food delivery

Some Pittsburgh Restaurants Say Third-Party Delivery Fees Are Too High

By • May 14, 2020
Katie Blackley / 90.5 WESA

Third-party food-delivery apps like Grubhub, Doordash and Uber Eats can seem great to diners who don’t want to cook for themselves but don’t want to leave home, either.

Walmart Says InHome Delivery Service Is Doing Well Three Months After Pilot Launch

By • Jan 27, 2020
Kathleen J. Davis / 90.5 WESA

Outside a home in Moon Township last Thursday, Walmart InHome Delivery associate Nick Burmaster unloads groceries from one of the company's branded cars. Dressed head-to-toe in a blue InHome uniform, Burmaster puts surgical booties over his tennis shoes, and turns on a small camera that's strapped to his chest, which begins a livestream to the customer.

Pittsburgh Serves As Testing Grounds For Walmart's In-Home Grocery Delivery Service

By • Oct 15, 2019
Walmart

Walmart rolled out a new grocery delivery service in Pittsburgh Tuesday that will bring goods into customers’ homes, even if they aren't there. The program is also being piloted in Kansas City, Mo. and Vero Beach, Fla.

Walmart To Pilot Grocery Delivery Program In Pittsburgh That Will Put Food Right In Your Fridge

By • Jun 13, 2019
Walmart

This fall, Pittsburghers will be able to participate in a Walmart pilot program for InHome Delivery, a grocery delivery service that will drop food off not only at a customer's house, but inside their fridge and pantry.

UberEATS, McDonald's Offering Delivery In Pittsburgh-Area

By • Jun 26, 2017
Mike Mozart / Flickr

UberEATS and McDonald's are beginning food delivery from 44 of the fast-food chain's Pittsburgh-area restaurants.

The companies ran a pilot program testing the McDonald's home deliveries at more than 200 Florida restaurants in January and have since expanded to other areas including Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Phoenix and Columbus Ohio.

Order Up! Uber Launches Food Delivery Service In Pittsburgh

By • May 4, 2017
Liz Reid / 90.5 WESA

Uber is launching its food delivery service in Pittsburgh starting Thursday.

UberEATS general manager Casey Verkamp said the service will be faster, more reliable and more convenient than other delivery services, such as Postmates and Grubhub.

“We don’t think anyone else has cracked, to date, that problem so we’re really excited to be doing that, in Pittsburgh especially,” Verkamp said Wednesday at Franktuary in Lawrenceville.

Franktuary is one of the more than 100 Pittsburgh-area restaurants that had partnered with the app at its launch this week.