Delivery Services News

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced it is investing another $1.9 billion in the Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program in 2027, helping DSPs increase Delivery Associate (DA) pay to a national average of nearly $24/hour. Amazon’s safety investments and DSP leadership are delivering results, with serious crashes down more than 23%. AI-powered tools like Wellspring and Amazon’s Smart Delivery Glasses are making deliveries faster and more accurate.​ Amazon is also commit...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CookUnity, the first chef-led marketplace and meal delivery service, announced today that it has redistributed more than 1.4 million pounds of edible surplus food through a nationwide network of more than 30 partners since launching its food rescue program in 2021. This marks a significant milestone in the 10-year-old company’s mission to empower chefs to feed and nourish the world and its core belief that great food belongs on people’s plates, not in landfills. CookU...

DISTRIBUTED-WORKFORCE/OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Square today announced that Ideal Nutrition, the Florida-based healthy prepared meal concept, has renewed and expanded its partnership as it eyes national franchise expansion. Operating 17 retail locations across Florida – with three more in construction and additional sites under consideration – Ideal Nutrition has committed to Square as the unified commerce platform behind its retail stores, franchise operations, loyalty program, marketi...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon and No Kid Hungry today announced results from its Summer Meals for Kids pilot program which delivered more than 2 million meals to families in rural communities across the U.S. this summer. Operating under the USDA's Summer Food Service Program, the program combines No Kid Hungry's expertise in childhood hunger and summer nutrition with Amazon's rural delivery network to reach families who face barriers to accessing traditional summer meal sites that provide fr...

SAN FRANCISCO & ISSAQUAH, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) and DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH), a global leader in local commerce, today announced the launch of Costco on the DoorDash Marketplace across the U.S. The partnership brings Costco’s distinctive assortment to members through DoorDash, giving them greater flexibility in how they shop. The U.S. launch marks the latest expansion of DoorDash and Costco’s global relationship, which already spans Australia, New Zea...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced it is raising pay across the board for U.S. core operations employees, alongside new benefits. Minimum starting pay for U.S. full-time core operations roles—many of which require no prior experience—is increasing to $20/hour, with average pay reaching nearly $24/hour. Average total compensation exceeds $32/hour when you include the value of Amazon’s industry-leading benefits package. Amazon is also providing access to a new lifetim...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carvana (NYSE: CVNA), the industry pioneer for buying and selling cars online, today announced the expansion of same-day vehicle delivery for customers in the greater Minneapolis area. Select local customers can now receive their vehicle as soon as the same day they place an order on Carvana.com. With this launch, local customers interested in selling their vehicles to Carvana can also schedule pickup and drop-off as soon as the same day they complete Carvana's onl...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Flytrex, the leading autonomous drone food delivery service, today announced new physical and AI infrastructure that cuts its cost per delivery by 60% and reduces delivery times to customers by half. Using predictive AI modeling, Flytrex will be the first drone delivery company to preposition drones at restaurants most likely to receive orders at a given time of day, so the drone arrives before the order does. The drones will be prepositioned on merchant rooftops using...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Costco expands nationwide delivery on Uber Eats...

SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DoorDash, a global leader in local commerce, and Wonder, a leading food technology platform, today announced a strategic partnership. Under the agreement, DoorDash will acquire Wonder's Grubhub Campus Dining business. In addition, DoorDash made a long-term investment in Wonder as part of its Series D round. Grubhub Campus Dining, formerly known as Tapingo, enables millions of students to order a meal from campus dining facilities and on-campus restaura...