreme in grocery. It’s held greater than a 60% share in the market for online grocery pickup and delivery spend since April 2020, according to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-eats-piloting-on-demand-grocery-delivery

Uber Eats, Motional launch driverless delivery in Santa Monica

Uber Eats app provides autonomous delivery

Food delivery apps found a winner when they added the “leave at door” option to limit customers’ interactions with couriers. But what if your food wasn’t delivered by a human courier at all?

That’s exactly what Uber Eats (NYSE: UBER) and Motional are doing in a new delivery pilot. Launched Monday in Santa Monica, California, the service combines Uber Eats’ delivery platform with Boston-based Motional’s driverless vehicle technology to enable end-to-end food deliveries — no driver necessary.

“At...

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Instacart files for IPO, but should it?

Woman wearing Instacart shirt reaches for vegetables in a grocery store aisle.

Instacart said late Wednesday night that it had filed a Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a possible initial public offering.

According to Bloomberg, the delivery firm is working with Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan on the possible offering, which Instacart said is not a definitive choice as of yet.

An IPO was rumored last year, although there was some speculation that Instacart would forgo the traditional IPO route and go the direct listing route instead. In a direct...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/grocery-delivery-firm-instacart-files-for-ipo

Robomart to deliver Ben & Jerry’s ice cream on-demand

Red and white delivery van

The direct-to-consumer shipping trend has gone cold – as in ice cream cold. Robomart, the on-demand retail store that sends a vehicle filled with items directly to the consumer, announced a partnership with Unilever to deliver that company’s famous ice cream brands, including Ben & Jerry’s and Breyers.

Robomart vehicles will deliver ice cream products under Unilever’s The Ice Cream Shop virtual brand name. The delivery products will include the aforementioned brands as well as Good Humor, Magnum...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/robomart-store-on-wheels-to-deliver-ben-and-jerrys-ice-cream-direct-to-homes

Uber Eats and delivery business continue to rake in profits

Uber Eats delivery courier

Uber’s delivery business continues to deliver profits. The ride-hailing, food-delivering, freight-hauling superapp reported Q1 2022 earnings before the bell Wednesday, and in what was a strong quarter overall, Uber Eats and the company’s growing suite of delivery offerings again played a key role, posting all-time highs in both gross bookings and active merchants.

Shares of Uber (NYSE: UBER) were down about 11% in the early hours of trading on Wednesday due to losses on its investments in Grab,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/uber-eats-and-delivery-business-continue-to-rake-in-profits

Honeymoon’s over: Just Eat Takeaway considers selling Grubhub

Just Eat Takeaway may sell Grubhub

One year appears to be all that Just Eat Takeaway could handle in the U.S. market. The German delivery company acquired U.S-based Grubhub last summer for $7.3 billion but now it is exploring a potential sale of Grubhub less than a year later.

“The management board confirms its alignment with shareholders in wanting to both create and realize value from the company’s highly attractive portfolio of assets. As such, management is currently, together with its advisers, actively exploring the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/honeymoons-over-just-eat-takeaway-considers-selling-grubhub

DoorDash earnings: Business expands, growth slows

DoorDash reports Q4 2021 and FY2021 earnings

One year after releasing its first earnings report as a public company, DoorDash is a mixed bag. 

The food delivery platform released its earnings results for Q4 and FY2021 on Wednesday, posting record quarterly highs in total orders, marketplace gross order value, monthly active users (MAUs) and revenue. But it also posted its highest quarterly GAAP-adjusted net loss since Q4 2020 as it contends with decelerating revenue growth.

Revenue for Q4 2021 came in at $1.3 billion, surpassing the analyst...

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