DoorDash Plans to Acquire Grocery Delivery Service Instacart in $17B Deal - CNET
Your takeout app might soon be handling all your grocery runs, too. DoorDash, the largest food delivery service in the US, is planning to acquire grocery delivery service Instacart in a massive $17 billion deal, DoorDash announced on Thursday.
Teaming up with a grocery delivery service may have been the next expected move for DoorDash, as just last month, the food delivery service announced that it now offers same-day delivery from every Costco in the US.
“Grocery is one of the hardest things to get right online,” Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash, said in a press release. “Someone has to pick a ripe avocado, find a substitute you’d choose yourself, and get the ice cream to you before it melts. Instacart has spent years learning to do that well for grocers, while DoorDash has built a delivery network and technology that local stores rely on every day....
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