Supermarkets frantically hiring more staff for deliveries

1 week ago

Swiggy delivery agent echoes concerns by Zomato’s Deepinder Goyal, ‘Why not make our job easier?’

Food delivery personnel face many difficulties daily while executing their jobs — from unwieldy restaurants and customers to harsh weather conditions and traffic accidents. Narrating a similar ordeal, a Swiggy delivery agent has shared the “hardest” and most frustrating aspect of this job. This comes months after Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal highlighted the ‘inhumane’ treatment food delivery agents get at …

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2 weeks ago

Nearly half of Dutch supermarkets open on Christmas Day

NL Times

Forty-two percent of Dutch supermarkets will be open on Christmas Day, according to data from Openingstijden.nl. The availability increases significantly on the second day of Christmas, with 89 percent of supermarkets open nationwide, consistent with trends in recent years. The data reveals that nearly 70 percent of municipalities will have at least one supermarket open on Christmas Day. Openingstijden.nl has …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

New Year's Day will be the busiest of the year for food couriers with 40% rise in orders

NL Times

The upcoming New Year's Day holiday will likely remain the busiest day of the year for food couriers and carry-out restaurants in the Netherlands, said Thuisbezorgd.nl. The meal delivery service expects the volume of orders to be more than 40 percent higher than an average busy Saturday, a spokesperson for the company said without providing specific projections. New Year's Eve …

Supermarket Christmas chaos as online orders are cancelled, home deliveries are late and furious customers are unable to use discounts on food shops

Daily Mail

Morrisons has triggered Christmas chaos after cancelling home deliveries and festive shops for scores of Britons, leaving families furious. The shopping chain said its More rewards card is facing difficulties, with customers unable to get discounts on their food shops. Morrisons customers are facing chaos after the retailer for forced to cancel their shopping orders just two days before Christmas …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

These stock market stars are outpacing traditional stores in just ‘10-minutes’

Live Mint

Food delivery apps in India are promising to bring biryani to hot beverages at customers’ doorsteps in under 10 minutes, as competition for impatient consumers intensifies among digital platforms. Bolt accounts for 5% of Swiggy’s total food delivery orders within two months of its launch, Sidharth Bhakoo, chief business officer of food marketplace at Swiggy said in an email. “We …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Delivery of instant gratification

New Indian Express

Your son has forgotten his homework at home. Uber Eats deliver food home, giving Zomato competition. In the age of instant gratification, where millennials and GenZ are too impatient to wait or don't feel like making the extra effort to go out to buy a pack of smokes or a Coke instead of Netflix and chilling, and GenAlpha wants a …

Zomato Deliver Food

4 weeks ago

Amazon joins India's quick commerce race with trials for 15-minute grocery delivery

The Hindu

Amazon will begin trials for quick commerce operations in India that would see the U.S. e-commerce giant deliver grocery items in 15 minutes or less, it said on Tuesday. Quick commerce is catching up in India, with companies like Zomato's Blinkit and SoftBank-backed Swiggy's Instamart promising deliveries of goods from groceries to electronics as quickly as 10 minutes, challenging e-commerce …

Amazon Quick Commerce Joins India

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Amazon to introduce 15-minute deliveries in Bengaluru this month for top-selling items

Live Mint

NEW DELHI : Amazon is taking the fight to India’s quick commerce startups. Read this | CCI enlists attorney general R Venkataramani to clear path for Amazon, Flipkart antitrust probes “On the speed side, our goal has been to make the largest selection of products available the next day, same day," said Amit Agarwal, senior vice president, Emerging Markets, Amazon, …

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1 month ago

Swiggy to take 10-minute Bolt food delivery to tier 2 and 3 cities; Roorkie, Patna & Nashik on list

Live Mint

The food delivery and quick commerce platform Swiggy Limited on Monday announced that it was expanding its Swiggy Bolt delivery business to key markets in tier 2 and tier 3 cities and towns. The Bolt business allows users to order food in 10 minutes from popular restaurants and QSRs, Swiggy said in an official statement. Idlis come warm and fluffy, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Black Friday on pay day, 5 days before Pakjesavond: records expected

NL Times

The timing of Black Friday this year has package deliverers shaking in their boots. Last year, iDeal processed over 7.1 million online payments on Black Friday and 5.1 million on Cyber Monday - two records the payment processor expects to break today and on Monday. But this year it will be very busy for the parcel delivery companies,” Jeroen Gehlen, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Quick comm makes a dash for food deliveries

Live Mint

The instant delivery model that stormed grocery shopping is building up in India's food segment as well, as more startups aim to follow in the footsteps of Swiggy Bolt and Zepto Café. Bengaluru-based Swish, which promises 10-minute food deliveries recently raised $2 million from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel, with participation from Urban Company’s Abhiraj Bhal and Varun Khaitan …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Supermarkets still pushing unhealthy foods despite agreements

NL Times

Despite numerous agreements, Dutch supermarkets still tempt customers to buy unhealthy food with specials and how the store is set up. In 2018, supermarkets signed the National Prevention Agreement which states that supermarkets would “tempt consumers to buy more products that are in the Schijf van Vijf” - the government’s official information model on healthy eating. “Vegetables and fruit are …

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2 months ago

Asda to axe hundreds of jobs while ordering head office staff to get back to their desks more days a week after sales slump

Daily Mail

Supermarket giant Asda has decided to axe hundreds of jobs while sales slump in the latest of a series of controversial moves as its new boss insists 'change is never easy'. It also comes as staff at 20 Asda stores across the UK complained new the 11-hour shifts were 'physically demanding' and left them worn out on their extra day …

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2 months ago

Rapid Delivery Services: A Boon for Consumers, a Bane for Traditional Stores

Deccan Chronicle

The surge in online quick delivery services has significantly affected traditional retail businesses in Visakhapatnam. The rapid service offers are attractive to consumers, but the delivery personnel often face immense pressure to meet stringent deadlines. Traditional shop owners are feeling the pinch, while delivery workers also face significant challenges due to the imposed time constraints.

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2 months, 1 week ago

Rapid Delivery Services Disrupt Traditional Retail in Visakhapatnam

Deccan Chronicle

The surge in 10-minute grocery deliveries has significantly affected traditional retail businesses in Visakhapatnam. Traditional shop owners are feeling the pinch, with foot traffic declining and customers opting for online shopping. Delivery workers also face significant challenges due to the imposed time constraints, with many facing deductions for failed deliveries. Despite the incentives for good performance, they often find themselves …

Entertainment Business Law Technology Visakhapatnam

2 months, 1 week ago

European retailers are reviving physical stores to boost online sales and attract shoppers

The Hindu

European retailers are investing in physical shops to stimulate both online and offline sales as they face increasing competition from giant e-commerce companies. They want to capitalize on people's renewed appetite for visiting shops once COVID-19 lockdowns ended, which has made a Saturday afternoon shopping spree fashionable again.

Rome

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Walmart to deliver prescription medications in as little as 30 minutes

Daily Mail

Walmart will start offering same-day prescription drug deliveries in an attempt to rival Amazon and struggling pharmacies. The retail behemoth's foray into the prescription delivery space follows Amazon's announcement a few weeks ago about its plans to launch pharmacies with same-day delivery services in 20 new US cities in 2025. This move also builds on Walmart's earlier initiatives to mail …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Waitrose wraps up deal with Just Eat amid supermarket delivery surge

The Independent

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4 months, 1 week ago

Why restaurant self-service kiosks can actually result in customers ordering less food

Salon

When restaurant customers order from a self-service kiosk while a line forms behind them, they feel rushed, prompting them to buy less and stick to familiar items instead of browsing for something new, according to a recent study we published. We found that businesses can reduce this pressure and increase satisfaction by revamping their system so that a single line …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Rise of the machines: Now some Asda stores are bringing in self-checkout only hours - but in select supermarkets

Daily Mail

Asda has introduced self-checkout only hours in some of its supermarkets days after it revealed plans to top up the amount of time staff would be manning tills. Asda has introduced self-checkout only hours at some of its supermarkets An upset local shared a snap of the Bournemouth Asda Superstores 'checkout opening hours' Asda recently said it will not replace …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Morrisons becomes latest retailer to make a self-checkout U-turn: Supermarket's boss admits it 'went a bit too far' with number of unmanned tills amid growing backlash

Daily Mail

Morrisons has become the latest retailer to make a U-turn on its self-checkout policy with its boss admitting it 'went a bit too far' with the number of unmanned tills. Morrisons has become the latest retailer to make a U-turn on its self-checkout policy Rami Baitiéh, the chief executive of the company, said that it is 'reviewing the balance between …

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5 months ago

Indian startup faces backlash online over 10-minute food delivery service

The Independent

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5 months, 1 week ago

Evri plans hiring spree with 9,000 more jobs to meet delivery boom

The Independent

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Evri Delivery Boom

5 months, 1 week ago

Indeed: Increase in vacation jobs in the Netherlands

NL Times

The number of vacation jobs in the Netherlands continues to rise. According to the website, this supply has increased by 12 percent compared to last year, although exact figures are not disclosed. Looking at the last three years, the supply of vacation jobs increased by 48 percent. "The demand for hospitality staff remains high during the period that this sector …

Netherlands Domestic Workers Vacation Jobs

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Third of businesses struggle with staff shortages: Randstad

Dutch News

Almost a third of employers in the Netherlands are being hampered in their business activities by staff shortages, a labour market update from staffing agency Randstad Groep Nederland has shown. The number of businesses struggling with a lack of staff has increased compared to the previous quarter for the first time in two years, Randstad said. The tight labour market …

Work Randstad

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Third of businesses struggle with staff shortages: Randstad

Dutch News

Almost a third of employers in the Netherlands are being hampered in their business activities by staff shortages, a labour market update from staffing agency Randstad Groep Nederland has shown. The number of businesses struggling with a lack of staff has increased compared to the previous quarter for the first time in two years, Randstad said. The tight labour market …

Work Randstad

7 months ago

Appointment Trader: The website that lets you buy a reservation at London’s top restaurants

The Independent

Getting a dinner reservation in London can sometimes feel like elbowing your way onto a Tokyo metro train during rush hour. Quick-fire restaurant recommendation videos from hype men like TopJaw have turned places like The Devonshire, modern Filipino spot Donia and Soho’s Algerian Coffee Stores to name just a few, into the hottest tickets in town. “That can’t feel nice …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Action urged on food firm cross border deals that push up prices

Dutch News

The Netherlands is one of eight EU countries that want to stop food producers and wholesalers from making deals to stop supermarkets shopping over the border where goods might be cheaper. Economic affairs minister Micky Adriaansens, who will discuss the issue with her EU counterparts on Friday, has taken the lead on the campaign for change and says such agreements …

Dutch Stop Food

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Reko online farmers' markets increasing in popularity as supermarkets accused of price gouging

ABC

In short: Organisers of farmers' markets say they've seen a big increase in customers as distrust in supermarkets grows. "People can come here on their way home from work and just drive straight through without getting out of the car and pick up whatever they've ordered," Mr Price said. "It has shed a lot of light into the industry and …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Rapid delivery service Getir announces exit from Netherlands

NL Times

Rapid grocery delivery service Getir is leaving the Netherlands. “Getir generates only seven percent of its revenues from the markets it is exiting; this decision will allow Getir to focus its financial resources on Turkey.” The Turkish company completed an investment round last week. “Getir will utilize these funds to bolster its competitive position in its core food and grocery …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Flipkart opens grocery warehouse

The Hindu

Flipkart, an e-commerce marketplace, has launched its new grocery fulfillment center in Hubli, Karnataka, furthering its commitment to offering next-day grocery deliveries to consumers. Based on local consumer insights, the new fulfillment center in Hubballi will offer a curated selection of over 6,000 products, including the State’s popular favourites such as Nandini, Naga, and Vijay, to name a few alongside …

State Grocery Flipkart

9 months ago

Flash-express shows way to biz prosperity

China Daily

Consumers gather at a stall at a food market in Harbin in February. In May 2023, the local government released the "Implementation Plan for the Construction of Harbin's 15-Minute Convenient Living Circle", which encourages the establishment of new types of operating and distribution points represented by front warehouses, and the provision of convenient, rapid logistics and distribution services tailored to …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Gig workers step in as commute turns tiresome

The Hindu

One cannot step on the streets without noticing those in red, orange, green, and now dark blue T-shirts. Better paying job Ganesh, who recently switched from a food delivery app to a plain delivery app, says he took up the second job since it pays better. Tamil Nadu Food and Other Delivery Personnel Union leader S. Ramakrishna says that a …

Food Job Delivery Swiggy

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Impatient Indians are driving quick-commerce

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: If you are living in one of India’s metropolitan cities, it is highly likely that you have been ordering more and more of your daily essentials – from food and groceries to personal care items from, say, a Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart or Zepto, which barely take 10-30 minutes to deliver the goods to your doorstep. Indians are opting for …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

New Year Eve sees 6.5 mn food delivery orders

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: New Year’s Eve saw 6.5 million food delivery orders, which was 18 per cent higher than last year’s Eve. New Year’s Eve is a landmark day for online food delivery services and its prominence is increasing every year - from roughly 5 million orders on New Year’s Eve 2021, 5.5 million for 2022 and 2023 was the best-ever New …

Food Delivery Orders Order Eve New Year Nye

11 months, 4 weeks ago

Food delivery platform orders surge 18 per cent to 6.50 million on New Year's Eve 2023: Report

India TV News

On New Year's Eve 2023, online food delivery platforms in India processed 5 million orders, an 18 percent. On New Year's Eve 2022, online food delivery platforms in the country recorded 5.50 million orders. "Spike days, such as major sporting events like the IPL and Cricket World Cups, festivals like Diwali, and occasions like New Year's Eve, are crucial for …

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1 year ago

Retailers are improving their delivery speeds, meaning good news for late holiday shoppers

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Haven’t ordered any of your holiday gifts yet? “We remain on pace to deliver the fastest delivery speeds for Prime customers in our 29-year history,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in October during an earnings call with analysts. The company has said these hubs, as well as changes to its transportation network, have made it able to …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Self-checkouts machines set to wipe out hundreds of Christmas jobs as number of vacancies at supermarkets over holiday season tumbles

Daily Mail

Job Supermarkets

1 year, 5 months ago

Dutch stores selling less, but making more due to price increases

NL Times

Retailers in the Netherlands saw an 8.1 percent increase in revenue compared to the same month a year earlier. Shops selling food and beverages saw their turnover increase by almost 11 percent last month compared to a year ago. Supermarket revenue was 12 percent higher, and the turnover of specialty stores increased by 2.5 percent. Clothing stores, drugstores, recreational goods …

Increase Stores Turnover

1 year, 5 months ago

Despite rumours, Getir will stay in the Netherlands after all

Dutch News

Turkish speed delivery service Getir will remain operational in the Netherlands but is pulling out of Spain, Italy and Portugal, the company confirmed on Friday. There had been rumours that the company, which took over German firm Gorillas last year, would ditch the Netherlands as part of a reshuffle. British fast delivery firm Zapp left the Netherlands last year citing …

Netherlands Getir Delivery Service

1 year, 5 months ago

Despite rumours, Getir will stay in the Netherlands after all

Dutch News

Turkish speed delivery service Getir will remain operational in the Netherlands but is pulling out of Spain, Italy and Portugal, the company confirmed on Friday. There had been rumours that the company, which took over German firm Gorillas last year, would ditch the Netherlands as part of a reshuffle. British fast delivery firm Zapp left the Netherlands last year citing …

Netherlands Getir Delivery Service

1 year, 5 months ago

Delivery Executives Brave Rains, While Customers Stay Safe Indoors

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Maugela Manikanta delivered about 28 orders in the past 48 hours, a number that’s a lot higher when compared to a regular day. "Usually, it's about 12-15 orders but when it rains, orders and requests almost double because people don’t prefer to even walk to the neighbourhood grocery shop," said the delivery executive of an instant-delivery application. Moin Abid, …

1 year, 5 months ago

Waitrose partners with Uber Eats to achieve as little as 20-minute delivery

The Independent

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1 year, 5 months ago

Large staff shortages lingering everywhere in the Netherlands

NL Times

The extremely overheated labor market cooled down slightly in the first quarter of this year, but is still "particularly tight," benefits agency UWV said after conducting a study. In most regions and professions there are still large staff shortages, the agency concluded this week. "There are currently shortages in almost all segments within the retail sector, such as hardware stores, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Consumers will become ‘less obsessed’ with home deliveries – parcel firm boss

The Independent

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1 year, 7 months ago

Swedish online fashion retailer blocks 42,000 customers for returning too many purchased items

Associated Press

STOCKHOLM — Sweden-based online fashion retailer Boozt AB said Thursday it has blocked 42,000 customers for returning too many items they had purchased, calling their actions too costly for the company and the environment. Ask Kirkeskov Riis, a spokesman for multibrand online store selling clothes and beauty products, said customers who were indefinitely blocked had sent back items either because …

Customers

1 year, 7 months ago

Albert Heijn reaches deal to end distribution workers’ strike with 10% pay raise

NL Times

Dutch grocery store chain Albert Heijn has agreed to raise the wages of its distribution center workers by 10 percent in a deal with the FNV and CNV labor unions. Roughly half of the supermarket company’s 3,000 distribution center workers took part in the strike, which impacted five Albert Heijn distribution centers. The strikes resulted in fresh produce shortages at …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Albert Heijn store shelves emptying out as distribution center strike continues

NL Times

Supermarket shelves are becoming emptier in a number of Albert Heijn locations, with the staff at the retailer’s distribution centers on strike for a second consecutive day. In addition, the "large majority" of all permanent employees will strike in five of Albert Heijn's six distribution centers. But the Albert Heijn spokesperson said that stores in that region are still being …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Many Albert Heijn store shelves left empty as distribution workers go on strike

NL Times

Employees at Albert Heijn distribution centers are going on relay strikes until Wednesday. Monday’s strike halted work at two of the six Albert Heijn distribution centers. @anp @FNVHandel pic.twitter.com/Vbj9QL2td0 — FNV April 23, 2023 The Albert Heijn distribution center workers are striking for a better collective bargaining agreement. “Albert Heijn believes that it has made a decent wage offer with …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Shoppers turn to multiple supermarkets as grocery inflation reaches record high

The Independent

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