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DoorDash to buy rival Instacart for $17B US as it bets on grocery delivery
Fast food delivery companies have been expanding into grocery, retail products
DoorDash said on Thursday it would buy Instacart in a deal valued at about $17 billion US, stepping up its push into the fast-growing U.S. grocery delivery market as competition among app-based platforms intensifies.
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competition → buy → platforms
DoorDash has offered Instacart shareholders $65 per share held, representing a premium of about 26 per cent to the stock's closing price on Oct. 22, before reports of deal talks first emerged.
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reports → offer → talks
Delivery companies are chasing growth by expanding into grocery and retail as the restaurant delivery business matures.
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business → chase → grocery
"Grocery is one of the hardest things to get right online," said Tony Xu, co-founder and CEO of DoorDash, adding that Instacart has spent years learning to do that well for grocers.
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Instacart → get → grocers
Grocery deliveries are gaining traction as budget-conscious consumers embrace the convenience of online deliveries, especially when gas prices have hit new highs due to disruptions linked to the war in Iran.
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prices → gain → Iran
Meanwhile, heightened competition following a slowdown in orders from the pandemic peaks, along with rising cost pressures and tough regulatory scrutiny over the treatment of gig workers, has spurred a flurry of deals in the industry.
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competition → follow → industry
These include Just Eat Takeaway acquiring Grubhub for $7.3 billion US, DoorDash's purchase of Wolt and the U.K.'s Deliveroo in 2025, as well as Uber's $15 billion US deal for Delivery Hero earlier this year and Postmates in 2020.
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Takeaway → include → 2020
The DoorDash-Instacart transaction is expected to close at the end of 2027 or the first half of 2028.
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transaction → expect → 2028
In a regulatory filing on Monday, Instacart said it would wind down its Caper Cart smart shopping-cart business by the end of the second quarter of 2027, expecting related pre-tax charges of $55 million to $80 million.
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it → say → million
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