Grocery delivery businesses struggle with falling demand

Grocery delivery businesses struggle with falling demand
Milkrun now delivers groceries across 200 NZ suburbs. (Image: Supplied)
Gregor Thompson
New Zealand's grocery delivery services have suffered a slowdown as covid-19 consumption trends fade, with some smaller ventures shutting down altogether.The first major victim, Supie, ceased trading on Oct 30. The company was placed in voluntary liquidation, with staff being let go without receiving their final wages or being made redundant.Teddy, a grocery delivery startup that, as recently as April last year, was planning to employ ChatGPT to compete with big industry players, appears to have vanished from thin air.The Teddy app told use...

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