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Week 27/01/2025

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Deliveroo sees gross transaction value rise to ￡1.97bn. Q4 GTV grew seven per cent year-on-year in constant currency, while orders increased year on year, with GTV per order up four per cent in constant currency (Food Service Equipment).

Zepto Cafe Crosses 50,000 Orders Per Day Within 4 Weeks: Aadit Palicha's Remarkable Milestone. The food-tech industry is no stranger to rapid innovation and growth, but Zepto Cafe’s recent achievement of crossing 50,000 orders per day within just four weeks has left many in awe (LinkedIn).

Delivery apps face more challenges in 2025: regulation and profitability, the main ones. In the regulatory field, there are also important changes taking place in Latin America that will determine the future of these businesses in the short term and the relationship with workers in this sector, despite the resistance that this is generating in some of the platforms (Bloomberg).

Prosus CEO Bloisi Has $20 Billion, Is Ready to Spend in Europe (Bloomberg).

DoorDash’s new partnerships help brands unlock personalization, full-funnel campaigns. DoorDash aims to transform how brands connect with customers through two new partnerships intended to make ads more relevant and shopping more personalized (eMarketer).

Wolt, AppsFlyer Collaboration Signals Change In Advertising. The mobile marketing measurement and analytics company on Wednesday will announce a strategic partnership with Wolt, which focuses on local commerce, merchants and delivery services (MediaPost).

Meituan-W Pilots 'Raccoon Canteen' Delivery Biz for Cross-Store Ordering. With high entry and on-site management requirements, "Raccoon Canteen" has dedicated staff for on-site management of merchants to ensure compliance with food safety regulations (AAStocks).

PedidosYa Markets registered 43% growth in Argentina in 2024. This performance not only consolidates its position as a leader in the digital supermarket segment, but also far surpasses the e-commerce of traditional supermarket and self-service chains (America Retail).

Grubhub Expands Delivery Services with Olo Dispatch to Support Merchants Across Direct Ordering Channels. Grubhub and Olo have expanded their partnership by integrating Grubhub with Olo Dispatch, enabling restaurants to outsource delivery for orders placed through their own websites and apps (Stock Titan).

Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat urged to explain how ‘black box’ algorithms make decisions. Unions, privacy campaigners and courier advocacy groups are calling on Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat to maintain a public register of all the algorithms used to manage riders (The Grocer).

Coupang Eats Launches 'Rocket Now' in Tokyo, Marking Overseas Expansion. Coupang Eats, the food delivery arm of South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang, has made its first foray into the overseas market by launching a pilot food delivery service in Tokyo, Japan (Business Korea).

Mastercard and Foodpanda Partner to Accelerate Cashless Transformation in Pakistan. By leveraging foodpanda's extensive network, Mastercard will drive awareness and usage of secure, rewarding digital payment options for millions of consumers across the country (Enterpreneur). Baemin slashes commission rates to 2-7.8% as Coupang plans similar cuts. Commission rates are set to be lowered as delivery companies adapt their strategies for better cooperation (ChozunBiz).

Home Depot adds delivery options through DoorDash and Uber Eats. The Home Depot expanded its family of delivery partners for 2025, announcing that shoppers will be able to get their home improvement wares through DoorDash and Uber Eats (Digital Commerce 360).

HungerStation Turns Every Food Post Online into an Orderable Dish. In a groundbreaking move to transform food delivery, HungerStation, the leading delivery platform in Saudi Arabia, has unveiled its latest innovation (lbbonline).

PedidosYa will arrive in Coyhaique. PedidosYa has announced its upcoming addition to Coyhaique, where it will begin operating on Monday, January 27, 2025 (America Retail). Uber Eats and Paw Patrol Deliver Back-to-School Breakfasts with Special PR. Uber Eats and PAW Patrol? are coming to the rescue for back-to-school, with a new campaign and grocery offering via Special PR and retail media agency Hatched (lbbonline).

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Turkey's Getir and Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala still at odds over restructuringю Turkish grocery delivery company Getir and its biggest shareholder, Abu Dhabi state investment fund Mubadala, remained at odds on Sunday over a restructuring plan which Mubadala says is vital to ensure Getir's future (Reuters).

Blinkit pushes the growth pedal in a fight with Zepto, Swiggy (The Arc).

Swiggy is betting on quick commerce to become no. 1. Will it succeed? After a decade of a slow and steady journey culminating in an IPO, Swiggy is now betting big on sundry avatars of quick commerce—Instamart, Bolt, and Café—to make a quick killing (Forbes).

HungerStation uses AI to shield riders from the desert heat. HungerStation, a Saudi Arabia-based food delivery app, has rolled out an AI-powered “Shaded Route” system designed to protect its riders from the desert heat without compromising its promise of fast delivery (Campaignme).

Zomato founder addresses 10-minute delivery concerns, denies launching 'private label'. In an email dated January 17, Zomato Founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal has reached out to restaurant partners to alleviate concerns regarding the company's new 10-minute (and 15-minute) delivery model, as per media reports (Storyboard18).

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Wegmans partners with Uber Eats on grocery delivery. With winter hosting and game day celebrations in full swing, Uber Eats today announces a new partnership with Wegmans Food Markets (Blue book).

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efood Expands Vision: From Pharmacy Deliveries to a Future in Fashion. Regarding Online Delivery’s intentions to branch out into the fashion sector, sources from the company state that it is not currently a strategic priority (Tovima).

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