Foodservice
• Domino’s Pizza Inc. will begin testing self-driving vehicles for pizza delivery to random customers in Ann Arbor powered by Ford Fusion Hybrid Autonomous Research vehicles staffed with researchers to gauge customer response.
• Little Caesars Enterprises Inc. began testing mobile order and payment for pizza via an automated self service station dubbed the Reserve-N-Ready platform.
• TGI Fridays has experienced a 30 percent growth in take-out sales that the company attributes to last year’s inception of online ordering.
Grocery/Convenience
• Aldi began offering a pilot grocery delivery program with Instacart in the Atlanta, Dallas, and Los Angeles markets in August 2017.
• SUPERVALU is providing value to its wholesale customers with combo of IT and product supply services while attempting to offer the combination to more retailers.
Discount/GM
• Walmart Stores Inc. has reached 1,000 locations of its click-and-collect Grocery Pickup service. Walmart launched online ordering in 2013 in the Denver market, and has continued to grow its online grocery service.
• Williams-Sonoma will begin accepting digital wallet payments from money-transferring service Venmo for bridal registry purchases.
October 31, 2019
Foodservice • Burger King Worldwide Inc. has now partnered with Uber Eats nationwide for delivery. To stimulate the campaign, Uber…
September 26, 2019
Foodservice • &pizza has partnered with tech company Zume to integrate the company’s ‘Forward Mobile Kitchens’ with the pizza chain’s brand.…
August 29, 2019
Foodservice • Applebee’s Services Inc. has announced its company-wide partnership with DoorDash for delivery. Applebee’s parent, Dine Brands Global Inc.,…
