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2021 E-commerce Trends Entrepreneurs Would Be Foolish to Ignore
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A quick look at data entrepreneurs can use to leverage their success through the remaining quarters of 2021.
Topics: categories, ignore, online, theyre, product, grocery, ecommerce, entrepreneurs, nonessential, products, youd, foolish, youre, trends. -
5 Tips for First-Time Food and Beverage Founders
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Sanzo founder Sandro Rocco shares his inspiration for a sparkling water company, the mistakes he sometimes sees early founders make, and what he’s learned about the food and beverage industry.More
Topics: tips, flavors, shopify, used, grocery, sandro, started, product, beverage, selling, founders, food, firsttime. -
Abu Dhabi-based micromobility operator Fenix launches 10-minute grocery delivery service
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United Arab Emirates-based shared micromobility operator Fenix is expanding the use of its electric scooters and back-end logistics to not only move people, but also to move goods. On Tuesday, the company announced the launch of a 10-minute fresh grocery delivery service on Reem Island, a dense, mixed-use development off the coast of Abu Dhabi. […]
Topics: shared, launches, island, delivery, fenix, company, abu, fenixs, dhabibased, dhanoa, f10, techcrunch, operator, escooter, grocery, micromobility, service. -
After acquiring Dija and Fancy, instant grocery startup Gopuff launches in the UK en route to European expansion
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Instant grocery and essentials delivery is already a very crowded field in Europe; but today competition was turned up another notch: Gopuff — the U.S. leader in the space with a service that delivers food and essentials for a flat fee of $1.95, 24 hours a day — launched officially in the U.K. It plans […]
Topics: fancy, delivery, valued, market, instant, billion, startup, gopuff, today, techcrunch, grocery, expansion, uk, launches, dija, route, europe. -
Amazon expands use of SNAP benefits for online grocery to 11 more states
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Amazon customers in nearly a dozen more U.S. states are now able to use their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits to purchase groceries online, the retailer announced on Thursday. The news represents a significant expansion of a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) pilot program introduced in 2019 that aimed to open up online grocery shopping […]
Topics: usda, groceries, virginia, states, benefits, snap, pilot, program, techcrunch, grocery, online, amazon, expands. -
Amazon offers same-day grocery delivery in the UK
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Amazon now offers its grocery delivery service Amazon Fresh in the United Kingdom free with Prime. Members can do their weekly shopping and choose from a selection of products. In over 40 postcodes in the South East, members can even place orders before 9pm and have them delivered same-day. And… Continue reading
Topics: prime, fresh, offers, uk, delivery, choose, free, sameday, united, amazon, grocery, members. -
Amazon opens its first Amazon Fresh physical grocery store, in LA
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The shift to online shopping has accelerated in the COVID-19 pandemic, but today Amazon made a bold move that underscores its belief that physical stores will remain a key component of how consumers shop. In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Woodland Hills, the e-commerce giant today opened its first Amazon Fresh supermarket. This is the […]
Topics: shopping, la, including, opens, fresh, amazon, physical, retail, foods, grocery, techcrunch, stores, store. -
Cabify bolts on grocery deliveries in Spain with Lola Market tie-up
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Spanish ride-hailing unicorn Cabify is getting into grocery deliveries as it looks to add another string to its multimodal mobility and urban utility bow. It announced the addition of a “Super” option in its app today — which is available for users in nine cities in its home market, namely: A Coruña, Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, […]
Topics: delivery, cabify, tieup, deliveries, ridehailing, service, looks, super, bolts, spain, techcrunch, grocery, lola, market, users. -
Cajoo raises $40 million for its instant grocery delivery service
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French startup Cajoo is raising some money in order to compete more aggressively in the new and highly competitive category of food delivery companies. Interestingly, the lead investor in today’s funding round is Carrefour, the supermarket giant. Headline (formerly e.ventures) is also participating in the round as well as existing investors Frst and XAnge. Carrefour’s […]
Topics: capoul, service, grocery, category, french, instant, million, techcrunch, cajoo, company, raises, market, henri, players, products, delivery. -
Calii bags $22.5M to build Latin America’s grocery shopping future
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The mobile grocery app automates the supply chain, enabling customers to choose over 5,000 products delivered via a network of micro-fulfillment centers in less than two hours.
Topics: grocery, company, products, 225m, arrambide, techcrunch, market, montemayor, bags, items, calii, savings, shopping, supply, build, americas, latin, future. -
Charts: Grocery Spend by Individual, Generation, More
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Grocery sales surged during the pandemic, as home-bound consumers prepared meals themselves. The trend looks to continue in 2022, albeit not as strong.
Topics: grocery, individual, generation, charts, survey, pulse, spend, consumer, trend, purchasing, consumers, surveys, firm. -
Charts: Online Grocery Sales in the U.S.
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Ecommerce will account for over 20% of U.S. grocery sales by 2025.
That’s according to a new report from Incisiv, a research firm, and Mercātus, digital-focused grocery consultants.
The study, “eGrocery’s New ...
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China’s tech firms rush to deliver solutions for grocery shopping
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Nearly all of China’s largest internet firms have established a presence in online grocery. Just this week, news arrived that Alibaba co-led the $196 million C3 funding round of Nice Tuan, the two-year-old grocery group-buying firm’s fourth round year to date. People in China shop online for almost everything, including groceries. At first, grocery e-commerce […]
Topics: chinas, techcrunch, solutions, shopping, deliver, groupbuying, ecommerce, online, normally, delivery, shoppers, rush, orders, grocery, model, tech, group, firms. -
Colombia’s Merqueo bags $50M to expand its online grocery delivery service across Latin America
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Merqueo offers more than 8,000 products, including fresh foods, packaged goods, home essentials, beverages and frozen products. It currently operates in more than 25 cities and has over 600,000 users.
Topics: bags, colombias, america, techcrunch, million, expand, service, online, market, merqueo, delivery, stores, latin, mcallister, grocery. -
Crisp convinces more investors that it will rid the world of empty grocery store shelves
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As we enter Junior Year of the global pandemic, the sight of empty or near-empty grocery store shelves has returned from its debut in early 2020. And if it’s a headache for us, the end consumers, imagine how it must feel to the brands, distributors and retailers of the grocery store supply chain that are […]
Topics: techcrunch, convinces, brands, world, retailers, shelves, investors, platform, data, supply, better, distributors, chain, grocery, crisp, rid, store, product. -
Czech on-demand grocery delivery startup Rohlik bags $230M to expand across Europe
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Food delivery — whether it’s ready-made orders from restaurants, meal kits or groceries — has been one of the most-used services in this last year of living under the cloud of a global health pandemic, and today one of the companies with ambitions to build a pan-European empire in the third of these categories is […]
Topics: raised, expand, delivery, million, round, ondemand, companies, business, grocery, techcrunch, rohlík, europe, bags, online, startup, czech. -
DST Global pumps $35 million into Asian e-grocer Weee!
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Coronavirus stay-home orders have sparked an unprecedented demand for grocery delivery around the world. Now investors are clamoring to bet on promising players in the field. That includes DST Global, the investment firm helmed by Israeli-Russian billionaire Yuri Milner. Most recently, it poured $35 million into Weee!, a California-based startup that from its own warehouses […]
Topics: global, egrocer, techcrunch, product, asian, grocery, valuation, weee, dst, startup, delivery, pumps, million, revenue. -
Discount grocery startup Misfits Market raises $200M
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Misfits Market, a startup known for selling “ugly” fruits and vegetables at discount prices, announced this morning that it has raised $200 million in Series C funding. The company says this brings its total funding to $301.5 million and moves its valuation into unicorn territory (i.e. above $1 billion). It isn’t getting any more specific […]
Topics: million, ventures, raises, techcrunch, grocery, food, stores, misfits, ramesh, products, company, 200m, discount, startup, market. -
DoorDash expands with on-demand grocery delivery
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DoorDash is announcing that customers can now order groceries through the DoorDash app from partners including Smart & Final, Meijer and Fresh Thyme. Additional stores like Hy-Vee and Gristedes/D’Agnostino are supposed to be added in the next few weeks. Through these partnerships, DoorDash says it has a delivery footprint covering 75 million Americans in markets […]
Topics: doordash, delivery, stores, ondemand, customers, offers, expands, grocery, service, hannon, techcrunch, groceries, smart. -
Ecommerce Briefs from Europe: Growth, Acquisitions, Amazon, Delivery
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"Ecommerce Briefs" is my occasional series on news and developments that impact online merchants. In this installment, I'll focus on happenings in Europe.
Topics: expand, ecommerce, amazon, delivery, acquisitions, series, briefs, growth, eastern, sellers, europe, grocery, million. -
Ecommerce Briefs: Amazon Sellers, Walmart.com Grocery, Click-and-collect
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“Ecommerce Briefs” is my occasional series on news and developments that impact online merchants. In this installment, I’ll report on Amazon's program allowing brands to promote new products, Walmart.com's focus on grocery sales, and the growth of U.S. click-and-collect sales.
Topics: customers, clickandcollect, walmart, ecommerce, walmartcom, program, million, amazon, brands, grocery, sellers, briefs, pickup. -
Egyptian on-demand grocery delivery startup Appetito bags $2M pre-Series A
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Egyptian grocery delivery startup Appetito has raised $2 million in pre-Series A funding, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. The round, which comes after the company’s $450,000 seed round in April, was led by U.S. and MENA-focused venture capital firm Jedar Capital. Pan-African VC Golden Palm Investments, DFS Lab, some angel investors and family offices […]
Topics: preseries, egyptian, 2m, grocery, startup, ondemand, money, bags, products, delivery, appetito, techcrunch, fmcg, trying, company, mokhtar, egypt. -
Egypt’s Breadfast wants to build ‘Gopuff for Africa and Middle East’, gets $26M backing
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The market for food and grocery delivery across Africa and the Middle East is worth nearly $1 trillion. And Egypt, buoyed by a young and growing population, is a big market across both regions. Investors are beginning to back their picks to capture a large chunk of the nascent but fast-growing sector, mirroring how things […]
Topics: company, gets, bread, middle, build, amin, grocery, breadfast, egypts, wants, delivery, techcrunch, egypt, backing, gopuff, east, africa. -
Europe’s quick-commerce startups are overhyped: Lessons from China
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More than 10 companies currently compete across Europe with an instant grocery delivery business model. Half of them were established in 2020, the year of the pandemic.
Topics: overhyped, quickcommerce, delivery, grocery, lessons, business, europes, instant, million, china, techcrunch, raised, startups, billion, models, online, model. -
Everli partners with Kaufland in Poland
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Everli, the Italian ecommerce marketplace formerly known as Supermercato24, has announced a partnership with Kaufland in Poland. The partnership allows people from 17 cities in Poland to order groceries from a Kaufland store through the Everli website or app. The partnership has started today and enables customers from supermarket chain… Continue reading
Topics: products, grocery, supermercato24, service, kaufland, everli, poland, solution, partners, partnership, role. -
Everli raises €85 million to expand across Europe
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Everli, an Italian marketplace for online grocery shopping, has raised 100 million dollars (85 million euros) in a Series C round. It will use this money to further expand across Europe. The funding round, led by Verlinvest, is Everli’s largest to date. New investors Luxor, DN Capital, C4 Ventures, and… Continue reading
Topics: italian, company, grocery, europe, online, expand, products, everli, experience, expansion, industry, million, raises. -
Farmstead, a grocery startup with a focus on software, raises $7.9M
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Farmstead, a startup that operates an online grocery business while also selling software to other grocers, is announcing that it has raised $7.9 million in Series A funding. While there’s been plenty of demand for grocery delivery this year, the major players like Instacart are making purchases and deliveries from existing supermarkets. Farmstead co-founder and […]
Topics: elankumaran, online, fact, techcrunch, software, company, raises, million, 79m, warehouse, grocery, delivery, farmstead, startup, focus. -
Filing: Instant grocery startup Gopuff to raise $1B on a $15B post-money valuation
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Gopuff, the “instant” grocery delivery startup that has been on an acquisition and expansion tear in the last several months to scale its business, is also racing to raise money to fuel those efforts. Documents uncovered by Prime Unicorn Index and shared with TechCrunch show that the startup has filed papers in Delaware to raise […]
Topics: postmoney, instant, valuation, filing, market, 1b, raise, techcrunch, startup, delivery, gopuff, grocery, sources, round, billion. -
Food Rocket blasts off after securing funding, grocery delivery deal with Circle K parent
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CEO says it's not just about delivering groceries, but creating new customer habits.
Topics: securing, techcrunch, deliver, deal, funding, grocery, company, k, food, rocket, delivery, alexandrov, parent, stores, circle. -
Foodpanda in the Philippines expands into groceries
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Food-delivery service Foodpanda in the Philippines has expanded into grocery deliveries.
Topics: grocery, users, groceries, function, customers, shops, foodpanda, essentials, works, expands, philippines, everyday, service. -
French startup Cajoo promises grocery delivery in 15 minutes
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Cajoo, a new startup from France, promises to deliver groceries in 15 minutes. The ecommerce logistics company had just raised 6 million euros to make this possible. Cajoo raised the money during a funding round led by Frst and XAnge, while the two co-founders of Chauffeur-Privé (which is now called… Continue reading
Topics: model, warehouses, minutes, inventory, grocery, unique, groceries, promises, cajoo, french, delivery, startup, xange. -
From farm to phone: A paradigm shift in grocery
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Grocery margins will always be razor thin, and the difference between a profitable and unprofitable grocer is often just cents on the dollar.
Topics: faster, online, instacart, model, techcrunch, phone, paradigm, fulfillment, farm, cfcs, customers, stores, kroger, grocery, shift. -
Getir now manages the Gorillas app
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Getir is the new manager of the Gorillas app. Users of the app were notified that their customer data will be transferred to the new owner from Turkey. Anyone who does not want this can object. “Gorillas is now managed by Getir!” is the message to customers in the app.…
Topics: customers, manages, data, app, grocery, delivery, german, gorillas, getir, fast, transfer. -
Good Eggs raises $100M and plans to launch in Southern California
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Grocery delivery startup Good Eggs is announcing that it has raised $100 million in new funding, and that it’s planning to launch in Southern California in either the summer or fall of this year. Parts of this story might sound familiar to readers familiar with Good Eggs — when the startup raised its most recent […]
Topics: launch, california, hall, raises, 100m, good, officer, techcrunch, funding, plans, grocery, southern, products, chief, eggs, ventures, growth. -
Gopuff confirms new $1B cash injection at a $15B valuation to expand its instant grocery delivery service
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Gopuff said it plans to use the funding to continue expanding in North America, the U.K. and Europe, among other things.
Topics: delivery, confirms, service, gopuff, goods, funding, company, billion, valuation, techcrunch, gopuffs, grocery, customers, injection, expand, instant, building. -
Gopuff, the instant grocery startup, is raising $1.5B in a convertible note at up to a $40B valuation, ahead of going public as soon as mid-2022
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Instant grocery — where urban-dwelling consumers buy food and other essentials and can get them delivered in 15 minutes or less — continues to be a big business, and one of the juggernauts in the space is now raising a big round of funding to meet that opportunity: Gopuff is in the process of raising […]
Topics: mid2022, soon, convertible, funding, startup, valuation, raising, techcrunch, instant, gopuff, grocery, big, note, round, public. -
Gorillas to acquire Frichti in latest instant grocery consolidation
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German startup Gorillas has announced that it plans to acquire Frichti, a French startup that delivers both ready-to-eat meals and groceries. The acquisition hasn’t closed just yet but both companies have entered exclusive discussions. “We don’t share details about the deal itself, especially as it isn’t completely signed,” Frichti co-founder and co-CEO Julia Bijaoui told […]
Topics: techcrunch, frichti, acquire, subcontracting, instant, consolidation, latest, grocery, frichtis, companies, deliveries, startup, sure, gorillas, delivery. -
Greece’s Pop Market, another dark store grocery delivery startup, gets $3.5M
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Make way for yet another “quick-commerce” player in Europe’s heavily heating on-demand grocery space: Pop Market is a Greek startup which launched last week in Athens — taking orders via and app and touting 15-minute delivery times and a curated selection of “thousands” of items (including fresh fruit and vegetables). The seed round, which Pop […]
Topics: online, greeces, startup, grocery, groceries, offer, delivery, market, store, pop, gets, seed, techcrunch, ondemand, dark, greece. -
Grocery shopping online in China booms, even after stores reopen
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Grocery shopping online is poised for explosive growth in China, with more than half consumers saying they are buying more online even after stores reopen.
Topics: chinese, online, stores, billion, china, consumers, world, shopping, globaldata, booms, grocery, growth, covid19, reopen. -
Grocery startup Mercato spilled years of data, but didn’t tell its customers
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A security lapse at online grocery delivery startup Mercato exposed tens of thousands of customer orders, TechCrunch has learned. A person with knowledge of the incident told TechCrunch that the incident happened in January after one of the company’s cloud storage buckets, hosted on Amazon’s cloud, was left open and unprotected. The company fixed the […]
Topics: addresses, data, tell, startup, didnt, security, set, mercato, customers, grocery, incident, delivery, cloud, details, spilled, company, techcrunch. -
GrubMarket raises $60M as food delivery stays center stage
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Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to COVID-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions. […]
Topics: stays, delivery, companies, grocery, company, raises, center, 60m, market, million, food, stage, lot, xu, grubmarket. -
HDS, from the Borders and Webvan founder, raises $3M as it gears up to launch its robot-run grocery and general merchandise play
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The online grocery market is poised to get a little more crowded in the next several months, with the launch of a startup led by a veteran founder who has taken big hits from Amazon in the past, but now hopes to come back swinging with the help of an army of robots. Home Delivery […]
Topics: techcrunch, borders, grocery, system, million, robotrun, hds, online, technology, idea, raises, amazon, build, launch, general, webvan, merchandise, play. -
Here’s how JOKR became gross-profit positive amid a cutthroat grocery delivery industry
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Founder and CEO Ralf Wenzel, discussed, according to him, why his company’s grocery delivery model is doing better than most.
Topics: heres, company, grocery, type, amid, million, customers, techcrunch, business, industry, jokr, positive, grossprofit, online, weve, delivery, inventory, cutthroat. -
India rejects Walmart-owned Flipkart’s proposed foray into food retail business
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The Indian government has rejected Flipkart’s proposal to enter the food retail business in a setback for Walmart, which owns a majority of the Indian e-commerce firm and which recently counted its business in Asia’s third-largest economy as one of the worst impacted by the global coronavirus pandemic. The Department for Promotion of Industry and […]
Topics: food, flipkart, rejects, grocery, industry, india, retail, techcrunch, proposed, flipkarts, business, nations, foray, indian, walmartowned, farmers. -
Indian startups diversify their businesses to offset COVID-19 induced losses
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E-commerce giant Flipkart is planning to launch a hyperlocal service that would enable customers to buy items from local stores and have those delivered to them in an hour and a half or less. Yatra, an online travel and hotel ticketing service, is exploring a new business line altogether: supplying office accessories. Flipkart and Yatra […]
Topics: grocery, startups, stores, losses, told, online, induced, users, covid19, firms, services, indian, offset, techcrunch, startup, diversify, businesses. -
Instacart doubles down on its ready-made meals offering with new hub and faster delivery
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Instacart is introducing a new “Ready Meals” hub to make it easier for users to discover and order ready-made meals from grocery stores on its app. The on-demand grocery delivery platform has offered ready-made meals since January 2020 but says the option was not as visible or prominent in its app, which is why it’s […]
Topics: grocery, meals, delivery, users, techcrunch, offering, hub, doubles, stores, ready, order, instacart, faster, readymade, orders. -
Instacart speeds up grocery orders with ‘Priority Delivery’ option
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Instacart is speeding up grocery delivery. The company announced today it’s debuting a faster delivery service, “Priority Delivery,” in select markets across the U.S. and Canada, with the aim of attracting customers who would have otherwise quickly run to the store for their smaller orders or more urgent demands. At launch, the service will operate […]
Topics: orders, options, option, techcrunch, service, speeds, instacart, delivery, store, customers, retailers, priority, grocery. -
Instacart, in partnership with ALDI, will support SNAP EBT for online groceries
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Instacart is making its grocery delivery and pickup services more accessible to lower-income customers by offering customers the ability to pay for groceries using their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits. This is the first time Instacart shoppers have been able to use government assistance programs when paying for groceries, and follows earlier moves by […]
Topics: program, ebt, aldi, grocery, snap, food, customers, using, techcrunch, groceries, partnership, instacart, support, online, retailers. -
Instant grocery delivery startup JOKR bags another huge round to enter unicorn status
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The company touts itself as “one of the fastest companies to reach unicorn status in history.”
Topics: company, getting, techcrunch, enter, unicorn, instant, wenzel, status, huge, startup, jokr, york, grocery, growth, round, capital. -
Instant grocery startup Getir makes its first acquisition to expand into Spain and Italy
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Getir, the startup based out of Turkey that has built a $7.5 billion business out a mobile app that lets consumers buy groceries and get them delivered in minutes, has grown its business up to now organically: targeting urban markets across Europe (and soon the U.S.) where it is disrupting the well-stocked cornershop with a […]
Topics: world, grocery, market, business, spain, getir, raised, delivery, instant, acquisition, company, turkey, techcrunch, blok, makes, startup, expand, italy. -
Jüsto grabs new capital as it expands grocery delivery in Brazil, Peru
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Justo enables customers in Latin America to buy groceries directly from its website or app and get them delivered to their location of choice.
Topics: brazil, latin, delivery, capital, weder, peru, expands, jüsto, mexico, company, million, month, grabs, grocery, techcrunch. -
Kitchenful combines meal planning with a grocery concierge service
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Meet Kitchenful, a new German startup backed by Y Combinator that wants to make it easier to cook at home by taking care of menu ideas and grocery shopping. The service is currently available in early access in Germany, with a focus on Berlin and Munich. When you sign up to Kitchenful, you first have […]
Topics: kitchenful, vegetables, review, supermarket, recipes, meal, techcrunch, cofounder, y, grocery, service, concierge, combines, planning, startup. -
Kroger launches its first Ocado-powered ‘shed’, a massive, robot-filled fulfillment center in Ohio
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After inking a deal to work together almost three years ago, U.S. supermarket chain Kroger and U.K. online grocer Ocado today took the wraps off the first major product of that deal. Kroger has launched a new Ocado-powered customer fulfillment center in Monroe, Ohio, outside of Cincinnati, a gigantic warehouse covering 375,000 square feet and […]
Topics: built, krogers, robotfilled, launches, fulfillment, ocadopowered, today, ohio, ocado, shed, partnership, delivery, grocery, massive, kroger, center, company, online, techcrunch. -
London’s Jiffy scoops $28M for speedy grocery delivery
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Well that was fast. London grocery delivery upstart, Jiffy — which was only founded in April this year — has nabbed $28 million in Series A funding around half a year after initial £2.6 million seed raise. It says it’s now raised a total of $35 million. The grocery delivery startup operates a network of […]
Topics: delivery, series, startups, speedy, scoops, company, stores, londons, grocery, london, uk, jiffy, techcrunch, 28m, founders. -
Malaysia’s Mygroser looks to expand as Covid-19 boosts demand
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Malaysian digital grocer Mygroser is raising its first public funding round as it enhances its delivery capacities in the midst of the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
Topics: delivery, months, expand, looks, malaysias, grocery, mygroser, seen, covid19, meet, offerings, boosts, mco, demand, service. -
MaxAB, the Egyptian B2B food and grocery delivery startup, raises $40M for expansion
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Globally, food and grocery delivery startups have been raising mega-rounds of late, especially those in Europe as the pandemic has given rise to more people ordering online more than ever. This growth has translated to an increase in volume across e-commerce platforms all over the world. While there has relatively been no action in Africa […]
Topics: africa, b2b, round, middle, startup, grocery, technology, company, merchants, food, supply, raises, maxab, delivery, expansion, egyptian, growth, elmegharbel, techcrunch. -
Mercato raises $26M Series A to help smaller grocers compete online
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The pandemic upended the way people shop for their everyday needs, including groceries. Online grocery sales in the U.S. are expected to reach 21.5% of the total grocery sales by 2025, after leaping from 3.4% pre-pandemic to 10.2% as of 2020. One business riding this wave is Mercato, an online grocery platform that helps smaller […]
Topics: stores, grocery, store, grocers, raises, help, compete, mercato, delivery, series, 26m, brannigan, system, techcrunch, smaller, merchants, online. -
Missfresh racks up $495 million in funding as China’s e-grocery booms
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The COVID-19 lockdown around the world introduced online grocery to many shoppers for the first time, boosting an industry that had long drawn skepticism. In China particularly, the older generations often worry about buying perishable food items without scrutinizing them in person. Still, venture investors are bullish on the future of online grocery. One beneficiary […]
Topics: online, china, racks, investors, venture, funding, egrocery, million, grocery, delivery, lockdown, techcrunch, missfresh, chinas, capital, booms, research. -
No plastic clamshells here: Zero Grocery aims to eliminate unnecessary plastic in grocery delivery
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Even small changes made by individuals to reduce plastic waste can add up to a big positive impact on the environment, founder and CEO Zuleyka Strasner said.
Topics: sustainable, company, service, grocery, eliminate, clamshells, delivery, online, zero, strasner, plastic, techcrunch, unnecessary, aims, million. -
Norway’s Kolonial rebrands as Oda, bags $265M on a $900M valuation to grow its online grocery delivery business in Europe
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Food delivery startups, and specifically those focused on grocery delivery, continue to reap super-sized rounds of funding in Europe, buoyed by a year of pandemic living that has led many consumers to shift to shopping online. Today, the latest of these is coming out of Norway. Kolonial, a startup based out of Oslo that offers […]
Topics: grocery, kolonial, grow, europe, delivery, munthekaas, oda, valuation, rebrands, techcrunch, norways, million, funding, online, raised, market, week. -
Nourish + Bloom Market, first Black-owned, autonomous grocery, opens in Atlanta
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The grocery store and bistro offer over 1,000 locally-sourced, healthy food products, including produce, meats, baked goods, dairy and prepared meals.
Topics: nourish, grocery, bloom, jamie, market, blackowned, user, started, store, hemmings, food, atlanta, opens, ago, autonomous, techcrunch. -
Ocado raises 1.1 billion euros
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British online supermarket Ocado has plans to raise over 1 billion pounds (1.12 billion euros) in capital. The company wants to further expand its online grocery delivery business. Earlier this week, Ocado announced it plans to raise 734 million euros in new shares and 390 million euros in convertible bonds.… Continue reading
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Oxbotica raises $13.8M from Ocado to build autonomous vehicle tech for the online grocer’s logistics network
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Ocado, the U.K. online grocer that has been making strides reselling its technology to other grocery companies to help them build and run their own online ordering and delivery operations, is making an investment today into what it believes will be the next chapter of how that business will grow: it is taking a £10 […]
Topics: companies, vehicle, techcrunch, logistics, delivery, work, million, autonomous, ocado, technology, tech, grocers, grocery, online, raises, oxbotica, network. -
Pandemic helped drive Walmart e-commerce sales up 97% in second quarter
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Walmart’s investments in e-commerce, including online grocery delivery and pickup, are continuing to pay off for the retailer. In the company’s Q2 earnings, released this morning, Walmart reported its U.S. e-commerce sales were up 97% — an increase attributed to more customers shopping online during the pandemic, stocking up on household supplies and shopping for […]
Topics: sales, online, drive, membership, techcrunch, delivery, quarter, grocery, walmarts, pandemic, company, service, helped, walmart, second, ecommerce. -
ParcelSea raises money to build smart mailbox network
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ParcelSea, a last-mile tech startup from Estonia, has raised 935,000 euros to build a smart mailbox network in Estonia and foreign markets. The Tallinn-based company wants to expand production and continue building new features and services. With ecommerce booming and contactless pickups becoming more and more popular, ParcelSea has been… Continue reading
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Pod Foods bags additional funding to overhaul the grocery supply chain
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The company offers a data-driven approach to streamlining the retailer procurement process with brands while connecting consumers to a wider variety of products.
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Portobel turns food producers into direct-to-consumer businesses
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A startup called Portobel is working to help food producers shift their businesses so they can support direct-to-consumer deliveries. Portobel is backed by Heroic Ventures and led by Ranjith Kumaran, founder or co-founder of file-sharing company Hightail (acquired by OpenText) and loyalty startup PunchTab (acquired by Walmart Labs). Kumaran told me that he and his co-founders […]
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Reliance and Facebook pilot JioMart grocery shopping on WhatsApp
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JioMart, an e-commerce venture run by India’s most valued firm, is testing an “ordering system” on WhatsApp, teasing the first peek at the collaboration between Facebook and Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio Platforms. Users in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan, three sub-urban areas of Mumbai, can now use JioMart’s WhatsApp business account for grocery shopping. […]
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South Korea’s Kurly wins funds for expansion
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Kurly, a South Korea-based grocery-delivery startup, has netted Series E funding totalling US$160 million, led by DST Global.
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Starship Technologies picks up €50M from the EU’s investment arm to expand its fleet of autonomous delivery robots
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Starship Technologies, one of the bigger names in the world of autonomous delivery robots — those little caboose-like, boxy delivery vehicles that self-drive around cities — has been on a roll during COVID-19, providing extra (unmanned) horsepower to distribute food and other goods between stores or restaurants and consumers, at a time when consumers were […]
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Stirring up the Cereal Market and Pouring into National Grocery Chains
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Three Wishes Cereal was created by Margaret and Ian Wishingard when they wanted to create higher protein and lower sugar cereals for their son Ellis. In this episode of Shopify Masters, Margaret shares with us how they entered into national grocery stores and gained press early in their business journey.More
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Supplier, grocer connector Clubbi secures $4.5M to expand in Brazil
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Clubbi launched in October 2020 with 24-hour delivery, no minimum order quantity and flexible payment terms. It is currently working with 1,000 grocery stores in Rio de Janeiro.
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Swiftly quickly gets brick-and-mortar stores set up to cater to online customers
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Swiftly provides the technology tools that democratize the technology lead, enjoyed by Amazon and Walmart, to the rest of the industry.
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Target grocery pickup service expands nationwide
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Target announced today its grocery pickup service is available nationwide. First introduced earlier this summer in the Midwest, Target said it would soon roll out grocery pickup services across the U.S., reaching 1,500 stores in a matter of months. Today, Target says it has reached that goal, which equates to nearly 85% of its locations. […]
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Target is rolling out fresh grocery pickup nationwide, starting with the Midwest
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Target today is joining the growing number of grocery retailers offering curbside and in-store pickup services for fresh and frozen items. The retailer had paused its plans to roll out grocery pickup this spring, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as a factor. It said it didn’t have time to train employees on the new processes. Today, […]
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Taste intelligence startup Halla closes $4.5M Series A1 to predict which grocery items shoppers will buy
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Halla wants to answer the question of how people decide what to eat and now has $4.5 million in fresh Series A1 capital from Food Retail Ventures to do it.
Topics: taste, shoppers, grocery, hallas, food, way, stores, retail, startup, technology, items, techcrunch, halla, product, intelligence, series, price, predict. -
The Best POS System for Grocery Store Selling in 2023
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The best POS system for grocery store selling will allow you to manage transactions and track inventory more effectively in a brick-and-mortar store. Today’s POS technology has grown increasingly impressive, making it easier to combine inventory management with customer loyalty,…
Continue reading The Best POS System for Grocery Store Selling in 2023
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The co-founder of Brazil’s first unicorn bags $6M for new grocery startup
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Mara, a São Paulo-based startup that aims to “reinvent” the grocery shopping experience for the underserved in Latin America, has raised $6 million in a funding round co-led by Canary and Caffeinated Capital. This round caught my attention for a few reasons. For one, Mara was founded by Danilo Mansano and Ariel Lambrecht, the latter […]
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The impact of Covid-19 on consumer trends in Europe
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The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically changed the way we shop online and offline. Food retailers have benefited from it, while omnichannel non-food retailers are just starting to recover. How has the coronavirus impacted consumer trends in Europe? It seems that four in ten consumers in Europe have experienced a decrease… Continue reading
Topics: covid19, europe, consumer, retailers, pandemic, consumers, spending, online, trends, buying, planning, groceries, grocery, impact. -
UK driver shortage could steer grocery retailers toward bigger profits
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The increasing prices as a result of today’s driver shortage could create a far more profitable e-grocery opportunity for British retailers by driving click-and-deliver customers to click-and-collect.
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UK leads Europe in embracing online grocery shopping
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More and more consumers in Europe are buying fresh food products online. Although many shoppers still tend to buy a lower volume online than they do-instore. The only exception seems to be the United Kingdom, where 42 percent buys more online than in-store and 32% percent buy less online. This… Continue reading
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UK online grocery will grow 33%
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The online grocery market in the United Kingdom is predicted to increase by 33 percent this year. It’s set to reach an estimated value of 19.2 billion euros, up from 14.5 billion euros last year. It would mean a significant development after four years of slowing growth. Last year, the… Continue reading
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US e-commerce sales jump 49% in April, led by online grocery
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Online retailers are seeing Black Friday-like sales due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business. According to new data from Adobe’s Digital Economy Index, U.S. e-commerce jumped 49% in April, compared to the baseline period in early March before shelter-in-place restrictions went into effect. Online grocery helped drive the increase in sales, […]
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US online grocery sales hit record $7.2 billion in June
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Despite the slow reopening of the U.S. economy over the past several weeks, online grocery shopping is continuing to reach ever-higher numbers as Americans seem to be in no rush to return to the store. According to new research released today by Brick Meets Click and Mercatus, U.S. online grocery sales hit a record $7.2 […]
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Uber, Grocery Outlet partner to pilot on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery
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Uber is partnering with Grocery Outlet to pilot on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery, the company announced on Thursday. Starting today, users can shop at 72 Grocery Outlet stores in California, Oregon and Washington state via the Uber or Uber Eats app. The new partnership signifies Uber’s push into on-demand and scheduled grocery delivery. Oskar Hjertonsson, […]
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Umamicart bags $6M to deliver traditional Asian ingredients right to your home
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Umamicart aims to be a one-stop shop for home cooks, offering staple products and pantry essentials, recipe inspirations and occasion-specific kits.
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Understanding COVID-19’s Impact on Ecommerce and Online Shopping Behavior
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By the second quarter of 2020, our lives as we knew them had changed significantly. But how have things changed…
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Walmart is piloting a pricier 2-hour ‘Express’ grocery delivery service
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Record usage of grocery delivery services amid the COVID-19 pandemic has led to delayed orders, fewer open delivery windows and, on occasion, an inability to even book a delivery time slot. Walmart now hopes to capitalize on the increased demand for speedier delivery with the introduction of a new service that allows consumers to pay […]
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Walmart partners with smart box maker HomeValet for grocery delivery pilot
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Walmart announced today it will soon begin to pilot a new solution that could eventually allow the retailer to deliver groceries to customers’ homes 24 hours per day. The company is partnering with HomeValet, the maker of a temperature-controlled smart box that’s placed outside the home. Customers’ groceries can be delivered, contact-free, to the secure […]
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Walmart to expand InHome grocery delivery to 30 million US households in 2022
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Walmart is expanding its service that will deliver your groceries directly to your refrigerator, the company announced today. First launched in fall 2019, Walmart’s InHome delivery service, as it’s called, allows customers to place grocery orders online, then receive their deliveries by having a Walmart associate enter their home by way of a smart lock. […]
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Walmart’s AI is getting smarter about grocery delivery
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It’s no surprise that the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we shop, especially when it comes to groceries. Grocery delivery apps experienced a record number of downloads in March 2020, and by the following month, Walmart Grocery (which is now integrated into the Walmart app) surpassed Amazon as the No. 1 shopping app on […]
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Walmart’s Sam’s Club launches curbside pickup nationwide
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Walmart’s online grocery business has been a significant contributor to its growing e-commerce sales, particularly now amid the coronavirus pandemic. Now the retailer is expanding access to curbside pickup at its warehouse club chain, Sam’s Club. Today, Sam’s Club announced the nationwide launch of curbside pickup, bringing the service to all its 597 clubs across […]
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Wayve, the lidar-free self-driving startup, raises $13.6M from Ocado
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Wayve, a U.K.-based self-driving startup that is notable for its use of deep learning and cameras rather than more-costly lidar and other sensors to guide vehicles, is gearing up for its next stage of development with a strategic backer in its pocket. Today Ocado — the online grocer that also powers online grocery systems for […]
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What Business Can Learn from Supermarkets' Pandemic Playbooks
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Adaptability can make or break your business.
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What grocery startup Weee! learned from China’s tech giants
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When Larry Liu moved to the U.S. in 2003, one of the first challenges he experienced was the lack of Chinese ingredients available in local groceries. A native of Hubei, a Chinese province famous for its freshwater fish and lotus-inspired dishes, Liu got by with a limited supply found at local Asian groceries in the […]
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Who’s building the grocery store of the future?
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The future of grocery shopping will be a win-win for both stores and customers.
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Zapp snaps up $200M to supersize its instant grocery play
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Zapp, the instant grocery delivery startup that launched in 2020 in London, has picked up a substantial round of funding to go head-to-head with Getir, Gopuff, Jiffy, Deliveroo and the many others hungry for a share of the on-demand convenience market. It has raised $200 million, a Series B round of funding that Zapp said […]
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Zapt is now Trela; aims to remove the middleman from group food shopping
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The inspiration for Brazil-based Trela came from a person buying food for their neighbors directly from suppliers rather than the grocery store.
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Zepto, a 10-minute grocery delivery app in India, raises $100 million
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Zepto, a Mumbai-based startup that operates a 10-minute instant grocery delivery service, has more than doubled its valuation to $570 million from $225 million less than two months ago as it expands into newer cities. Y Combinator’s Continuity Fund led the $100 million Series C round in Zepto, the two said Monday. Glade Brook, Nexus, […]
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Zepto, a 10-minute grocery delivery app in India, raises $60 million
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Two 19-year-old entrepreneurs, who previously collaborated on a number of projects including a ride-hailing commute app for school kids and left Stanford last year to pursue a new startup, said on Sunday they have raised $60 million to disrupt India’s overcrowded and highly-competitive grocery delivery market. Glade Brook Capital led Zepto’s first institutional financing round, […]
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