Walmart wants a bite of DoorDash and Uber Eats
Walmart is expanding its delivery services to include restaurant food, starting with a partnership with Dunkin'. This move positions the retail giant as a direct competitor to established delivery platforms like DoorDash and Uber Eats.
Why it matters
It signals a major shift in the retail landscape as big-box stores leverage their existing logistics networks to dominate the local-commerce and food delivery market.
Walmart plans to offer delivery from most of the 10,000 Dunkin' locations in the US. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Walmart is taking on DoorDash and Uber Eats with a new restaurant delivery partnership. The retailer will start delivering from Dunkin' locations, it said on Thursday. Walmart already has a massive delivery workforce. It's trying to use them to deliver even more. Walmart wants to use its legion of delivery workers to take a bite out of DoorDash and Uber Eats. The big-box chain struck a food-delivery partnership with Inspire Brands-owned Dunkin' that will start with 150 locations in Walmart stores and expand to most of the 10,000 Dunkin' locations across the US, Walmart said on Thursday. Walmart is moving onto turf long dominated by DoorDash and Uber Eats, both of which already work with Dunkin'.
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