DoorDash report shows growth for alcohol orders

Hard seltzers, flavored malt beverages, hard cider top choices DoorDash released its inaugural Alcohol Online Ordering Trends Report and a first look at the third annual Restaurant Online Ordering Trends Report. These reports offer a deep dive into the changing landscape of consumer online ordering preferences and emerging dining and drinking trends. This retail details …

Alcohol Delivery On the Rise, DoorDash Says

One of the biggest alcohol trends to emerge in recent years is online ordering, with the desire for convenience and safety attracting consumers to opt-in for delivery. DoorDash has seen a 100 percent year-over-year growth in orders for alcohol pickup and delivery on its platform between 2022 and 2023, according to the company’s annual Alcohol Online …

Alcohol Delivery On the Rise, DoorDash Says

One of the biggest alcohol trends to emerge in recent years is online ordering, with the desire for convenience and safety attracting consumers to opt-in for delivery. DoorDash has seen a 100 percent year-over-year growth in orders for alcohol pickup and delivery on its platform between 2022 and 2023, according to the company’s annual Alcohol Online …

‘It’s not fair’: Businesses frustrated with partnership between LCBO and Uber Eats

Giuseppe Marchesini, the owner of a restaurant in Little Italy, is worried about how the alcohol-delivery partnership between the LCBO and Uber Eats will impact his bottomline. He said it is unfair, given that his business and others have not fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. “That’s another competitor and that’s a big competitor,” Marchesini …

DoorDash now lets you bundle food from one place and alcohol from another into a single order

DoorDash is introducing a new feature called “Drinks with DoubleDash” that lets you order food from one place and drinks from another all in a single order with no additional delivery fee or order minimum. The feature expands on DoorDash’s current DoubleDash offering that lets you shop across multiple stores and categories in a single order. Now, once you’ve …

DoorDash adds 2-step ID verification for alcohol delivery

Dive Brief: Starting Wednesday, DoorDash drivers will be required to scan the front of a customer’s identification card with the DoorDash app to verify their identity and age prior to handing off an alcohol delivery order, the company said in an email to Restaurant Dive. Drivers will also be required to check for any signs …

Olo, Uber Expand Restaurant Delivery Fulfillment to Include Alcohol

Olo, which works in on-demand commerce for restaurants, is working alongside Uber to integrate tech to help restaurants expand, a press release says. Uber will put its Uber Direct tech into Dispatch, the delivery fulfillment solution from Olo. That will make efficient delivery technology available. “Through the expansion of our partnership with Uber, we are now able …

DoorDash rolls out alcohol delivery to 20 states

Dive Brief: DoorDash expanded its marketplace on Monday to include beer, wine and spirits on demand across 20 states and Washington, D.C., as well as Canada and Australia, reaching more than 100 million customers, according to a press release sent to Restaurant Dive.  Where legally permissible, customers can toggle to the alcohol tab in DoorDash’s …

On-demand food delivery apps are letting minors order alcohol, regulators say

Food and beverage delivery services like DoorDash, Postmates, and Uber Eats aided in a surge of alcohol deliveries to underage minors in California last month, the state’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) found in a new investigation. And because of relaxed restrictions around alcohol takeout and delivery during COVID-19, the issue is getting worse, regulators say. …