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Australia’s food waste problem is getting worse, like meal delivery services fuel further waste. The nation’s total food waste bill is now $10.1 billion, up from $8.9 billion dollars in 2018, making it the highest in four years of data collected by the…
Amazon has launched a new service in Australia that allows customers to collect their parcels from hundreds of locations in shopping centres and on high streets in a bid to improve its delivery offer before the biggest online shopping days of the year. First…
Two months after entering the local market with food delivery services in Melbourne, DoorDash has expanded to Sydney and now covers more than 40 percent of the Australian population it says. Launched in the US in 2013, the platform is the market leader in…
Coles is taking its online grocery offering a step further with the launch of a new subscription service that allows customers to make unlimited orders for a flat monthly fee. Customers must spend over $100 in each transaction to qualify for Coles Delivery…
Deliveroo today announces the launch of its first Restaurant Satisfaction Index; finding that restaurants in Hong Kong are facing a challenging business environment but see delivery as an increasingly important part of their business. On average, restaurants…
Giants Lazada and Tiki are racing to reduce their delivery times as competition heats up in Vietnam’s e-commerce market. Singapore-based Lazada Friday launched a 4-hour delivery service for flowers in Vietnam, a move in response to Vietnamese startup Tiki’s…
Restaurant table-filler app Eatigo is set to double the user numbers and outlets it represents over the next year. The restaurant reservation platform helps restaurants fill up empty tables by offering discounts to diners at different times of the day through…
Southeast Asian digital merchant-platform Fave has launched a food takeaway service in Singapore. Fave Takeaway will allow customers to pre-order their meal selection and make payment via the app’s digital wallet FavePay before picking up their order at…
Mobile pickup app Ritual has launched in Hong Kong as it expands its global footprint, targeting cities with strong restaurant industries. At the same time, the Canadian-and US-headquartered tech company is launching in Amsterdam, Hamburg and Berlin.…
Starbucks and Alibaba have teamed up to allow consumers in China to order coffee using their Tmall Genie smart speaker. From the comfort of their sofa, those seeking a hot latte or an iced tea can simply call out “‘Tmall Genie: I want Starbucks delivered’.…
Ride-hailing giant Grab has followed Russian delivery firm Dostavista and local ride-hailing app Be to invest in express delivery services. The Singapore-based ride-hailing firm announced last week that it plans to invest $500 million in Vietnam over the next…
Rakuten has partnered with Seiyu to launch Japan’s first autonomous delivery robots service with JD in Umikaze Park. Using the Rakuten Drone app, Umikaze Park visitors can place their orders from the Seiyu Livin Yokosuka Store and receive the products…
FedEx Corp has launched the FedEx SameDay Bot, an autonomous delivery device designed to help retailers make same-day and last-mile deliveries to their customers. Retailers will be able to accept orders from nearby customers and deliver them by bot directly…
Australia Post has announced the trial of a new Australian-built three-wheeled electric delivery vehicle. Built in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs, the new Stealth OzPOD will service residents in the suburb of Lilydale over a five-week period, as Australia…
Express firm UPS has revealed a series of investments in Asia that it claimed would increase its service footprint and expedite delivery times. The company said that in the first half of the year it had invested in the following: • Shenzhen Asia Pacific Air…
Sinking in debts of around US$180 million, Singapore grocery retailer Honestbee is seeking court protection from creditors to allow it to restructure. The company has applied to the High Court to commence a process which reportedly would give it six months…
