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Retail Asia14/04/2023

An expanded partnership between Coles and Uber Eats promises to make on-demand grocery delivery services available across Australia. The supermarket giant pledges to add 500 brick-and-mortar stores to the app. It marks a statement of intent from the incumbent grocery and rideshare players, given the recent collapse of independent competitor Milkrun and the extreme difficulty […]

Retail Asia28/06/2021

Uber CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, delivered food to people’s doorstep in San Francisco for those ordering from Uber Eats. He completed 10 trips and managed to rake in $98.91. He tweeted about this from his personal handle saying “Spent a few hours delivering for @UberEats. 1. SF is an absolutely beautiful town. 2. Restaurant workers were […]

Retail Asia02/03/2020

Minor International has boosted its full-year profit by 137 percent, largely due to the consolidation of its recent acquisition, the NH Hotel Group. Fourth-quarter profit of US$119.3 million, represented a 569-per-cent increase year on year, but this included a gain on sale of three hotels in the Maldives. Excluding non-recurring items, profit grew 23 percent […]

Retail Asia23/01/2020

Local food-delivery app Zomato has purchased Uber Eats in India. “We are proud to have pioneered restaurant discovery and to have created a leading food-delivery business across more than 500 cities in India,” said Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal. “This acquisition significantly strengthens our position in the category.” The purchase was made via an all-stock transaction, […]

Retail Asia03/06/2019

Coles is ramping up its convenience strategy, with a plan to grow sales on the back of “food-for-now” and “food-for-later” products. As part of this strategy, the brand will convert around 200 Coles supermarkets to a more premium, convenience-focused format, as shift 200 lower-volume stores to a more value-centric format, while adding around 75 new […]

Retail Asia31/01/2019

E-wallets, food-delivery and online shopping apps are offering a range of Tet (Lunar New Year Festival) promotions to widen their customer base. On January 21, e-wallet cashless payment platform MoMo experienced a temporary freeze of its network shortly after launching a promotion that gives customers a chance to receive gifts when using the app to […]

Retail Asia27/11/2018

Uber Eats, the food delivery arm of ride-hailing major Uber, Thursday said it has appointed actor Alia Bhatt as its brand ambassador in India. India is the first country for Uber Eats globally where the company has appointed a brand ambassador, Uber Eats said in a statement. “Alia is an inspiration to Indian millennials and […]

Retail Asia30/10/2018

Food delivery app Uber Eats in partnership with Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) on Friday launched a network of virtual restaurants that will offer more choices of ‘delivery-only’ restaurant brands. The first restaurant brand under this partnership is scheduled to launch in mid-November on Uber Eats app, the company said in a statement. “We are thrilled to partner […]

Retail Asia11/09/2018

U.S. food delivery app Uber Eats said Wednesday that it has signed a partnership with Korean food service company CJ Foodville in the latest move to boost its presence in the country’s growing food delivery market. Uber Eats said major CJ Foodville brands, such as VIPS, Cheiljemyunso, The Place and Juice Solution, would be easily […]

Retail Asia28/08/2018

US-based Uber said India is the fastest growing market for its food delivery platform Uber Eats and the service is being rapidly expanded to cover more Indian cities. Uber had launched Uber Eats in India in May last year and recently expanded the service to five more Indian cities — Tiruchirappalli, Surat, Nashik, Ludhiana and Mysore — […]

Retail Asia15/02/2018

McDonald’s Japan plans to open more stores this year, its first expansion in a decade. At the same time, rival Burger King is working on tripling its Japanese locations to 300 by 2022 at a cost of ¥5 billion (US$45.5 million). With a 4.5-fold increase in group net profit last year, McDonald’s Holdings logged a […]

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Coles, Uber Eats launch on-demand delivery partnership

Uber CEO Makes Deliveries For Uber Eats In San Francisco

Minor International’s food division turns a corner while hotels deliver huge profit boost

Zomato takes over Uber Eats in India

Coles reshaping 200 stores around convenience

Apps race to attract customers with sweet deals

Uber Eats appoints Alia Bhatt as India brand ambassador

Uber Eats India, CCD partner for virtual restaurant network

Uber Eats aims to boost presence with CJ deal

India fastest growing market for Uber Eats globally

Japan’s fast food rivalry heating up