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SkipTheDishes joins grocery delivery race with new platform Skip Express Lane

Skip Express Lane delivery door in Winnipeg. (CNW Group/SkipTheDishes)

Food delivery platform, SkipTheDishes, is expanding its grocery delivery service across the country.

Called the Skip Express Lane, it lets users pick from 1,500 items, including baby products, pantry staples, and snacks. Users will have their orders delivered to their door within 25 minutes. E-commerce orders will only be filled and there is no option for users to shop in person.

The expansion will see the launch of 38 fulfillment centres across the country by mid-2022. The option is already available in several locations in Winnipeg, London, and downtown Toronto. Locations in Edmonton and Calgary will open within a week’s time. Fulfillment centres operate daily between 10 a.m. and 2 a.m.

The company estimates this venture will create 1,000 jobs across the country.

“Skip Express lane fills an important gap in the market. Canadians will now be able to get everyday essentials and grocery items delivered to your door in 25 minutes or less,” Howard Migdal, chief operating officer at SkipTheDishes, said in a statement. “Even during peak demand when we’re processing several orders a minute, orders are packed and out the door in under 10 minutes for delivery.”

SkipTheDishes is joining an increasingly competitive market and makes this announcement on the same day competitor DoorDash launches a similar program called DashMart.

The SkipTheDishes app is available on iOS and Android.

Image credit: SkipTheDishes

Source: SkipTheDishes

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DoorDash launches new grocery service in select Canadian cities

Dashmart The virtual store that Doordash uses to send goods to customers in Addison, Texas. 12.01.2021

Food delivery app DoorDash has introduced a new delivery option for groceries and everyday essentials through a service called DashMart.

DoorDash positioned DashMart as a virtual grocery store. Instead of wandering through the aisles of a grocery store, users can browse through different categories of groceries. The store has more than 2,000 offerings, including fresh produce, dairy, and pantry staples. Items from local merchants will also be available, depending on location.

“We’ve seen from our DashMart locations in the U.S. that restaurants and local merchants can find success selling their retail products and reaching online customers in new ways or for the first time,” Shilpa Arora, an executive at DoorDash Canada, said in a statement.

DashMart sits under the convenience tab on the DoorDash app.

The service is only available in parts of Toronto, London, Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Kitchener at this time. More cities will be added in the new year.

The organization already offered users the ability to pick items to be delivered from certain convenience stores.

The DoorDash app is available on iOS and Android.

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Source: DoorDash

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SpaceX pushes Starlink deliveries back to 2022, cites chip shortage

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet program has delayed delivery timelines again, pushing estimated deliveries out to 2022.

In an email sent to some customers (via Tesla North), SpaceX encourages customers to check the delivery times in their accounts. Further, the email cites silicon shortages as the reason for delays:

“Silicon shortages over the last six months have slowed our expected production rate and impacted our ability to fulfill many Starlink orders this year. We apologize for the delay and are working hard across our engineering, supply chain and production teams to improve and streamline our product and factory to increase our production rate.”

Some users who checked their account now see a message that reads: “Starlink expects to expand service in your area by mid-2022.” Previously, a similar message said mid- or late-2021. One user based in the Kawartha Lakes region in Ontario told Tesla North that they saw the message — they pre-ordered Starlink in February 2021.

It’s worth noting that pandemic-related supply constraints have plagued several companies and products, especially those in the tech space. Starlink’s availability, however, has been restricted for a while as part of its ‘beta’ status. Unfortunately, dropping the ‘beta’ wording earlier this month hasn’t changed much about the service’s availability.

Further, several Starlink customers reported earlier this month that updating their service location on the Starlink map caused their delivery dates to be pushed back by a year or more.

The delays will be particularly frustrating for Canadians living in rural areas with limited, unsatisfactory internet options.

Source: Tesla North

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Men Prefer Take-Out

According to the Internet site Allresto.fr, it seems that men are becoming more helpless when their wives are out of the house.  Seven out of ten men have food delivered to their homes. The most chosen types of food were pizza, Tex-Mex and sushi.

During the summer season, between July 15 to August 15, there was a dramatic 42% increase that could be attributed to the absense of their wives at home.