grocery delivery

On the Heels of Breakout Year, Crowd Cow Adds E-commerce and Logistics Veterans to Fuel Continued Growth and Scale

December 24, 2020 Crowd Cow

Crowd Cow, the Seattle-based marketplace for high-quality craft meat and seafood, announced the appointment of four senior executives to the leadership team. Demand for the company’s services was fueled by expanded selection and launch of a new subscription program, and then accelerated due to supply shortages in other channels and customers shifting their purchases online due to Covid-19. …

Instacart Announces National Partnership with Meijer

December 3, 2020 Instacart

Instacart, the leading online grocery platform in North America, today announced a new national partnership with Meijer to offer same-day delivery in as fast as an hour from nearly all Meijer stores. …

Gatik and Loblaw Deploy Canada’s First Autonomous Delivery Fleet

November 27, 2020 Loblaw Companies Limited

Beginning January 2021, Gatik will provide Loblaw with a safe, reliable, contactless delivery solution for transporting multi-temperature goods from its automated picking facility to retail locations across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). This deployment marks the first autonomous delivery fleet in Canada. …

FreshDirect CEO Says Customers Will Only See Benefits After Dutch Grocer Buys Majority Stake

November 24, 2020 Amelia Lucas, CNBC

The Dutch company already has a foothold in U.S. grocery e-commerce through Peapod, which was the first company in the country dedicated to online grocery delivery. But FreshDirect’s specialty is fresh food, which represents about 60% of its total sales, and it has a higher market share than Peapod in the New York tri-state area. …

Walmart Teams Up with Cruise to Pilot All-Electric Self-Driving Delivery Powered by 100% Renewable Energy

November 12, 2020 Tom Ward, SVP of Customer Product, Walmart U.S.

” What’s unique about Cruise is they’re the only self-driving car company to operate an entire fleet of all-electric vehicles powered with 100% renewable energy, which supports our road to zero emissions by 2040.” …